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City of Santa Rosa
Fiscal Year 2008/09 Budget Overview
Recreation & Parks
Recreation & Parks Budget Summary
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department’s actual budget (numbers).
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funds as needed.
Recreation & Parks Budget Changes
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Recreation & Parks Department
FY 2007/08 Accomplishments
 Business & Strategic Action Plan (BSAP)
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Council adopted BSAP May 2008
Set the stage for:
 General Plan Amendment
 Funding Strategy (part of overall economic stabilization)
 Ongoing organizational adjustments
 Gang Prevention & Intervention
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12-month evaluation report on CHOICE grant programs
 94% of grantees met or exceeded children and youth satisfaction
goal
 88% met parent satisfaction goal
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Recognized as element of All America City award
Participation in statewide 13-cities collaboration
Santa Rosa used as model for other cities that want to start
programs
FY 2007/08 Accomplishments
 Facilities Operation
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Howarth “Best Park” and Camp Wa-Tam “Best Camp” 2nd year in a
row
 “Parents’ Journal” and “Bohemian” newspaper
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Opened new facilities at Bennett Valley Golf Course
 Green fee revenue up 13% in 07-08
 New restaurant will generate approximately $66K for six months of
operation
 LEED certified facility at Silver level
 Parks
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Project Progress
 Nagasawa Community Park at Fountaingrove
 Prince Gateway Park
 A Place to Play
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Pilot program initiated to develop electronic street tree inventory
and automated tree service request and scheduling system
As recommended by BSAP, hired seasonal maintenance workforce
to augment regular staffing
FY 2007/08 Accomplishments
 Partnerships
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Fundraising partnership with Seniors, Inc.; within $3M of funds
needed to construct Senior Wing
Parks volunteers contributed 3000 hours of volunteer service
through March, 2008 valued at more than $45,000
LandPaths providing access to Bayer Farm property and
implementing community garden program on site in Roseland
LBH&G garden volunteers shouldered increased responsibilities
associated with loss of Garden Curator
Park Watch, Adopt-a-Green Space, Adopt-a-Park programs
Redwood Live Steamers
 Arts Program
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Completed Arts District Business Plan
Increased arts and cultural offerings in Downtown Arts District by
75% since July 2007
Boback Emad sculpture dedication and unveiling on June 28th
FY 2008/09 Objectives
 Implement Department Business & Strategic
Action Plan
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Establish priorities and timeline; develop annual
report
General Plan Amendment
 Create flexibility in General Plan
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Funding
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Increase Park Development Fees and phase implementation
Address budget/economic challenges
Acquire grants to fund parkland purchases
Seek additional funding streams for park and facility
operations and maintenance
Organizational adjustments
 Implement Arts District Strategic Plan
FY 2008/09 Objectives
 Contribute to Council goals
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Open Space & Recreation
Regional Gang Prevention/Intervention
 Implement MGPTF Strategic Plan
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Services to Youth & Seniors
 Support Luther Burbank Home & Gardens’
efforts to develop 501(c)(3)
 Develop water conservation plan and
other approaches to water budget
increases
Budget Highlights
 Changing marketing strategy
 Shifting resources internally to align staffing with
revenue generation needs
 Reorganizing Park Maintenance to add seasonal
workforce
 Making fee adjustments
 Continuing partnerships to extend resources and
provide services to the community
 Finding wherewithal to continue Arts District
effort past the expenditure of seed money from
EDH
Recreation & Parks General Fund
Budget Reductions and Impacts
Reductions:
 Cut 3.75 FTE
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Burbank, Sports, Steele Lane Operations, Fee-Based After School
Classes, Prop 49 funded after-school programs
Service Impacts:
 Reduced facility maintenance and logistical support to
recreation programmers
 Reduction in service hours at SLCC
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Facility will be open when program revenue is sufficient to cover
operating costs
 At Burbank, increased reliance on garden volunteers and loss
of onsite expertise
 Reduced range of youth and adult sports program offerings
 Reduced recreation programming at some schools formerly
funded by Prop 49 – new focus more academic
Recreation & Parks General Fund
Budget Reductions and Impacts
Reductions:
 Shifting staff charges to capital projects, special
maintenance funds and special tax districts
Service Impacts:
 Project charges provide short-term relief to General Fund
salary and benefit obligations, but not sustainable longterm funding for regular staff
 Staff diverted from regular maintenance assignments
 Special tax district charge-outs provide long-term,
sustainable funding mechanism for limited services
 Back-on Maintenance and Tree Mitigation funds rapidly
depleting; additional resources critical to continued ability
to provide covered services
Recreation & Parks General Fund
Budget Reductions and Impacts
Reductions:
 Reduced services and supplies and project requests
Service Impacts:
 Fewer temporary staff and contract instructors hired to
provide sports and recreation facility programming
 Reduced funding for public school gym rentals, program
operating supplies, equipment maintenance and repair
 Less funding for critical supplies, e.g., fertilizer, garbage
bags, restroom supplies, graffiti remover, weed control
supplies, Tree Crew saddles and ropes
 May not fertilize as often or replace ball field bases,
lights, or basketball and tennis nets as often
Recreation & Parks General Fund
Budget Reductions and Impacts
Reductions:
 Restructured staffing in Aquatics
 Reduced budget for temp staff salaries
Service Impacts:
 Reduced expertise available to handle pool emergencies
(e.g., equipment failures) resulting in more unscheduled
pool closures
 Reduction in days/hours of after-school recreation
programs in Neighborhood Services
Recreation & Parks General Fund
Budget Reductions and Impacts
Reductions:
 Increased recreation program revenue
 Proposed recreation fee increases
Service Impacts:
 Currently at capacity – unlikely we can add new
programs or responsibilities without eliminating others
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Future budget reductions likely to require facility closures
and significant service reductions
 Fee increases impact who can afford recreation
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Will have to carefully monitor attendance to determine if
market will support changes
Actively soliciting scholarship donations to assist lowincome patrons
Some families may be priced out of participation
Future Challenges
 Existing facilities at capacity
 Community expectations for new facilities and programs
high, exceeding current financial capabilities
 Operations and maintenance funding is insufficient
 Revenue source needed to fund rehabilitation and
deferred maintenance (top community priority)
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$3,000,000 needed annually
 Park development fee increases needed for new park
and facility development
 Staff funding for tree services and back-on maintenance
depleting
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Approximately 18 months remaining in special funds
 Succession planning and employee development
Future Challenges
 If graded, Community Parks rated “C” and
Neighborhood Parks “D”
 Concern that additional cuts in maintenance
funding will reduce maintenance in most
neighborhood parks and some community parks
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Watering lawns will be reserved for athletic fields
Some restrooms will be closed and locked and
maintenance including litter removal, graffiti
abatement, mowing and edging lawns will be
severely cut back in all parks
Keeping our parks safe, clean and wellmaintained will become increasingly difficult
 Working to develop alternative funding source