(a) Conduct of any form of recreation or cultural activity that will employ the leisure time of the people in a constructive and wholesome manner;

(b) Control and supervision of all parks owned, used, leased, or otherwise controlled by the city;

(c) Planning, promotion, management and acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, and operation, including restrictions on, and compensation to be paid for, concessions or privileges in parks and/or playgrounds, either within or without the city limits, of parks, squares, parkways and boulevards, play and recreation grounds, and/or other municipally owned recreational facilities, including community buildings, and improvements and ornamentation of the same;

(d) Entering into contracts with the United States, the state of Washington, any county, city or city park district, school district, or any such public organizations for the purpose of conducting a recreation program or exercising any other power granted by this chapter;

(e) Planting, pruning, spacing and removal of all trees and flora on all parks, playgrounds, squares, parkways, boulevards, public streets, thoroughfares, and recreational facilities owned by the city either within or without the city limits. (Ord. 1879, § 1, 2012; Ord. 665, § 8, 1977.)