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City presents parks asset management plan: $240 million in park assets, $3–4 million annual gap to maintain current service
Summary
City staff and consultants presented an asset management dashboard that inventories parks facilities and non‑facility assets and projects capital needs over 20 years, identifying an estimated $32M in facility improvements and $24M in non‑facility improvements.
Adam Firco, Parks asset management lead for the City of Ann Arbor, presented an update on a citywide parks asset management plan and a new dashboard that inventories and scores more than 5,000 park assets and projects 20‑year capital needs.
Firco said the system includes roughly $130 million in facility assets, $80 million in non‑facility assets and $30 million in bridges and dams—about $240 million in park assets overall. Initial findings show $8 million in backlog for facilities rated poor or failing and an estimated $32 million in facility improvements and $24 million in non‑facility park improvements over the next 20 years (excluding separate ADA and dam/bridge totals).
The presentation explained the Facility Condition Index (FCI) scale used to rate buildings and described tradeoffs between spending scenarios. Firco said a modeled annual capital reinvestment of about $3.5 million (roughly $2.0M for facilities plus $1.5M for non‑facility assets) would hold the system near current service levels; the city’s current annual capital allotment is about $2.0–$2.5 million.
Commissioners questioned prioritization methods, the role of asset value to community use, ADA integration and how the dashboard will link to internal systems. Firco said the project team is integrating inspection data and plans to connect the dashboard to City Works and GIS so updates in field systems feed the asset database.
He said next steps include finishing non‑facility data ingestion, adding bridges/dams details in coordination with the water treatment plant, refining prioritization and assigning internal ownership to keep the database current. Staff said the tool will be used for grant targeting, equity analyses and external reporting as the project moves toward completion later in 2025.
