MEMORIALS Department of Parks and Recreation Policy

PURPOSE

MEMORIALS

Department of Parks and Recreation

Policy

To allow

indi

v

idu

als

and groups

to

arrange fo

r a

m

e

m

o

rial

to

be

placed

on

d

es

ign

a

ted Boise City

Department

o

f P

a

r

ks

and R

ecrea

ti

o

n pr

operty, and to

ensure

t

hat

the

p

ropose

d lo

ca

tion

s a

nd

mt:mOlials are

co

n

siste

nt with adopted park pla

ns, constructio

n

stan

dard

s,

and pl

ace

ment

g

ui

de

lin

es.

AUTHORITY

Boise

C

i

ty

C

o

de,

Sec

ti

on

1

3-0

1

-04

TYPES

OF MEMORIALS

Benches:

P

ark Amen

it

ies

:

Dedicated Facilities and

Major Park

A

menitie

s:

Memo

ri

al

Bricks:

J

u

lia Davis R

os

e

Garden:

Memorial Policy: Page I of 5

Ex

i

s

ti

ng

trees th

a

t h

ave bee

n established for

a

t least t

wo (2)

years

are

eligible for memorials.

Don

o

r

s

also

may

requ

est

that a

new

t

ree

be

pl

an

t

ed as

a memorial. The pl

a

nt

ing sit

e and

req

u

es

ted

species are

coordinated through Community

For

es

t

ry.

Tree memorial

s are

established for

re

ne

wa

bl

e

20-year term

s.

Bench

es

ar

e

available for

m

em

o

ria

l

s

i

n ce

rtain

park

ar

eas.

Bench

m

e

mori

a

l

s are esta

b

lis

h

ed

for

re

n

ewable

20-year terms.

Existing park

amenities o

r the

installation

o

f

new

fea

tu

res s

u

c

h

as

dri

n

kin

g

fo

un

t

a

i

ns, pe

rm

ane

n

t

picnic tables

, a

nd

i

ndi

vi

dual p

ieces of

p

laygrou

nd

equ

ipm

e

nt

may

be

co

n

sidere

d

for memorials

.

T

h

ese

memorial

s are estab

li

s

h

e

d for

re

n

ewab

l

e

20-year term

s.

In

sta

ll

atio

n of

a

n

entire fac

ili

ty

or

a

m

e

nit

y that

fu

lfill

s a

n id

e

ntifi

ed

pu

bl

ic

recrea

tion need or is a

sys

t

e

m impro

veme

nt that

i

s cons

i

ste

nt

w

i

th

the adopted ma

ste

r plan may be

co

n

s

idered

fo

r

memori

al

s by

the

Park

s

and R

ec

reation

Co

mmi

ssi

on

.

Th

ese

m

e

m

oria

l

s a

re

es

t

ab

l

is

h

ed

for the l

i

f

espa

n

of

th

e

fa

ci

lit

y

or amenity.

Some

pa

rk amenities

in

volve

the in

s

tall

at

i

on

of bri

c

k paths

o

r brick

f

eat

ur

es.

As opportunities

become

availab

l

e,

i

n

di

v

idu

al

m

emoria

l

bri

c

k

s

may be offered for purchase. These memorials

a

r

e es

tab

lishe

d

for the

l

i

fespa

n of the facility

o

r amenity.

The Idaho Rose Society coordinat

es

and

mana

ges

all the

me

mo

ri

a

l

s

a

nd memorial

r

oses

f

o

r the

s

ite.

Zoo Memorial

s:

Friends a/Zoo Bo

i

se o

rre

rs

a va

rie

ty

of memorial opportunities

a

n

d

is

re

sponsibl

e

for the establishment and

management of memori

als

relate

d

to

Zoo Boise.

Veteran's

Park

Memoria

ls:

While the Department or Parks and Recreation coo

rdinates

reques

t

s

for memoria

ls

in

Veterans

Memori

al

Park,

all

requ

ests

mus

t

be

approved

by

the

Id

aho Veterans Advisory Council

and

th

e

I

daho

Department 0/

Parks

alld

Recreation,

in

com

pli

ance w

ith

the

City'

s

lease.

executed

by Resolution

#

1

4426

on June 3,

1997,

b

y the

Mayor

and

City Council.

LOCATION

As the

s

t

eward of the

parks w

ithin th

e City of

Bai

se,

the Department

of Parks

and Recreation

wi

ll

control

and

manage

the

place

men

t

,

spacing

and

number of

a

ll

memorial

s on

ci

ty park propertie

s,

trai

ls,

and Greenbelt

areas.

