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OVERVIEW OF THE PARKS FACILITIES AND

DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Park Development Fund is funded through the 4B Sales Tax for parks and recreation facility development.
Following the voter approved referendum in 1992, the fund began collecting sales tax in 1993. Over the past 28
years, the fund has enabled the department to provide quality of life amenities including parks, trails, open spaces
and facilities for our community. The park development fund also receives Park Impact Fees from local
development to assist in providing park and recreation
PARK SALES TAX REVENUES services where development is occurring. Additionally,
the department has received more than $14 million in
$5.5 grants to help build the award winning park system.
$5.0
$4.5 Revenues for the NRH Centre are estimated at
$3,517,103 for FY 2020/2021. Expenditures for the new
Millions $4.0 recreation center for that same period are projected to be
$3.5
$3.0 $3,091,545. The Park Development Fund’s sales tax
$2.5 revenue projection for 2020/2021 is $5,216,013. Tennis
$2.0 Center revenues, which are also included in this fund, are
projected to be $404,600. Tennis Center expenditures are
projected to be $580,643.

The City has collected over $70 million in sales tax since 1993. Listed below are some of the projects currently
under design or construction.

Over the past few years, the department has constructed more than 30 miles of paved trails, 10 neighborhood
parks, event plaza’s, a dog park and community garden and focused on renovation and infrastructure projects
including replacement of playground equipment in parks, made significant renovations to Northfield Park and
Richfield Park, added shade structures over playgrounds and is currently renovating Linda Spurlock Park.

The following projects are funded for FY 2020/21:

Richfield Park Pickleball/Tennis Courts - This
project provides for the replacement of two-40
year old tennis courts with a combination of four
pickleball courts and one tennis court.

Parks Infrastructure Maintenance - This project
provides infrastructure maintenance and repair of
parks, trails and facilities in response to use and
age. Improvements for FY2020/21 include:
sports field infield refurbishment, concrete trail
panel repairs, playground fiber and equipment
replacement and other repairs to parks and facilities.

Richland Tennis Center Infrastructure Maintenance - This project includes maintenance items at the tennis
center that are old and deteriorating. The FY 2020/21 funding will provide replacement of shade canopies over
tennis court player seating, replacement of sports lighting and concrete repairs.

Annual Tree Planting – This project provides for adding trees to our urban tree canopy in the park system in
response to storm damage, loss and/or needed screening and shade.

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