Parks and Recreation Board

The Parks and Recreation Board was created by the authority of the City Council, Ordinance Number 29561, June 14, 1961. The Board typically meets at City Tower located at 100 W. Houston.

Parks and Recreation Board By-Laws

Overall Purpose of the Board

• Serve in an advisory capacity to the City of San Antonio regarding Parks and Recreation
• 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
• Promote public awareness of the public recreational facilities and services provided by the City and encourage community participation in those programs.

Board Details

• Membership Composition: The Board consists of 11 members appointed by the City Council, one from each City Council District and one by the Mayor.  Representatives from the San Antonio Parks Foundation and the San Antonio Conservation Society are ex-officio non-voting Liaisons to the Board. The Board may add, by majority vote, additional ex-officio non-voting Liaisons to the Board representing partner/stakeholder organizations reflective with the mission of the Parks and Recreation Department.
• Term of Members: Members are appointed for a two-year term and may serve on the Board for unlimited two-year terms coterminous with those of the appointing City Council members, in accordance with the City’s boards and commissions rules codified in Chapter 2, Article IX of the City Code.
• Officers: The officers of the Board shall be a Chair and Vice-Chair.  The Board shall annually select, by majority vote of members present, a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, by no later than the first Board meeting held in the new Fiscal Year. The vice-chairperson presides at meetings in the absence of the chairperson.