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Little Su Campground in Houston Alaska
Thank you to the City Council for approving our agreement to manage the campground office and Visitor Center. Our plan will hopefully increase revenues for the city and help our businesses in Houston that benefit from the tourism industry.
2.28.010 Administration.
There is created a Parks and Recreation Department. The City Council may name a panel of not less than three persons, from its ranks or otherwise, to administer the regulations and plans for recreation within the City and its jurisdiction. The panel shall be called the Recreation Committee. The panel shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council as volunteers until such time as funds are available and appropriated for salaries. (Ord. 75-S-4 § 1, 1975; Ord. 85-01, 1985; Ord. 97-06, 1997)
2.28.020 Scope.
The recreation facilities shall include, but not be limited to:
A. The Little Susitna River Campground which is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 22, T.18N, R.3W, S.M., said park being established on borough land, more or less across the Parks Highway from the Houston Lodge, north of the Little Susitna River;
B. Any other facility or area that may at any time come under the recreation plan for the City. (Ord. 75-S-4 § 2, 1975; Ord. 97-06, 1997)
2.28.030 Purpose.
The importance of parks and open space in community and regional comprehensive plans is well known to the citizens of Houston. It is the desire of the people to maintain a beautification plan and a recreational plan that will make an increasingly great contribution to improve the quality of environment of all Alaskans, the preservation of our natural heritage close to home where we can enjoy it on a daily basis, and to provide the public with recreational and aesthetic benefits of open space in a clean and sanitary surrounding, where activity programs may be developed in keeping with the surroundings. (Ord. 75-S-4 § 3, 1975)
 2.28.040 Duties of Recreation Committee.
The Recreation Committee will meet on a regular basis to formulate plans and guidelines for the establishment and operation of the parks. The committee shall consider accomplishments made during the past years, review and make recommendations to the Council for changing or amending overall plans for the future, and in particular, accept input from the citizens of the City with regard to the function and management of the City parks. The committee duties shall include all phases of recreation under the jurisdiction of the City. (Ord. 75-S-4 § 4, 1975; Ord. 85-01, 1985; Ord. 97-06, 1997)
 2.28.050 Powers.
The City assumes all powers not specifically prohibited by state and borough statutes, relative to parks and recreation. (Ord. 75-S-4 § 5, 1975; Ord. 97-06, 1997)
 2.28.060 Funding.
The Parks and Recreation Department shall operate solely on grants and revenue sharing funds. No tax shall be levied to supplement expenses under this program without approval of the City residents through a referendum vote. (Ord. 75-S-4 § 6, 1975; Ord. 97-06, 1997)
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