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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: December 15, 2008 TO: Stephen Hollister, Interim City Manager FROM: Carolyn Knudtson, Director Recreation and Human Services Department SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Stephen L. Hollister Interim City Manager MATTER OF BANNING USE OF ALCOHOL IN CITY PARK AND OPEN SPACE AREAS SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council adopt an ordinance and a resolution to amend provisions in the San Leandro Municipal Code and the San Leandro Administrative Code to ban alcohol use in City park and open space areas with an exception for City-sponsored events which have received prior approval from the City Council. BACKGROUND After discussion at the December 1, 2008 meeting, the City Council passed to print Ordinance No. 2008-016, amending Chapter 4-1, Article 7 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to ban alcohol use in City park and open space areas except for City-sponsored events with prior approval from the City Council. Analysis This recommendation is a result of meetings and discussions held at Recreation and Park Commission meetings over the past five months, including having met with representatives from Best Manor Homeowners' Association, Farrelly Pond Neighborhood Association; discussions with other Homeowner's Association members; discussions with the San Leandro Police, Public Works and Recreation and Human Services Departments, and review of parks policies and ordinances of other cities. Chapter 4-1, Article 7 of the San Leandro Municipal Code regulates alcoholic beverages in certain public places and is silent on alcohol in parks. The proposed Ordinance No. 2008-016 amends the Article to: • Define alcoholic beverage to "mean and include alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer that contains one-half of one percent (0.5%) or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances." • Provide the regulation that "no person shall consume or be in possession of any open container of any alcoholic beverage in any City park or open space area, except for City sponsored events with prior approval from the City Council."