Seattle Parks and Recreation
Financial and Performance Dashboard
Welcome to
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Financial and Performance Dashboard 2.0!
The dashboard is intended to
increase transparency by providing system-wide financial and organizational performance
data for Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) and is organized by the Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program Budget. SPR offers an expansive array of public
services and programs and stewards an extensive inventory of public assets and
parks. This dashboard highlights a set of SPR financial and performance data.
We invite you to explore.
2024 Budget Overview
SPR's 2024 Adopted Operating Budget is $227 million, and the Capital Budget
is $93 million. More details about the City of Seattle's 2024 Adopted Budget can be found on the City's Open Budget portal. SPR uses a Line of
Business framework to better align the department’s organizational structure
with financial and performance reporting. A Line of Business (LOB) represents
the highest level of the reporting structure, followed by cascading Detailed
Lines of Business (DLOB) containing more detailed budget and performance
information for the operations, facilities, and programs serving Seattle
residents and visitors.
Under the Operating Budget, there
are 10 LOBs (including the Park Fund Stabilization) and 31 DLOBs, while under
the Capital Budget, there are 5 LOBs (including Debt Service) and 20 DLOBs. By each LOB, there are embedded Power BI dashboards that summarize financial information, including revenue sources,
budgets, and actual expenditures, and highlight key performance indicators, i.e.,
performance targets and actuals, associated with each DLOB. Financial and performance data will be updated on a semi-annual basis. Here are some
tips on navigating this site:
- Click on the links to the Power BI dashboard to focus on specific information such as a fund source, type of expense or revenue, a set of key performance indicators and measures, etc.
- Once on the Power BI dashboard page, you can interact, filter, and tailor information according to your interest.
Operating Budget
SPR’s Operating
Budget contains 10 lines of business with recurring expenditures such as
salaries, utilities, and supplies for programs and services. The dashboard shows
revenue sources, annual budgets and actual expenses as well as highlights snapshots
of key performance indicators, including past year’s actuals, if available, current
year targets, and actuals.
Activation
facilitates and supports events and programming to promote social
engagement, build community, health and wellness, and leverage SPR’s assets and
facilities to the fullest extent.
It contains several DLOBs. For details: Activation Dashboard
Arts in Parks: Recruit and select artists to activate parks through art engagement and temporary installations at parks with high priority for activation.
Athletics: Offer scheduled use of SPR/SPS athletic fields and facilities so that Seattle residents can participate in organized team or individual sports and live a healthy, active lifestyle.
Center City Activation: Offer a range
of events and programming in downtown parks in partnership with community
organizations. Activations include buskers, food trucks, games, café-style
seating, events, and the Park Concierge Program.
Environmental Programming: Offer a variety of ways to reduce nature deficit by making connections to the natural world, including K-5 school programs, public programs, community partnerships, virtual programs, volunteer opportunities, and environmental learning centers.
Event Scheduling: Ensure safety,
minimize conflicts, and responsibly manage the use of SPR’s spaces and facilities
by offering use permits across SPR’s system so residents and visitors can
recreate, celebrate, and participate in events and activities in SPR-managed
spaces.
Get Moving: Support local nonprofit organizations,
small businesses, and community groups in offering innovative and culturally
relevant events and/or programs to increase participation in community sports,
recreation, and physical fitness activities that serve under-resourced
communities.
Mobile Recreation: Provide interactive, educational, and fun engagement to promote health and well-being opportunities directly into communities at parks and community spaces in neighborhoods with socioeconomic disparities.
Outdoor Park Activation: Sustain
positive programming in identified community parks by partnering with and
empowering community members to conceptualize, develop and implement culturally
relevant programming.
Recreation for All: Support local
nonprofit organizations, small businesses, community groups, and individuals to
provide culturally relevant programs and events in neighborhoods where health
and enrichment disparities are prevalent.
Administration and Support
provides
strategic leadership, effective stewardship of public resources, and operating
support for SPR’s direct service lines of business in service of SPR’s vision,
mission, and values.
It includes
departmental leadership and support functions such as human resources, policy
and performance, accounting, partnerships, volunteer programs, the City’s centralized
services, and the Seattle Conservation Corps. For details: Administration and Support Dashboard
Administration and Support: Provide department leadership and coordinate departmentwide functions including human resources, communications, safety, equity, policy development, strategic planning, performance monitoring, property management, accounting and budget development and monitoring.
Central Costs: Pay for internal centralized City
services (i.e., information technology, fleets and fuel, human resources,
health care, unemployment, etc.) supporting departmentwide operations.
