CHAPTER XVI
PARKS AND RECREATION

Section 16.1 Provisions for Facilities.

a.    The Council shall have authority to provide or contract for the acquisition, establishment, planning, maintenance, and supervision of parks, recreation areas, recreation facilities, and sites for the preservation or conservation of scenes, open space, and vistas of scientific, historic, aesthetic or other public interest.

b.    The facilities provided for herein may be located within or without the corporate limits of the City, and, unless changed by ordinance, the City shall have those powers and that authority with respect to such facilities as are conferred by the Statutes of the State of Colorado.

Section 16.2 Responsibility for Operation and Functioning.

The City Manager shall have responsibility for the operation and functioning of any program created under authority of this Chapter.

Section 16.3 Cooperation with Other Authorities.

The City may unite or cooperate with any other government body, agency, organization or person, within or without the City, to implement the operation and functioning of any program created under authority of this Chapter.