Prefer

ence

will

be exp

r

essed fo

r

memorials

for

existi

n

g

amenities.

However, opportuni

ti

es

to

provide

memorials on new

amenities may

be

allowed

to

the

ex

t

ent

that

they co

n

fonn

to

the fo

ll

owing basic requiremen

t

s:

Four

Location Req

uir

ements

-I.

They

do

not materially detract from the significance or qui

et

va

lue of an

exis

tin

g

memorial

or the

park

itse

lf

; and

2.

They

do

not confli

ct with

a primary

public

purpose

or

faci

lity; and

3.

T

h

ey compl

y

w

ith

the

Parks

and

Rec

r

eation Comp

r

ehen

sive

Plan an

d

any adopted

master

plans;

and

4.

T

h

ey do

not pose

a potenti

al

publ

i

c safety or

securi

ty

ris

k.

It

is

recog

ni

zed

th

at a parti

cul

ar park loc

ation may reach a

sa

tur

ation point

with memorial

s.

Therefore

, th

e Departme

nt

reserves the ti

ght

t

o

li

mit

acce

pt

ance

of memorial in

s

tallation

s

for

any

particu

la

r

park o

r

locati

on.

In

all cases,

the Dep311men

t

w

ill

seek

to

ensure

th

a

t

new ancill

ary

park

features,

suc

h as trash

receptacles and

park s

i

gns, are not placed too near

an

ex

isting me

morial

out

of

respect for

th

at

dono

r'

s

contribut

ion

to

the C

it

y

'

s

parks.

When a

donor makes a request

for

any memorial

, heavy consideration

will

be paid

to

the prim

ary

u

ses

of

public open space. Whi

l

e appropriate

memorial

s may enrich

a park

experience for

park users,

publ

ic

open

space

i

s al

so a

very precious

commodity.

and me

morials will

be ca

refully

r

ev

i

ewed

to

ba

lan

ce

these

t

wo

publi

c benefits to protect

the

grea

te

r

good. For mainte

n

a

n

ce purposes, memorials

ca

n

be

accepted

on

l

y for

developed park settin

gs.

RECOGNITION OF MEMORIALS

For

de

di

cated

facilities, major park

amenities, and monuments,

t

h

e appropriate

recogni

t

ion of donors

and/or the

memorialized person

wi

ll

be coordinated with the Department and wil

l

be

con

sistent with

Memorial Policy: Page 2 of 5

the

d

evelopme

nt

o

f

the

fac

ili

t

ie

s

and

a

m

en

iti

es

them

selves

,

with the City

'

s

adopted Park

Nam

ing

Policy (Resolution No.

1

6690

- ap

pro

ved

September 18,

2001)

, a

nd

with exist

i

ng legal

s

tandard

s.

For

all

other memorials,

pl

aq

u

es

are ordered and installed

b

y

the Department. Plaque

s

i

ze

i

s

determined

b

y

th

e

amenity

to

which i

t

is attached. The plaques

ar

e set

in

co

n

crete or

affixed to an

o

bj

ec

t

and

ma

y

be

meta

l

plate, granite, or a

s

im

ila

rl

y

durable

mat

e

rial

a

ppro

ved by

the Department.

Upon

compl

ianc

e w

ith

the fo

ur

(4) loc

at

ion re

qu

ire

ments

se

t

forth above

,

th

e

Department

s

hall

approve memorial plaques

wh

i

ch

conform

to

the

follow

ing:

I

.

First

line

of introductory text

sha

ll

be

l

imitcd

to one of

the approve

d

p

hrases

o

n the

attached list

(see

Exhibit

A),

or

left

blank.

2.

Secon

d

line

is

limited

to

the

name of a person or

persons,

i

n

cludi

ng

a

t

itle

o

r

a

ffi

l

iation, or an

a

nim

al

or animal

s.

3

.

T

hi

rd

l

ine

i

s

l

im

it

ed to ca

l

en

dar

dates

s

u

ch

a

s

birth and death

dat

es

or

o

th

er

calendar

dates of

significance, or

l

eft

bl

an

k.

Examples:

In

Memory

of

Jane Mari

e

Doe

1

942

- 2

009

8 uddy the dog

1995 -

2009

In Recogniti

on

of

Boy

Scou

t

Troop

121

2009

Only

words

and

n

u

mber

s wi

ll

be

a

llo

wed. Symbo

l

s

,

images, artwork

,

commerc

ial

messages,

obscenity

,

and

l

ibelou

s statements w

ill

not

b

e

accepted. Identi

ficatio

n of the

donor

is allowed if

space

on the pl

a

qu

e

i

s

avail

able.