Partnerships: Support partnerships, Magnuson Park
operations, volunteer coordination, and contractual operating support payments
to institutional partners such as the Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
Asian Art Museum, and Woodland Park Zoo.
Seattle Conservation Corps: Provide job readiness training, social services support, and relevant skill development to formerly homeless people to help them obtain permanent employment and secure housing.
Capital Planning and Facilities Maintenance
develops, sustains, and protects
our park and recreation system by reducing facility closures and increasing the
useful life of our facilities through planning as well as preventative and on-demand
maintenance.
It includes operating support for
capital planning, major maintenance, and capital project delivery. Facility
maintenance supports operations for shops and trades, such as plumbing,
carpentry, painting, metal fabrication, HVAC, custodial services, equipment and
event support, equipment repair, concrete and playground crew, pool services, third-shift
preventive maintenance crew, utility conservation program, and associated
administrative support. For
details: Capital Planning and Facilities Maintenance Dashboard
Capital Planning: Provide operating support for planning, design, capital project delivery and support, including direct administrative support and cost recovery from capital projects.
Facility Maintenance: Conduct planned
maintenance through maintenance shops and skilled trades, including plumbing,
carpentry, painting, metal fabrication, HVAC, custodial
services, equipment and event support, equipment repair, concrete and
playground crew, pool services, and the third shift preventive maintenance crew.
Utility Conservation Program: Increase energy
efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in SPR’s operations.
Emergency Management and Security Service
promotes a safe environment for
residents, park users, and staff working and recreating in our parks and in
response to citywide emergencies.
It includes security services, dog
off-leash and scoop law enforcement in partnership with Seattle Animal Shelter,
and emergency management planning functions. For details: Emergency Management and Security Services Dashboard
Emergency Management and Security Services: Operate the
Park Ranger program, security services, dog off-leash, and scoop law enforcement
in partnership with the Seattle Animal Shelter and support emergency management planning
functions.
Golf
offers scheduled uses for adults
and youth by providing access to SPR’s golf facilities so Seattle residents and
visitors can participate in affordable golf programming.
Seattle's public golf courses and facilities are
currently operated by an outside partner, Premiere Golf. For details: Golf Dashboard
Golf: Operate and maintain golf courses at Jackson
Park, Jefferson Park, West Seattle, and Interbay in collaboration with
contractor-provided services.
Grounds Maintenance
provides clean, safe, and
welcoming parks and green spaces for residents to enjoy and connect with nature
by completing routine and demand maintenance in developed parks.
For details: Grounds Maintenance Dashboard
Grounds Maintenance: Operate
geographic-based maintenance districts, including evening and weekend crews,
heavy equipment crews, special maintenance, and encampment cleanup work. This
also includes associated administrative support and utility expenses.
Special Maintenance: Coming soon
Natural Resources Maintenance
provides
access to and maintains natural areas, green spaces, and gardens to connect
people with nature and educate them about the natural environment.
For details: Natural Resources Maintenance Dashboard
Green Seattle Partnership: Provide
ecological services, partnership development, and operating support for the restoration and care of SPR’s forested parkland. Note: Capital
investments supporting this work are included in Urban Forestry (Restoration) DLOB.
Natural Resources Maintenance: Operate SPR’s
natural area maintenance and urban forest maintenance, turf maintenance, trail
maintenance, and citywide horticulture programs, including work at Volunteer
Park Conservatory, Arboretum, Kubota Garden, and Seattle Japanese Garden. Note:
Capital investments supporting this work are included in Urban Forestry
(Restoration) DLOB.
Recreation Facility Operation
provides safe and welcoming community gathering spaces so residents can connect, recreate, build community, have access to water sports, and learn life-long water safety and wellness skills.
For details: Recreation Facility Operations Dashboard
Aquatics: Operate pools, aquatic programming, lifeguard training program, beach operations during summer, boat ramp management, and small craft centers.
Community Center Operations: Operate community centers, including designing and providing programs, drop-in activities, rentals, and other services that are culturally relevant and responsive to community needs.
Recreation Programming
provides structured opportunities for kids, teens, adults, seniors, and people with disabilities to recreate, access enrichment opportunities, connect with peers, and thrive.
It contains several DLOBs. For details: Recreation Programming Dashboard
Lifelong Recreation: Create and implement programs for older adults (50+) focused on physical activity, social engagement, education, arts, creativity, and healthy lifestyles.
Recreation Programming Administration: Provide administrative support for recreation services.
Scholarships: Provide recreation and childcare scholarships to reduce financial barriers for low-income residents to participate in SPR programs.
