Lee County Parks and Recreation

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Lee County Parks and Recreation

• The Natural Place to Play

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MISSION STATEMENT

• TO PROVIDE SAFE CLEAN AND FUNCTIONAL PARK
  RECREATION FACILITIES.
• TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ADD TO
  THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS
  AND VISITORS.
• TO ENHANCE TOURISM THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS AND
  ATTRACTIONS.
• WE ARE COMMITTED TO FULFILLING THIS MISSION
  THROUGH VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, INDIVIDUAL
  DEDICATION AND THE TRUSTWORTHY USE OF AVAILABLE
  RESOURCES.

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Determining Core Services
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Core Service Categories Identified by
Comprehensive Plan Goals

• Section V and Section VII of the Lee Plan list
  21 goals/objectives that spell out how PR
  conducts its business, as well as Title III of
  the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Parks Recreation has identified five
  categories into which these goals fall.
• Facilities All facility maintenance and
  operational costs
• Programs Extension Services, ADA, Special
  Events, etc.
• Planning GIS, Project Contract Management, and
  Design Construction
• Partnerships School District, Lee County Fair
  Board, Community Tennis Association, Sports
  Authority, Tourist Development Council, Visitors
  Convention Bureau, University of Florida /
  IFAS, Local Municipalities, Friends groups,
  Volunteers, Youth Sports Organizations, Florida
  Gulf Coast University, Lee Memorial Hospital
  (Share Club), Lehigh Regional Medical Center,
  South Florida Water Management District, Florida
  Division of Forestry, Florida Department of
  Environmental Protection, Florida Fish Wildlife
  Conservation Commission, U.S. Fish Wildlife
  Service, etc.
• Conservation 20/20 Land management and public
  access

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Core Service Categories by Expenditures
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Concurrency Regulatory Requirements

• Concurrency is required by State Law with level
  of service standards set by the County.
• Lee Plan Policy 95.1.3 Regulatory Standards which
  are identified in State Law as being essential to
  support development.
• Regional Park Required Level of Service (6) acres
  per 1,000 total seasonal population in Lee
  County.
• Community Park Required Level of Service (0.8)
  acres per 1,000 population in unincorporated in
  each park impact fee district.

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Non-Regulatory Desired Levels of Service

• Desired Levels of Service as set forth in Lee
  Plan
• Regional Park Desired Level of Service Eight (8)
  acres per 1,000 total seasonal population in Lee
  County.
• Community Park Desired Level of Service Two (2)
  acres per 1,000 population in unincorporated in
  each park impact fee district.
• Three community park districts currently do not
  meet the desired level of service.
• Boat Ramps Provision of one boat ramp lane with
  adequate parking per 35,000 population of entire
  Lee County.
• The County currently provides 14 boat ramp lanes
  which does not meet the desired level of service.
• Recreation Center Standard Two Hundred Fifty
  (250) sq ft per 1,000 population of
  Unincorporated Lee.
• The County currently provides 150,671 sq ft of
  Recreation Center space which meets the desired
  level of service.
• Water Access Retain current inventory and
  develop or re-develop at least 3 per year.
• The County has retained all its current
  inventory and has developed 3 new access points
  in the past 3 years

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Federally Mandated Title III Americans with
Disabilities Act

• Mandates that the County have an ADA Plan
• Mandates that all facilities be accessible
• Mandates that all programs be accessible
• Mandates Inclusion where appropriate
• ADA/ Inclusion Specialist hired by PR in 2000
• Until this point Lee County was not in
  compliance with its ADA plan and faced a Federal
  Law Suit. Inclusion Specialist assisted in
  writing the Plan oversaw the correction of all
  problems.
• Law suit filed in 2005 by Access America claiming
  14 parks not accessible. Thanks to Parks
  Facilities Management staff, all counts were
  dropped and no settlement was necessary.