MEMORIAL INVENTORY

A

ll

approved

mem

o

rial

applications

wi

ll

be r

egistered

i

n

th

e

Parks and Rec

reation

A

d

mi

ni

s

tration

Office and

in

clude

a descrip

t

ion of

the memorial

,

date of installation, name

a

nd

address of donor,

locat

i

o

n

,

plaque

copy i

nf

ormation,

and

li

f

e expec

t

a

n

cy of

the

m

e

m

oria

l.

A

ll

Units that are

responsib

l

e

fo

r

memorials mu

st

forward the or

ig

inal

cop

y

of the

memorial

applicat

ion

to the

A

dm

in

i

st

r

at

ion Office

to

be

cata

lo

ged

in

the Memorial

Inventor

y

.

COST

Cost

s

of

estab

li

shed

memorial programs are reviewed annuall

y

accor

din

g to

the

Department

'

s

fee

s

and c

harges policy. Cost is based on original purchase

pri

ce,

installation,

cost

of pl

aque,

plaq

ue

ins

ta

lla

tion and a

co

nt

ingency for repai

r

or

repl

acement.

The

amou

nt

of

co

nt

ingency wi

ll

be

es

tablished

fo

r eac

h

memorial

p

rogram

and deposited

in

a Heri

tage

Trust

me

moria

l account.

RENEWAL AND DISCONTINUANCE

The Department

o

f

Pa

r

ks

and Recreation

wi

ll

make reaso

na

ble effort

s

to

con

t

ac

t

the donor

or their

h

e

ir

s

in

a

d

va

n

ce o

f th

e exp

irat

ion

of a memorial

so

that

d

o

no

rs

may reque

st

a

r

e

ne

wa

l

at t

h

eir

expense.

Renewal

s

will

be

gran

ted

i

f the memor

i

al re

m

a

i

ns

in

comp

l

iance with

th

e four (4)

l

oc

ati

o

n

requirements se

t

forth above.

In

t

he event of replacement o

r upgrading,

the origina

l

memoria

l

plaque may

be

reused or replaced

wi

th

a

new

plaque

at

th

e dono

r

's

direction

a

n

d cost.

In

the event a memorial is to be

d

iscontinued,

the p

l

aque wi

ll

be of

fe

red

to

t

h

e donor or their heirs at no charge.

EXISTING MEMORIALS

Memorials estab

li

s

hed

prior

t

o A

u

g

u

s

t

24,

1

999 and

the

a

pp

roval of Resolut

i

on

#

1

5579,

if

n

o earlier

expirat

i

on

is

spec

ified

, s

h

a

ll

be

m

aintained and/o

r

rep

l

ace

d

by the Department of

Park

s an

d

Recrea

t

ion for a term of

1

00 years.

Memorials estab

l

ished

be

t

wee

n

August

25,

1999

and the effective date of

th

i

s

policy

s

hall

be

maintai

n

ed

and/or

replaced by the

Department

of

Park

s

and Recreation

in accordance with

the

w

ritten

agreeme

n

t between the do

n

or a

n

d

th

e Departme

nt

,

if suc

h

agreement exists.

If no

such

ag

r

eeme

n

t exis

t

s,

the

m

emo

rial

s

ha

ll

be

maintained

f

or a t

im

e

period

renecting t

h

e

r

easonab

l

y

ex

p

ec

t

e

d li

fespan of

th

e

m

e

morial.

MAINTENANCE

The Department of Parks and Recreat

i

on

staff w

i

ll provide care of memorial

s

co

n

sis

tent

with

the

Department's maintenance

st

andard

s.

Damaged or

v

andahzed

m

e

morial

s

will

be

repaired

or

r

e

p

l

aced by

t

he

Department

a

t

no

addi

ti

onal cost to

the

dono

r th

roug

h

the term of

th

e

memori

a

l.

Plant

m

ater

ial

wi

ll

be

repla

ced as pa

rt

of

the

Departme

n

t's

replacement

prog

r

am a

n

d

i

n cons

i

dera

t

io

n

o

f

a

n

annua

l

p

l

ant

in

g season.

RELOCATION

The Department of

Park

s

and Recreation provides memorials in locations

w

hi

ch

are considered

permanent

during

the identified term of

th

e

memorial.

