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Parks staff warns of $113M backlog; urges funding strategies including impact fees and potential levy
Summary
Parks staff told the committee the department's updated capital wish list totals about $113 million while annual appropriations for parks capital are roughly $297,000, creating a decades‑long backlog; staff urged council consideration of funding options (park impact fees already adopted; potential parks levy or increased allocations).
Parks staff presented an updated capital priorities list that estimates roughly $113 million in needed projects across parks, facilities and systems. Staff contrasted that figure with the department's current annual capital appropriation of about $297,000 and said, "Divide 113 million by 297,000 gives you something like 200 or 2,000 or more years to get our capital…
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