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CHAPTER 2 22 <br />Park & Recreation Agency Benchmarks <br />This report contains data from 925 park and recreation agencies across the United States as reported between <br />2014 and 2016, as published by the National Park and Recreation Association in their NRPA Park Metrics <br />report. It provides a snapshot comparison for the City of Little Canada compared to national averages. In <br />general, Little Canada is in line or doing better compared to the rest of the country when it comes to acres of <br />parkland and number of parks. From this data, however, Little Canada has fewer staff members per resident <br />and spends less in operating expenditures per resident than the rest of the country. This data can be interpreted <br />in different ways, and is meant to provide one measure of comparison/analysis for consideration. <br />TABLE 2.4 PARK & RECREATION AGENCY BENCHMARKS <br />BENCHMARK THE TYPICAL U.S. PARK & <br />RECREATION AGENCY LITTLE CANADA <br />Acres of Parkland per 1,000 residents 9.6 <br />9.4 (City-owned parkland only) <br />17.2 (All parkland managed by the City) <br />Staff members per 10,000 <br />residents (full-time equivalent staff, <br />including maintenance, operations, <br />programming, administration, capital <br />development and other) <br />7.3 5.8 <br />Residents per park 2,266 1,293 <br />Annual Operating Expenditures per <br />Resident $77.32 $43.84 <br />Percent recovery of operating <br />expenditures through revenue <br />generation <br />29.1%13% <br />Median operation expenditures <br />per acre of park and non-park sites <br />managed by the agency <br />$6,561 $2,548 <br />Typical annual operating expenditures <br />per employee $93,748 $78,186 <br />Percent of expenditures that go <br />towards personnel services 55%62% <br />Portion of operating expenditures <br />derived from general fund 60%87% <br />Annual revenue generated from each <br />resident $19.04 $5.80 <br />Designation of capital budget <br />55% for renovation <br />30% for new development <br />100% for renovation <br />0% for new development (2017 only)