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Core Service 1 Facilities

• Section V Goal 76 Distribution of Facilities -
  discusses the impact fee districts, how they are
  determined, the distribution of community
  regional parks
• Section V Goal 78 Landscape/ Wayside Parks
  directs the County to maintain its current
  inventory and seek ways to provide funding
  partnerships for additional facilities as needed
• Section V Goal 79 Boat Ramps directs the
  provision of one boat ramp lane with adequate
  parking per 35,000 population
• Section V Goal 80 Natural Waterways - discusses
  increasing access to natural waterways, the Great
  Calusa Blueway and Greenways
• Section V Goal 82 Maintained Water Access
  directs the County to maintain its current
  inventory and acquire additional water access
  wherever whenever economically feasible both on
  the Gulf and Bay

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Facilities (contd)

• Section V Goal 83 Community Parks directs the
  County to provide for the active recreational
  needs of unincorporated residents in community
  parks by providing 2 acres per 1,000 population
  and further describes types of facilities.
• Section V Objective 83.2 Community Recreation
  Center Standard directs the County to provide
  250 sq. ft of community recreation center per
  1000 population.
• Section V Objective 83.3 Community Pool
  Standard directs the County to maintain
  operate community pools
• Section V Goal 84 Regional Parks directs the
  County to provide 8 acres per 1,000 population.
• Section V Goal 86 Environmental Historic
  Programs directs the County to provide
  environmental historical programs at
  appropriate facilities.
• Section V Goal 88 Parks Program
  Administration directs the County to protect
  the Countys investments by providing continued
  maintenance of infrastructure and administration
  of programs.

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Core Service 2 Programs

• Section V Goal 86 Environmental Historic
  Programs directs the County to provide
  environmental historical programs at
  appropriate facilities.
• Section V Goal 88 Parks Program
  Administration directs the County to protect
  the Countys investments by providing continued
  maintenance of infrastructure and administration
  of.

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Core Service 3 Planning/Design/CIP

• Section V Goal 77 Development Design
  Requirements discusses the land Development
  Code and how it relates to parks open spaces
• Section V Goal 85 Park Planning Design
  discusses the designing, construction, master
  planning of parks. It further discusses the
  greenways development, linkage of parks and
  greenways and bike paths. It protects public
  parks from conversion and allows only after
  public hearing.
• Section V Goal 87 Capital Planning directs
  the County to annually adopt a five year capital
  improvement program relating to park recreation
  facilities

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Core Service 4 Partnerships

• Section V Objective 83.4 School Parks directs
  the County to develop active recreational
  facilities on School Board Property with the
  cooperation of the School Board when necessary to
  meet community needs.
• Section V Objective 87.2 Public/Private
  Coordination - directs the County to coordinate
  with other public private agencies,
  corporations individuals to use all available
  resources to meet recreation demands.

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Core Service 5 Conservation 20/20

• Section VII Goal 107 Resource Protection
  discusses in detail the protection of
  environmentally sensitive lands, protection of
  species both flora fauna, the Conservation
  20/20 program, land management and the protection
  of specific habitat for all species.
• Section VII Goal 112 Intergovernmental
  Coordination - discusses the need for the County
  to participate with other governmental agencies
  for the protection of natural resource systems.
• Section VII Goal 117 Water Resources
  discusses the need to manage and protect the
  water resources of the county.

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Parks Recreation Adopted Expenses
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Parks Recreation Adopted Revenues
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Adopted vs. Actual Revenues
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Revenue By Category
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Parks Recreation Staff

• Includes 17 vacancies which we are holding in FY
  10

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Total Park Acreage
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Total Acreage vs. Staffing Trend
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Parks Recreation Asset Valuation

• Community Parks 201,938,510
• Regional Parks 314,529,510
• Conservation 2020 251,501,729
• Recreation Centers 21,310,000
• Pools 8,000,000
• Total 797,279,748

• Land is assessed value
• Buildings are replacement value

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Budget Breakdown

• Parks Recreations total expense budget is
• divided into five business units which represent
• four funding sources
• Regional Park Operations (general fund 00100)
• Community Park Operations (MSTU fund 15500)
• Extension Services (general fund 00100)
• Hickeys Creek (Hickeys Creek Mitigation Trust
  fund 12800)
• Conservation 20/20 (Capital Improvement-Environmen
  tally Sensitive Land Program 30105)

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Budget Breakdown by Fund
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Hickeys Creek BudgetFunding Source Mitigation
Trust Fund 12800
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Hickeys Creek Points of Interest

• A trust fund was set up in 1994 to fund the
  Operation Maintenance in perpetuity
• An unexpected payment of taxes to the East County
  Water Control District annually in the amount of
  approximately 80,000 has eaten away at the fund
• The last payment is due in 2010
• As a result the fund will dry up in 5 /- years
• Minimal revenue from parking fees and some events

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Extension Services BudgetFunding Source General
Fund 00100

• Graph represents Countys funding only. In FY
  2009 UF funded an additional 478,245 towards
  operations.