Specialized Programming: Provide recreational opportunities for individuals with a range of cognitive and physical disabilities.
Teen Programming: Provide safe and welcoming places for young people ages 13-24 to recreate, gain life skills, and experience positive mentorship.
Youth Learning and Academics: Provide programming for youth to reach academic goals with out-of-school support (preschool licensed care and community learning centers).
Capital Improvement Program Budget
SPR’s
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget contains five lines of business
(including debt service) and is different than the Operating Budget in terms of
its accounting for multiple fiscal years. It consists of capital investments,
such as property acquisition, planning and design, facility improvement and
renovation, new construction, many of which are funded over multiple years, as
capital projects can take years to plan, design, and construct. The dashboard
shows revenues, budgets and expenses as well as performance measures with
planned six-year targets and current actuals. For a list of current capital projects, please visit: SPR Current Neighborhood Projects.
Acquisition
pursues
strategic opportunities to increase SPR’s acreage of open space, natural areas,
and neighborhood parks in identified gap areas.
For
details: Acquisition Dashboard
Acquisition: Invest in land
acquisition and related property management work, including pre-acquisition
activities (planning, title searches, appraisals, negotiations, and community
involvement). The project also serves as a match to leverage other funding
sources, such as King County Conservation Futures Tax.
Asset Management and Life Cycle Program
maintains high-quality,
sustainable, and safe facilities in an equitable manner by investing in and
practicing responsible asset management.
It contains several DLOBs. For
details: Asset Management and Life Cycle Program Dashboard
Accessibility and Compliance: Improve accessibility in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and current accessibility standards and codes within parks and facilities. Projects are based on the Barrier Removal Schedule but may also address requests for accommodation, newly identified non-compliance, and alignment with other projects.
Athletic Fields: Improve the playability, safety, scheduling and efficiency of operations for existing synthetic-surface and grass fields and lighting infrastructure through resurfacing, replacements and updates.
Buildings: Update building interior spaces; repair/replace roofs and other major building renovations; or upgrade mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in restrooms, shelter houses, community centers, and other SPR facilities.
Infrastructure and Utilities: Reduce energy
intensiveness of SPR facilities through energy efficiency, replacing electrical
systems, and other infrastructure improvements.
Irrigation and Drainage: Improve or
replace irrigation and drainage infrastructure.
Magnuson Park Buildings and Infrastructure: Sustain
investment at Magnuson Park to bring park amenities and facilities up to
current code, safety, and accessibility standards.
Major Maintenance: Address major
maintenance needs across a wide variety of facility and park assets that do not
easily fit into the other asset categories, including resources for response to
emergent needs and remediation projects.
Park Features: Restore, renovate, and rehabilitate various park features, including park landscapes; trails; outdoor sports courts, paved pathways, and roads; P-Patches; and work accomplished in the Parks Upgrade Program.
Partnership Major Maintenance: Support major
maintenance activities at the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Aquarium. These
projects are identified, prioritized, and completed by these partners.
Pools and Aquatics: Perform major
maintenance on, provide greater access to, and improve the safety of public pools. It also includes projects renovating or converting other water features, including
spray parks and wading pools.
Capital Development and Improvements
invests
in growing SPR’s system of parks and facilities and ensures that our existing
facilities provide space for programming and services.
For details: Capital Development and Improvements Dashboard
Athletic
Fields: Expand the capacity and flexibility of athletic fields through improvements such as conversion of grass fields to synthetic turf, the addition of lighting, or the development of new athletic fields.
Building Renovation or Development: Invest in the
expansion of the Seattle Aquarium.
Community Center Renovations and Redevelopment: Conduct major
renovation or redevelopment projects at SPR community centers.
Park CommUNITY Fund (formerly Equitable Park Development Fund): Partner with communities to make improvements to parks and facilities with an emphasis on neighborhoods that have a history of racial disparities in access to green space and in safety from environmental harm.
New Park Development: Develop existing SPR parcels (land-banked sites) into parks for the public to use and enjoy.
Park Improvements: Enhance
existing developed parks, including Greenways connections, dog off-leash area
improvements, and other named projects.
Waterfront Redevelopment: Invest in
capital improvements of SPR's assets at Seattle's Waterfront Park.
Urban Forestry Restoration
restores
and maintains high-quality forested parklands, engaging the community in
stewardship actions that improve climate change resilience, provide green jobs
knowledge and opportunities, and increase community cohesion and
well-being.
For details: Urban Forestry and Restoration Dashboard
Urban Forestry
and Restoration: Restore and enhance the forested parklands throughout
Seattle, including tree planting, tree care, and restoration activities in
natural areas.
