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. • r 1 • • ORANGE COUNTY RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT • • Department Report Outline . Preliminary Draft A. MISSION OF DEPARTMENT: • • The agency's mission is to provide accessihle, wholesome, leisure opportunities to the county-citizens by initiating, coordinating and/or facilitating efforts for service delivery. • B. FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION TO ACCOMPLISH MISSION: The County is subdivided into 4.geographic service districts (similar to Elementary School Districts) each of which is administered by a professional • recreator with a "generalist" approach to providing service; each is supplemented by a business, management or an administrative educational background. These- field supervisor i are supervised and administratively guided by the Director and supported by a 2 person clerical staff. C. COMMUNITY CONDITIONS OR CHANGES (PAST OR PRESENT) WHICH BRING ABOUT THE NEED FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT: • Recreation and Parks through leisure pursuit has caused citizens to feel improved and relaxed by. experiences. The people of Orange maintain a comfortable posture' • by being 100 ,out of the 100 counties in unemployment. This fact alone recognizes that our citizens by working, definitely are confronted by more stressful environs and situations. The Olympics, and the patriotism which has evolved as an end product, has caused increases in youth participant registrations. The "Graying of Orange" ---- the recreation and leisure pursuit of our 55 years old and over population has brought about many additional staff hours of devotion to planning, coordination, liaison and actual implementation and facilitation, of programmatic •events. Of further noteworthy concern is the growing enthusiasm and alliance that economicdevelopers place in organized, public recreation opportunity when they seek communities in regards to "livability" conditions. The community's excitement and positive reaction to agency functions cause the overall program to be stable and highly desirous by citizens both rural/urban. D. OBJECTIVES OR SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF WORKLOAD IN 1984/85: Agency programmatic objectives are presently at the 65% level of accomplishment. This standard of percentage is, however, quite positive. All objectives are derived and implemented on a quarterly/seasonal demand basis. (An in-depth program/participation listing will accompany final draft). Of great significance is the amount of work which has been accomplished in regards to areas/facilities: Northern Orange Human Service Center with Recreation Center, Fairview Park, Lake Michael Park, Homestead Community Center gift and the Lake Orange Feasibility Study. E. SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF UPCOMING YEAR 1985/86 - MAINTENANCE OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH LAUNCHING OF NEW INITIATIVE - (BOTH SOUGHT TO OCCUR) * Northern Human Service Center - Cedar Grove - Heating plant - . new system . retrofitting of old system •