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Extension Services Points of Interest

• Memorandum of Understanding with the University
  of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural
  Sciences
• UF provides funding for certain staff and
  supplements the operating budget
• Total budget provided by UF 478,245
• Minimal revenue from program room rental, grants
  and program registration

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Regional Park Acreage
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Regional Park List

• ALISON HAGERUP BEACH PARK
• ALVA BOAT RAMP
• ANDE ROSSI LANE
• BIG HICKORY ISLAND PRESERVE
• BOCA GRANDE BEACH ACCESSES
• BOCA ROADS RIGHTS OF WAY
• BOKELIA BOAT RAMP
• BONITA BEACH PARK
• BONITA BEACH ACCESSES 1-10
• BOSTON RED SOX PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX
• BOSTON RED SOX CITY OF PALMS
• BOWDITCH POINT REGIONAL PARK
• CALOOSAHATCHEE REGIONAL PARK
• CAUSEWAY ISLANDS
• DAVIS BOAT RAMP
• DEEP LAGOON - COW SLOUGH PRESERVE
• DOG BEACH
• ESTERO ISLAND BEACH ACCESS
• FISHING PIER (MATANZAS BRIDGE)

• HICKEY'S CREEK MITIGATION PARK
• IDALIA PARK
• IMPERIAL RIVER BOAT RAMP
• LAKES REGIONAL PARK
• LEE COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX
• LYNN HALL MEMORIAL PARK
• MAIN STREET PARKING
• MANATEE PARK
• MATANZAS PASS PRESERVE
• MATLACHA BOAT RAMP, KAYAK LAUNCH SHORELINE
• NALLE GRADE PARK
• NORTH SHORE PARK
• OLD BRIDGE PRESERVE
• PERSIMMON RIDGE PRESERVE
• PINE ISLAND MONUMENT
• PICM (PINE ISLAND COMMERCIAL MARINA)
• PUNTA RASSA BOAT RAMP
• SAN CARLOS BAY - BUNCHE BEACH
• SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH

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Regional Parks BudgetFunding Source General
Fund 00100
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Regional Parks Points of Interest

• 5 million used for Baseball / Sport Complexes
• 2.5 million used for beaches, boat ramps,
  shorelines
• Remaining 3 million used for all other Regional
  Parks
• 2.2 million (2009 actual) in revenues are mostly
  parking fees with some program fees
  miscellaneous concessions / contracts
• Some expenses for Baseball Beaches are reduced
  by inter-fund transfers from TDC not reflected in
  PR revenue.
• Twins annual payment goes directly to bond debt.

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Community Park Acreage
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Community Facility List

• Community Parks
• ALVA COMMUNITY PARK
• BOCA GRANDE BALLFIELD SITE
• BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY PARK
• BROOKS COMMUNITY PARK
• BUCKINGHAM COMMUNITY PARK
• CAVANAUGH TRIANGLE
• CHARLESTON PARK
• ESTERO COMMUNITY PARK
• HANCOCK COMMUNITY PARK
• HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PARK
• HUNTER PARK
• JUDD COMMUNITY PARK
• KELLY ROAD COMMUNITY PARK
• LEHIGH ACRES COMMUNITY PARK NORTH
• MARY MOODY PARK
• MATLACHA COMMUNITY PARK
• MIRAMAR(ADVOCADO)
• N.FT.MYERS COMMUNITY PARK

• Community Pools
• LEHIGH COMMUNITY POOL
• N. FT. MYERS COMMUNITY POOL
• PHILLIP'S PARK COMMUNITY POOL
• SAN CARLOS COMMUNITY POOL
• School District Facilities
• BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY POOL
• CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL POOL
• CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
• ESTERO HIGH SCHOOL
• J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• LEHIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
• LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
• N. FT. MYERS HIGH SCHOOL POOL
• NORTH FT. MYERS HIGH SCHOOL
• PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL

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Recreation / Community Center Square Footage
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Recreation/Community Center List

• ALVA COMMUNITY CENTER
• BOCA GRANDE RECREATION CENTER
• BUCKINGHAM COMMUNITY CENTER
• ESTERO RECREATION CENTER
• HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER
• KARL J DREWS COMMUNITY CENTER / SPECIAL NEEDS
• LEHIGH ACRES SENIOR CENTER
• MATLACHA COMMUNITY CENTER
• NORTH FORT MYERS COMMUNITY CENTER
• NORTH FT MYERS SENIOR CENTER
• OLGA COMMUNITY CENTER
• SCHANDLER HALL COMMUNITY CENTER
• VETERAN'S PARK RECREATION CENTER
• WA-KE HATCHEE PARK RECREATION CENTER

