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Roseville Parks, Recreation and Libraries seeks CAPRA accreditation; city department again finalist for NRPA Gold Medal
Summary
Parks, Recreation and Libraries staff told the Roseville Senior Commission that PRL submitted a 154-standard accreditation application to CAPRA, provided 882 evidence documents and received a recommendation after a site visit; the department is also a four-time NRPA Gold Medal finalist with the national winner announced in September.
At its Aug. 13 meeting, the Roseville Senior Commission heard from Jeff Niersen, parks, recreation and libraries manager, about the department’s bid for CAPRA accreditation and its continued status as a finalist for the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Gold Medal.
Niersen said the department completed a self-assessment covering 154 standards and attached 882 documents as evidence. "CAPRA is the commission for accreditation of parks, recreation agencies," he told commissioners, and the CAPRA review team subsequently visited Roseville, meeting with staff and reviewing submissions.
Why it matters: CAPRA accreditation is intended to show that an agency follows nationally recognized best practices in parks and recreation operations. Niersen said accreditation demonstrates improved operations, staff development and ongoing review of policies and procedures. He added that Roseville would be among the top 2% of agencies nationally if accredited.
Niersen described the review process: 36 standards are considered fundamental and must be met; the agency must meet at least 90% of non-fundamental standards. He said reviewers from Illinois, Colorado and Oregon visited Roseville on April 28 and "at the conclusion of the 3 days, they announced to staff that we passed 100% of the standards, and they will be making a recommendation to the National CAPRA Board." The board will decide at the NRPA conference in Orlando in September.
The commission also heard that Roseville is again a finalist for the NRPA Gold Medal, a separate national award judged on long-range planning, resource management, innovation, community engagement and fiscal practices. Niersen said Roseville is in Class 2 (population 150,000 to 400,000) and this is the city's fourth consecutive year as a finalist. Competing agencies in the class were identified in the presentation as Arlington County (Va.), Henderson (Nev.) and Gilbert (Ariz.). The Gold Medal winner will be announced at the NRPA conference in September.
Commissioners responded with congratulations and expressions of excitement about the potential recognitions. No formal action was taken by the commission on the presentation.
