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MISSISSAUGA Recreation & Parks
PurposeCity of Mississauga Recreation & Parks exists to strengthen our communities and the environment through life-long learning, recreation and parks experiences.
Recreation & Parks Division has a long history of public service, connecting with residents through many groups and associations, working at thecommunity level to form one of the key benchmark communities in Ontario.
Recreation & Parks ServicesMississauga Recreation & Parks serves citizens who live, work, or play in the City of Mississauga so that citizens can:
• Improve their quality of life
• Receive the opportunity to develop healthy active lifestyles
• Build lifelong social relationshipsin a safe supportive community
• Remain amongst the most cost-effective and efficient parks & recreation services in Canada
Recreation & Parks ServicesHelp provide:
• Access to trails, green spaces, woodlands, rivers/lakefront
• Opportunities for community groups to get involved incity-wide and neighbourhood projects
• Support and develop Mississauga community events/festivals
• New hobbies, skills and lifelong interests for all ages
• Attractive indoor and outdoor recreation spaces to meet needs of businesses and their employees locating inMississauga
Recreation & Parks ServicesProvide:
• Delivery of Activity Guides to all households as well as“Connect2Rec”Internet access
• Safe, litter-free, graffiti-free environments supported by“Litter Not”, “Violence & Vandalism” and “Facility Watch”
•Youth activities that focus on positive activities and alternativessuch as drop-in activity at centres, basketball sportpads,skateboard sites, cycling trails / BMX sites and splash pads
• Introductory exposure to arts and cultural activities
• Sports and physical activities that recognizeMississauga’s cultural diversity.
Recreation & Parks ServicesRecreation & Parks currently offers:
• Over 2.5 million square feet of indoor facility or depot space
• Receives $38 million of user fee revenues each year fromrecreation programs, facility rentals or swim/skate admissions
• Stewardship over 200,000 trees and 6400 acres of parkland
• Welcomes over 500,000 people at each community centre/year
• Mobilizes over 100,000 hours of volunteerism each year.
did you know that : city boulevard contractors and parks staff spend 30,000 hoursper year picking up litter?
Staffing Mix
Service Delivery998 FTE non union
Management & Central Administration
9 FTE
• 55% of R & P staff are part-time or temporary
• Contracts For BoulevardGrass Cutting, WashroomCleaning in parks, Forestry Tree pruning,City Wide Activity Guide
Parks & FacilitiesRecreation & Parks services are delivered through 50+major service points
• 25 arena rink/floor surfaces
• 177 meeting rooms
• 1 major OHL arena
• 11 major and 8 minor community centres
• 11 indoor pools, 7 outdoor poolsand 14 spray pads
Parks & FacilitiesRecreation & Parks services are very diverse with high visibility andcommunity impact:
• 400+ parks
• 250 affiliated groups & 3 CD staff
• 2 Golf courses and 2 Marinas
• 2 Museums, Tourism office
• 180 km of trails
• 189 soccer fields and 137 ball fields
• 26 permitted picnic areas
TechnologyUse of technology in parks and recreation has helped:
• Adopt energy-saving controls in arenas & pools
• Enhance security systems to better protect our investment ininfrastructure and safe use of facilities
• Provided 1st city Internet commerce site
• Use of infra-red counters to better predict volumes of use
• Participation in benchmarking studies with other communities
• Use of aerial photos to be used to identify encroachmentsand management of parks and forest woodlands
ImageRecreation & Parks and Customer Service:
• Works to ensure that citizens receivetimely responses to calls/enquiries
• 40 specific regulations and statutes inparks, recreation and forestry & safe places for workers and customers
• Upholds high standards and prideworking for the City of Mississauga
• Responds to citizen concerns, ideas and trends in aresponsible manner in partnershipwith ward councillors
PartnershipsRecreation & Parks:
• Works with over 250 affiliated groups, 150 related groups and neighbourhood associations to deliver services
• Facilitates 25 program partnerships with corporations and sponsors such as Hershey Canada, Pepsi Canada, Molson’sBell Canada, Tim Horton’s and many others
• Facilitates over 1 million volunteer hours each year by sportgroups providing administration, coaching and teaching youngMississauga residents first contact with physical activity
• Offers residents opportunities to volunteerdirectly in a variety of venues
Partnerships
Hershey Canada
Invest in our Children
Protect our Environment
did you know that: a mature tree filters40 tonnes of pollutionduring it’s life?
