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Brookings council renews MOU with Harbor Garden Club to maintain Azalea Park gardens
Summary
The City of Brookings authorized the city manager to execute a renewed memorandum of understanding with the Brookings Harbor Garden Club to continue volunteer maintenance of formal gardens and the courtyard at Azalea Park; the council also approved routine consent items including a liquor license and accepted minutes.
The City of Brookings Council on July 14 authorized the city manager to execute a renewed memorandum of understanding with the Brookings Harbor Garden Club to continue volunteer maintenance of Azalea Park's formal gardens and the adjacent courtyard.
The agreement, presented by city staff, renews a long-running maintenance partnership. A city staff member said the club has maintained Azalea Park's formal gardens since 2021 and that the city has had a similar MOU with volunteer groups for park plantings and frontage areas dating to February 2011.
Council action on the MOU followed brief council remarks praising the volunteers and an introduction of club officers. Sharon Johnson, president of the Brookings Harbor Garden Club, thanked the council and said the club is rebuilding membership after the COVID-19 pandemic and is partnering with the library and master gardeners to expand outreach and educational programming for children. Club volunteers Michelle and Frank were identified in the meeting as the primary day-to-day coordinators for the park project; Sally was identified as a club vice president.
In the same meeting the council approved routine consent-calendar items. A motion to accept the consent calendar carried; the consent calendar covered approval of council minutes for June 23, 2025, acceptance of Planning Commission minutes for May 6, 2025, and the issuance of a liquor license for Grocery Outlet.
City staff noted the June 2025 vouchers as an informational, nonaction item and the council offered remarks from the dais before adjourning.
Votes at a glance: - Consent calendar: Approve council minutes (06/23/2025), accept Planning Commission minutes (05/06/2025), and approve liquor license for Grocery Outlet. Outcome: approved (motion and second recorded; roll-call details not specified in transcript). - Memorandum of Understanding with Brookings Harbor Garden Club: Motion to authorize the city manager to execute the MOU for city property landscape maintenance. Outcome: approved (mover/second not specified in transcript).
The MOU continues a volunteer partnership that city staff said covers the formal gardens and the courtyard area at Azalea Park and builds on earlier work with the Azalea Park Foundation. Club leaders said the agreement helps the group recruit volunteers and expand youth outreach in cooperation with the library and master gardening volunteers. The council did not identify any budgetary details or changes to city costs for this renewal during the meeting.
The council adjourned after general remarks from the mayor and councilors.
