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Wilsonville parks director warns acreage growth will increase maintenance burden; senior center and shelters need repairs
Summary
Parks staff told council the city will add about 26 acres of parks coming into the system (mostly from developments and HOA turnovers), the parks department is below industry staffing benchmarks (about 22.3 acres per FTE vs industry ~12), and near-term capital repairs total several hundred thousand dollars.
Chris Ammerman, Wilsonville parks and recreation director, briefed the City Council on Oct. 20 about park acreage growth, aging amenities and near-term infrastructure repair costs as part of a three-meeting series on sustaining park service levels.
"We currently have 293 acres of developed parks, which equals 19 parks managed," Ammerman said, adding that the parks maintenance and operations division has 13.13 full-time-equivalent positions, which equates to about 22.3 acres maintained per FTE. He contrasted that with an industry best practice of about 12 acres per FTE.
Ammerman presented a map and a list of new properties coming online: three western Villabois regional parks (Cavallo Park, Longka Park,…
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