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Miami‑Dade parks director warns deferred‑maintenance backlog after $73M CIP cut, outlines cost‑saving measures
Summary
Parks Director Christina White told the Efficiency Committee that a $73 million reduction to the department’s capital program and other budget constraints leave about $550 million in deferred maintenance; she described cost‑saving innovations and asked commissioners to prioritize safety‑critical repairs.
Christina White, director of the Miami‑Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces (PROS), told the county’s Efficiency & Oversight Committee that the department is facing a large deferred‑maintenance backlog after recent cuts to capital funding.
White said PROS’s overall portfolio includes roughly 308 parks, 40,000 acres of passive and active lands, 60 recreational centers and 22 miles of beaches. She told commissioners the department’s total budget is about $290,000,000 with a general fund subsidy of $124,000,000 — a…
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