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The city manager or his or her designee as authorized by the laws for the state relating to parks or recreational facilities and community services > and, within the limits of the funds and purposes prescribed by any ordinance, shall have the power to implement parks, recreational and community service programs that will employ the leisure time of the public in a constructive and wholesome manner. Without limiting the generalities of the foregoing powers, and by way of illustration only, the city manager or his or her designee shall have the power:

A. To control and supervise all parks, public squares, parkways and boulevards, play and recreation grounds or other municipally owned recreational facilities;

B. To plan, promote and recommend the acquisition, construction, development, maintenance or operation of such public parks, places, parkways or recreation grounds and facilities;

C. When authorized by resolution of the city council, to contract in writing, acting independently or in conjunction with instrumentalities of the United States, the state, King County or adjacent city or town, park district, school district or any public organization for the purpose of acquiring a public recreation or community services facility or conducting a recreational or community services program, and exercising any other power authorized by ordinance of the city;

D. To solicit and receive on behalf of the city council, any gifts or bequests or other personal property to be applied for playgrounds, parks or recreational purposes;

E. To grant concessions and privileges in public parks, under such restrictions and for such compensation as may be prescribed; provided, that no concession or privilege shall ever be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors, beer or wine in any city park, and no concession or privilege shall be granted for more than three years, unless approved by ordinance;

F. To control and supervise the administration of all probation functions. (Ord. 4563 § 2, 1993; Ord. 4481 § 4, 1993; 1961 code § 3.42.040.)