| Board Description |
| Board Composition: | The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is comprised of 11 voting members each serving a two-year term (there is no limit to the number of terms that may be served) and 2 non- voting members. Each City Council District and the Mayor have an appointee within this board. A quorum of 6 voting members is required to conduct business on the board’s agenda. |
| Appointed by: | City Council |
| District; At-Large; Mayoral Appointment: | District |
| Categories: | 10 District Appointed Members appointed by their respective Councilmembers; one (1) Member appointed by the Mayor; and two (2) non-voting Members from the San Antonio Parks Foundation and the San Antonio Conservation Society.
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| Mission/Purpose: | The Parks and Recreation Board serves in an advisory capacity to the Community on issues affecting the Parks and Recreation Department. The Board shall, as the voice of the community, advise the Parks and Recreation Department and City Council, regarding community recreational facilities and services, needs and desires and recreation programming. The Board shall promote public awareness to the public recreational facilities and services provided by the City and encourage community participation in those programs. |
| Meeting Schedule & Location: | Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of every other month at 5:30 p.m. in the City Tower Concourse Conference Room A, 100 W. Houston. |
| Website Information: | https://www.sanantonio.gov/ParksAndRec/About-Mission/Boards/Parks-Recreation-Board |
| Ordinance/Articles of Incorporation/By Laws: | 29561
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