Aerial Photo @ 10,000 ft.
Celebrate our Heritage
Get Active !
Council & The Community
Keep Mississauga Beautiful
Visit Mississauga !
2005 JACK DONOHUE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC
And now …How is this paid for ?
Current Budget
Distribution of Expenses 2005 Budget DetailFT Labour $30.0 million
PT Labour $15.8 million
Other operating 16.3 million
Total Expenses 62.1 million
Revenues (38.6) million
Tax Funding $23.5 million
10.6% of City’s net budget
FT Labour – 48.3%
Other Operating –26.2%
PT Labour – 25.5%
Current Budget
2005 Budget DetailFT Labour $30.0 million
PT Labour $15.8 million
Other operating 16.3 million
Total Expenses 62.1 million
Revenues (38.6) million
Tax Funding $23.5 million
Net Tax Support Revenue
Benchmarks –Gross Cost per Resident
• Sample includes key Canadian comparators and GTA communities
• Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Hamilton plus Brampton,
Oakville, Burlington, Markham and Mississauga
•At only $34 per person, Mississauga is 36% better than average
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NET EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA
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Benchmarks –Cost Recovery
• Sample includes key Canadian comparators & GTA communities
• Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Hamilton plus
Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, and Mississauga
•At 62.1% cost recovery, Mississauga is 19% better than average% COST RECOVERY
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Benchmarks –Cost per Acre Parkland
• Sample includes key Canadian comparators and GTA communities
• Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, plus
Brampton, Burlington, Markham and Mississauga
•At $2,365 per acre, Mississauga is 46% better than average
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COST PER ACRE
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Recent Successes:• Reopening of five major community centresafter relocating over 120 groups and program participants to other locations
• “Future Directions” plans completedfor Recreation & Parks for next five years
• Recreation & Parks in 2005 budget initiated over 20 city service reviewinitiatives with less tax support requiredthan in 2004.
• Obtained over $500,000 in grants andsponsorships from non-tax sources
Recent Successes:• Helped with InauguralMississauga Marathon andsupport of the 2nd Marathon
• Helped Carassauga grow withmore pavilions in city facilities
• Recreation & Parks staff raised$100,000 for the Jerry Love fund
• Opened city-wide skateboard parkwith high use and popularity
• Opened Iceland artificial lit twinsoccer pitches unique in GTA
• New leash free zones
ChallengesNew Infrastructure
• 260 additional acresof new active parkland
• Indoor soccer, Sports Complex, 2 new school/centre partnerships
• Splash pads, skateboard parks, city centre parks &trails
ChallengesProgram Access & Social Infrastructure
• Jerry Love funding under pressure. Fund depleted early each year
• New residents of diverse cultures need engagement strategies
• Youth require more outreach and drop-in activitiesto avoid trends toward youth violence and gang activity
• Society now less active, more obese, therefore need for :
• more use of trails, park events and “Get Active” programsindoors and outdoors
• resource Active 2010 Fitness Campaign
• User fee resistance to increases
Challenges• Aging InfrastructureParticular pressures involve aging indoor school pools,community halls and bridges/roadways/parking lots.
• Volume of Use at popular parks and centres/arenas place heavy maintenance pressures on lobbies, washrooms, dressing rooms
• Sustainable Maintenance of InvestmentsProper maintenance will avoid vandalism and complete replacementof parking lots, trails, lighting fixtures, irrigation systems, parkamenities such as pedestrian bridges, picnic shelters, comfortstations, fencing, bleachers formerly provided through developmentlevy proceeds
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OpportunitiesOpportunities to control costs include:
• More use of part-time labourand short term contracts
• Use of technology, largermore productive equipment
• Effective use of labour inputs: benchmarked facilities, parks,program and admin ratios/outputs
• Upgraded maintenance to reducecostly downtime and revenueflow disruption
OpportunitiesOpportunities include:
• Expansion of profitable“Time-Out” concessions& food operations byCity at centres/arenasto augment rentals
• Continued competitiveuser fees and pricing
• More consumersurveys of values andpreferences
• Contracting in and out
Recreation & Parks and the FutureIn the future, a more populated Mississauga will need:
• Provision & preservation of trails and open spacesfor relaxation & fitness
• Programs and services to reduce stressand enhance physical activity
• Newly retired persons to participate as volunteers to enrich lives in Mississauga
• More partnerships with hospitals, social agencies and school boards
• Continue to keep Mississaugaclean and green