contents july 2015 departments columns 6 8 Perspectives Web Exclusives Parks for Monarchs Barbara Tulipane, CAE 12 Letters 14 50th Anniversary Archive Throwback: September 1990 16 Community Center Beach Transformation Creates Educational, Recreational Oasis 16 Agency Spotlight: San Diego Park and Recreation, California 18 Notable News 20 NRPA Connect Hot Topics 20 22 By the Numbers Waterfront Access 24 People for Parks Stellar Supervisor Samantha Bartram 26 Member to Member LGBTQ Teens in Recreation Programs Randy Wiger 54 NRPA Update Parks Saving the Monarch 54 The (Enhanced) Power of PRORAGIS 2.0 55 2015 Gold Medal Finalists Announced 58 Member Spotlight: Kendrick Mayes 60 Staff Spotlight: Roxanne Sutton 61 Member Benefits: Early Contract Terminations 62 Test Your Park and Recreation Knowledge. 62 Professional Development Calendar 63 64 Operations Water, Water Everywhere Catrina Belt 66 Products 67 Marketplace 71 Reader Service and Advertiser Index 72 Park Bench Dreams Come True Catrina Belt 4 Parks & Recreation | J U LY 2 0 1 5 | W W W. N R PA . O R G 10 Editor's Letter 30 Years of Summer Fun Gina Mullins-Cohen 28 Advocacy King v. Burwell: An Explainer Oliver Spurgeon III 30 Law Review Troubled Triathlete Expelled From Recreation Program James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D. 36 Future Leaders Preserving Our Connection to This Land Michael J. Bradley, Ph.D., and Jody M. Baker 38 Conservation Got Weeds? Get Goats! Richard J. Dolesh 40 Health and Wellness Access to Sports Is Access to Health Jimmy O'Connor 42 Social Equity Diversifying Mainstream Environmental Groups Is Not Enough Robert D. Bullard and Robert García Page 36