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Community Parks / Recreation Centers / Pools /
Schools BudgetFund Source MSTU 15500
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Community Parks Points of Interest

• Youth organizations provide sports programming
  saving thousands in personnel costs
• Parks Recreation provides facilities at no cost
  to youth organizations
• Volunteers providing services saves approximately
  600,000 annually in personnel costs
• A majority of programs offered are provided by
  contract instructors not staff
• 1.6 million (2009 actual) in revenues include
  user fees, School Board reimbursement, donations
  etc.

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Conservation 20/20 Acreage
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Conservation 20/20 Preserve List

• ALVA SCRUB
• BOB JANES
• BILLY'S CREEK
• BONITA SPRINGS
• BUCKINGHAM TRAILS
• CALOOSAHATCHEE CREEKS
• CARVER
• CAYO PELAU
• CHARLOTTE HARBOR
• COLUMBUS G. MACLEOD
• CORKSCREW REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM WATERSHED
• DANIELS PRESERVE AT SPANISH CREEK
• DEEP LAGOON
• ESTERO MARSH
• FLAG POND
• GALT
• GATOR HOLE
• GREENBRIAR CONNECTOR
• HICKEY'S CREEK MITIGATION PARK

• IMPERIAL MARSH
• IMPERIAL RIVER
• KORESHAN
• MATANZAS PASS
• MULLOCK CREEK
• OAK CREEK
• ORANGE RIVER
• PINE ISLAND FLATWOODS
• PINE LAKE
• PINELAND SITE COMPLEX
• POPASH CREEK
• POWELL CREEK
• PRAIRIE PINES
• SAN CARLOS BAY - BUNCHE BEACH
• SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH
• SMOKEHOUSE BAY
• TELEGRAPH CREEK
• WEST MARSH
• WILD TURKEY STRAND

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Conservation 20/20 BudgetFunding Source
Separate Millage 30105
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Conservation 20/20 Points of Interest

• County continues to purchase more land
• Preserves are beginning to be developed and
  opened to the public
• Operating budget has remained relatively flat at
  1 million
• Must dip into the escrow account occasionally
• Can not continue to operate off the interest
• Escrow account currently 32 million
• The challenge is continuing the funding source to
  maintain all these preserves and opening more to
  the public requires more operating costs

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Where are we Going

• If the current economic trend continues
• Contracting services vs. adding employees
• Reduction in Managers Supervisors
• Facilitating programs vs. running programs
• Heavier reliance on Volunteers
• Reducing field lighting use to keep costs down
• Reducing size type of equipment in fleet
• Fewer Special Events
• In-house janitorial
• Reduction in services not affecting public
  safety, for example mowing grass
• Smaller centers and pools may seek additional
  partners to take over operations and maintenance
  as an alternative to closure, or significant
  operating reductions, due to cutbacks.

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Departmental Issues

• Maintaining assets and services with dwindling
  resources
• Determining fees for services and how it affects
  residents and tourists
• Projected budget impact from the new Red Sox
  Complex
• Providing enough quality facilities to stay
  marketable within the state for sports tourism
• Existing and potential inter-local agreements
• Future of Hickeys Creek Fund
• Conservation 20/20 maintenance we will need to
  operate from fund balance (not interest only) due
  to increasing costs and decreasing interest
  revenue

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Commissioner Action

• Fees Many areas are highly subsidized by general
  revenues recognizing that, should we come back
  to the Board with user fee adjustment
  recommendations? Should we also consider youth
  sports fees?
• Baseball We are in the baseball business future
  operating and maintenance increases of 2 million
  are anticipated with the addition of the new Red
  Sox Stadium. How will this be funded?
• Impact Fees With collections way down and no
  money in the funds, how do we build facilities to
  keep up with Sports Tourism needs?
• Sanibel Should we renegotiate our agreement for
  maintenance of certain facilities on the Island?
• Hancock Park This is the only Community Park in
  our inventory that is still within an
  Incorporated Area. Should we begin discussions
  on turning the park over to the City of Cape
  Coral?
• Conservation 20/20 The tax was not intended to
  continue forever. The escrow account funded by a
  10 set-aside is currently at 32 million. This
  will not fund the O M in perpetuity. Before the
  tax is eliminated should the 10 be increased?