PRESENTER: Presenter
Chad Donegan, Director
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SUBJECT: Title
Presentation, discussion and possible direction to staff regarding updating park hours.
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DISCUSSION:
Recommendation
Currently, park hours are set at 6:00am to midnight for city parks except for Cypress Bend Park which is set at 6:00am to dusk. The increase in vandalism at several parks has led to the proposal of park hours being updated to 6:00am to 10:00pm. This update would also set the cemetery hours to 8:00am to dusk.
Sec. 86-3. - Rules and regulations for control of park and recreation areas.
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City owned properties shall be open to the public between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight each and every day, except as follows: Cypress Bend Park, which shall be open to the public between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and dusk of each and every day; the City Tube Chute Park will close at 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and Independence Day, including July 3rd when it falls on a Monday and July 5th when it falls on a Friday, starting Memorial Day weekend and ending Labor Day weekend; the right-of-way under the Faust Street Bridge will be closed on both sides of the Guadalupe River to prevent public access; and the Comal Cemetery and the New Braunfels Cemetery which shall be open from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. during Central Standard time and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. during Daylight Savings time. All such city owned areas properties shall be open during the above described hours unless otherwise stated in this ordinance or closed by order of the city manager or the parks and recreation director and/or the chief of police for the purposes of rehabilitation, cleaning, general supervision, or to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the public. If such areas are to be open prior to 6:00 a.m. in the morning or after the specific closing times set forth in this section, specific permission must be secured from the parks and recreation director for anyone to use such areas during those extra hours.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approving the ordinance amendment to state:
Sec. 86-3. - Rules and regulations for control of park and recreation areas.
(b)
City owned properties shall be open to the public between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00pm each and every day, except as follows: Cypress Bend Park, which shall be open to the public between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and dusk of each and every day; the City Tube Chute Park will close at 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and Independence Day, including July 3rd when it falls on a Monday and July 5th when it falls on a Friday, starting Memorial Day weekend and ending Labor Day weekend; the right-of-way under the Faust Street Bridge will be closed on both sides of the Guadalupe River to prevent public access; and the Comal Cemetery and the New Braunfels Cemetery which shall be open from 8:00 a.m. until dusk. All such city owned areas properties shall be open during the above described hours unless otherwise stated in this ordinance or closed by order of the city manager or the parks and recreation director and/or the chief of police for the purposes of rehabilitation, cleaning, general supervision, or to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the public. If such areas are to be open prior to 6:00 a.m. in the morning or after the specific closing times set forth in this section, specific permission must be secured from the parks and recreation director for anyone to use such areas during those extra hours.