HomeMy WebLinkAbout1131 WHERF2%S, the Park and Recreation Commission of the City
of Bremerton has established certain policies relating to the use
of park and recreation land, and
WHEREAS, said Park and Recreation Commission has formally
requested the City Council of the City of ~remerton to establish
said policies by resolution, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has studied the policies recom-
mended by the Park and Recreation Co~ission and believes that they
should be established as the policies of the City of B=emerton;
NO~, THEREFORE, BE IT R~SOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Bremerton that the following recommendations by said
Park and Recreation Commission be and the same are hereby made
the policies of the City of Bremerton relating to the use of park
and recreation land=
1. Areas designed for park or recreational purposes
should be held inviolate against 0iversion to
non-recreation purposes, and they should not be
considered as reserves of open space to be drawn
upon for public uses. Whenever an over-riding
public purpose requires the use of park land,
compensation should be made fortthe area taken.
from park use by the provision of an equal or
better area ne~r.~y.
2. Park land dedicated for public park an~ recrea-
tion use should not be permitted to be used for
other purposes nor diverted to private uses or
to uses under control of private parties or
corporations.
3. That Forest Ridge Park shall be kept in its
natural state and essential developments be
group and family picnicing, outdoor theater,
nature trails, and Forest Arboretum. These
intensive-use developments are located con-
veniently on one side of the tract, leaving
the remainder of the wooded hillside as a
comparatively remote area.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 3rd day of May, 1961.
H. O. Di~STAD, Mayor
ATTEST