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PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL FACILITY REVENUE UPDATE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Parks and Recreation will update the Board of County Commissioners on the Department’s special facilities, highlighting their role as revenue-generating assets support enhanced services and long-term financial sustainability. The Department’s strategy focuses on increasing revenue, reducing subsidy reliance, and building reserves for maintenance and capital needs. Financial data presented is unaudited and sourced from the County’s financial system.
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DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
PREPARED BY: Name: Kevin V. Abbate
Title: Parks and Recreation Director
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BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Parks and Recreation manages several special facilities that provide enhanced recreational services to residents and visitors while also functioning as revenue-generating County assets. These facilities include Seaside Café, Sailfish Sands Golf Course, Restaurant and Hitting Bays, Phipps Park Campground, the Jensen Beach and Manatee Pocket Mooring Fields, and Sailfish Splash Waterpark and Pool.
The Department has developed a special facilities financial reinvestment strategy that uses operational revenue to reduce or offset subsidies where possible and establish reserve funding for future maintenance, repairs, and improvements. This strategy supports the long-term stewardship of County facilities while helping preserve service levels and reduce reliance on general fund support.
This item supports the Parks and Recreation Master Plan goals to maintain and invest in existing and new facilities, improve organizational efficiencies, and reduce operational subsidy and expand capital funding.
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Hear the presentation.
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DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☐Resolution
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