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0.", OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK PARC COMMITTEE Committee Members Present: Committee Members Absent: Other Council Present: Others Present: Agenda: JUNE 13, 2016 4:20 P.M. Randy Kelly, Dr. Varner, Oliver Davis, John Voorde Dr. Fred Ferlic, John Mazurkiewicz Tim Scott, Karen White, Gavin Ferlic, Regina Williams - Preston, Jo M. Broden Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, Adriana Rodriguez, Kareemah Fowler, Alkeyna Aldridge, Jennifer Coffman, Aaron Perri Dept. of Parks and Recreation Briefing, Aaron Perri - Superintendent of Parks & Rec. Committee Chair Randy Kelly called the meeting of the PARC Committee to order at 4:20 p.m with one (1) item on the agenda. Aaron Perri, Department of Parks and Recreation, briefed the council on the status of the Department of Parks and Recreation. The full presentation is on file in the Office of the City Clerk. Mr. Perri stated that the South Bend Parks Department is a member of the Indiana Parks and Rec Association, and a part of the NRPA, and we're one of 130 park systems in the country that is CAPRA Accredited, which puts us in the top one (1) percent of the country. There are four pillars of a parks system. The first is health and wellness. If you live within ten, (10) blocks of a park, you're fifty (50) percent less likely to see an ER visit, and more than eighty (80) percent less likely to be obese. The second is social equity. The parks program in South Bend has made sure that people have equal access to programs and all of the recreational amenities. You'll see that our sixteen (16) park facilities are well spread out over the City. Conservation is the third pillar, and it is very much up to the parks system to lead in this area. We haven't put a lot of focus in this area in the past, but environmental sustainability and the protection of our natural resources is pretty important and I think we can add a new level of sophistication to the way we treat our parks. A 455 County -City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601 Phone 574- 235 -9221 • Fax 574- 235 -9173 • TDD 574- 235 -5567 • www.SouthBendiN.gov JENNIFER M. COFFMAN ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE EMILY SEXTON CHIEF DEPUTY/ CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK