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Strategies

• Develop a formalized process to analyze existing parks and amenities and to ensure the design and offerings meet the needs of its users.

• Adopt a guideline to address those instances when renovation or abandonment should be considered.

Policy 4: The City will develop and implement performance measures for the divisions.

Issue

• There is a lack of a formalized performance measures for Parks and Open Space and Recreation Services.

Strategies

• Implement a more formalized process for performance measurement.

• Evaluate the potential implementation of the International City/County Management Association's (ICMA) Comparative Performance Measurement Program, which has significant measurement indicators for both divisions.

• Utilize data collected using Cityworks to enable staff to better

understand current resource use and to project future budgetary needs.

Policy 5: Operating budgets that have multiple functions sharing the same revenue or expense account number should be fashioned in a manner that clearly differentiates one functional area from another.

Issue

• Currently, within Parks and Open Space, the City street tree program and right-of-way land maintenance share common line items with parks-related areas. Within the Recreation Services budget, primary programs or service areas share revenue and expense account numbers.

Strategy

• To better reflect what the main functional areas entail, including yearly changes in dollar amounts, the clear separation of these areas within the budget documents is warranted. Assign individual project indicators or codes to individual functions that share the same account number for the purpose of tracking each line item.

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