3.20.020 Purpose and intent.
A. The principal purpose of this chapter is to safeguard, facilitate and encourage the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens and businesses of the city of Talent by helping to ensure the proper care and upkeep of Talent city parks. The council finds that a continuous and consistent parks maintenance and operations program provides important economic and social benefits to the public, including, but not limited to:
1. Provision of adequate resources for social and recreational opportunities.
2. Provision of adequate resources for the health, safety, and welfare of children.
3. Prevention of crime through the provision of healthy activities for Talent citizens.
4. Enhancement of the green spaces of the Talent community.
5. Enhanced protection of property.
6. Promotion of business and industry.
7. Promotion of community spirit and responsibly planned growth.
B. It is the intent of this chapter to provide a funding mechanism to help pay for the benefits conferred on city residents and businesses by the provision of an adequate program of parks maintenance and operations, and further to help bring the Talent parks program up to an acceptable service level.
C. It shall not be necessary that the maintenance and operations expenditures from this chapter specifically relate to any particular property from which the fees for said purposes were collected.
D. The structure of this chapter is intended to be a surcharge for service within the city limits. However, it is not intended to provide full funding for city parks. In the event that amounts collected under this chapter are insufficient to properly operate city parks, additional funding may be allocated by the city council from other city funds; provided, however, that the city council may direct the reimbursement to such other funds if additional parks maintenance and operations surcharge revenues are collected. [Ord. 915 Exh. A § 2, 2016; Ord. 828 Exh. A § 2; Ord. 795 Exh. A § 2.]