Ho

wever,

f

uture c

i

rcumstances may arise

requiri

n

g the relocation o

f

a memo

ri

al. The Department w

ill

make

rea

so

n

ab

l

e allempts

to

n

egot

i

ate

w

ith

t

he

d

o

n

or fo

r

a

mutuall

y agreea

b

le

rel

oca

tion

site.

The

cos

t

s of

m

emor

i

a

l

re

l

ocation wi

l

l be the

respo

n

s

ib

i

lit

y of

th

e

Department

of

P

arks a

n

d

Recreation.

Donor-reque

s

t

ed relocation w

i

ll

be

r

eviewed by the Department

to

determine approp

riatene

ss of

the

propo

s

ed

location

,

w

ith

all expenses borne by

th

e do

n

or.

I

n all cases,

th

e

Departmen

t

of

Park

s and

Recrea

t

ion

wi

ll

ha

ve

th

e

fina

l

de

cision on memorial locat

i

on.

The

foregoing

Memorial

Policy

supersedes Resolution No

.

15579

,

adopted August 24,1999.

APPROVED

DATE

By: Department

of

Parks and Re

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Exhibit A

Memorial Plaque Introduction Choices

1.

IN HONOR OF

2.

TO HONOR THE LIFE OF

3.

IN CELEBRATION OF

4.

CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF

5.

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF

6.

IN OBSERVANCE OF

7.

IN MEMORIAM OF

8.

IN MEMORY OF

9.

IN APPRECIATION OF

10.

IN RECOGNITION OF

11.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF

12.

IN COMMEMORATION OF

13.

IN THANKS

14.

THANKS TO

15.

DONATED IN THANKS TO

16.

DONATED TO/BY/FOR

17.

DONATED IN MEMORY OF

18.

DONATED IN LOVING MEMORY OF

19.

KINDLY DONATED BY THE

20.

THIS “AMENITY/TREE” DONATED

TO/BY

21.

THIS “AMENITY/TREE” DONATED IN

MEMORY OF

22.

THIS “AMENITY/TREE” DONATED IN

LOVING MEMORY OF

23.

“FAMILY NAME, INDIVIDUAL, OR

ORGANIZATION” DONATES THIS

“AMENITY/TREE” TO/FOR

24.

DONATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

25.

DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

26.

A GIFT TO/BY

27.

CONTRIBUTED TO/BY

28.

PRESENTED TO/BY

29.

DEDICATED TO/FOR

30.

DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF

31.

DEDICATED IN LOVING MEMORY OF

32.

DEDICATED ON BEHALF OF

33.

THIS “AMENITY/TREE” DEDICATED

TO/FOR

34.

THIS “AMENITY/TREE” DEDICATED

IN MEMORY OF

35.

THIS “AMENITY/TREE” DEDICATED

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

36.

ON BEHALF OF

37.

IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER

38.

OH HOW WE MISS YOU

39.

PLANTED BY

40.

THIS TREE PLANTED AS PART OF

41.

THIS TREE PLANTED BY

42.

THIS TREE PLANTED IN MEMORY OF

43.

THIS TREE PLANTED IN LOVING

MEMORY OF

44.

THESE TREES PLANTED BY

45.

THESE TREES PLANTED IN MEMORY

OF

46.

THESE TREES PLANTED IN LOVING

MEMORY OF

47.

PRESENTED BY/TO

48.

FOR/TO

49.

FOR/TO OUR “FRIEND OR FAMILY

RELATION (SON, DAUGHTER,

BROTHER, SISTER, FATHER,

MOTHER, PARENTS, AUNT, UNCLE,

GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER,

GRANDPARENTS, ETC.)”

50.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

51.

IN MEMORY OF OUR “FRIEND OR

FAMILY RELATION (SON,

DAUGHTER, BROTHER, SISTER,

FATHER, MOTHER, PARENTS, AUNT,

UNCLE, GRANDFATHER,

GRANDMOTHER, GRANDPARENTS,

ETC.)”

52.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR “FRIEND

OR FAMILY RELATION (SON,

DAUGHTER, BROTHER, SISTER,

FATHER, MOTHER, PARENTS, AUNT,

UNCLE, GRANDFATHER,

GRANDMOTHER, GRANDPARENTS,

ETC.)”

53.

BELOVED “FRIEND OR FAMILY

RELATION (SON, DAUGHTER,

BROTHER, SISTER, FATHER,

MOTHER, PARENTS, AUNT, UNCLE,

GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER,

GRANDPARENTS, ETC.)”