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Parks and Recreation warns cuts would shutter programs, prompt RFP for childcare sites and boost call for a parks funding measure
Summary
Parks and Recreation officials told the Budget and Finance Committee that the department faces proposed eliminations of positions that would affect recreation programs, maintenance and childcare operations and urged restoring select positions and accelerating a parks funding ballot measure informed by a new needs assessment.
Parks and Recreation leaders told the Budget and Finance Committee that proposed budget cuts would eliminate dozens of positions and risk the department’s ability to operate recreation programs, maintain new capital investments and transition city‑run childcare sites to external providers.
Jimmy Kim, general manager of Parks and Recreation, said the proposed budget would eliminate 192 positions (about $14 million in salaries) and remove funds for seasonal and overtime work, creating a projected $20 million operational gap in the department’s fiscal plan. He presented an alternative proposal that would restore approximately $9.2 million to preserve certain positions and targeted services.
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