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Board discusses long-term parks sustainability, fees, grants, playground replacements and community concerns
Summary
The board discussed a long-term sustainability initiative prompted by the mayor, covering potential fee changes, use of bed-tax revenue, outreach and marketing, playground replacement schedules, a tree-planting return, a transparency dashboard for capital projects, and pending grants for tennis repairs.
Board members and staff discussed a mayoral request to brainstorm long-term sustainability ideas for parks and recreation, including potential revenue options and fee changes.
Director Matt Khater said the department maintains 109 parks across about 1,700 acres, operates downtown and beach maintenance year-round, and is reviewing fee structures for rec centers and athletic-field rentals. He said parks staff are reviewing profit-and-loss statements and benchmarking fees against other communities. Staff also noted bed taxes collected at…
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