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Parks department says funding study will be complete before budget deliberations; maintenance shortfall highlighted
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Parks staff told the committee a consultant study on alternative funding for parks will be completed in June and shared with council before the budget process; the study finds Austin spends less on maintenance per capita than peer cities and notes system stressors such as cemeteries.
Austin Parks and Recreation told the Climate, Water, Environment & Parks Committee that a consultant study on parks funding will be completed in June and submitted to the council in time for budget deliberations.
Assistant Director Liana Kalivokai said the department engaged consultants (PFM and The Trust for Public Land) to benchmark Austin’s…
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