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File #: 15-0462    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 10/20/2015 Final action:
Title: Request from the Parks and Recreation Commission to Discuss the Salute to the Troops Event and Community Sunscreen Lotion Dispensers (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman). APPROVE
Attachments: 1. Request to Discuss Salute Sunscreen Memo
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager

FROM:
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director

SUBJECT:Title
Request from the Parks and Recreation Commission to Discuss the Salute to the Troops Event and Community Sunscreen Lotion Dispensers (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the request from the Parks and Recreation Commission to discuss the Salute to the Troops event and community sunscreen lotion dispensers.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal implication associated with this request.

BACKGROUND:
At the September 28, 2015 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting, the Commission unanimously requested permission from the City Council to discuss the Salute to the Troops Event and community sunscreen lotion dispensers at a future Commission meeting.

DISCUSSION:
The Parks and Recreation requested permission to discuss the Salute to the Troops Event so they may begin planning for the 2016 event and the sunscreen lotion dispensers to evaluate a possible pilot program within the community (Attachment 1).

Salute to the Troops
The Commission's would like to continue in their planning and support of the Salute to the Troops event, and therefore would like to begin discussion's now for the 2016 event. The Commission will continue to provide outreach for sponsorships and has proposed a 2016 event date of Sunday, July 3, 2016. For the 2015 event, the Commission raised over $20,000 in sponsorship, which covered all of the event expenditures.

Sunscreen Lotion Dispensers
The Commission would like discuss and explore options for City Council consideration of a sunscreen lotion dispenser pilot program in the community. The Commission will research the possibility in installing the dispensers at elementary school and various locations...

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