MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
PARCS
Department
Budget Presentation
JUNE 2, 2025
PARCS Department
FY 2026 Total Budget2
Category FY 2023
Actuals
FY 2024
Actuals
FY 2025
Amended
FY 2026
Proposed
Personnel $ 17,399,234 $ 21,089,593 $ 24,493,700 $ 25,582,200 Non-Personnel 13,187,698 21,971,862 24,928,200 25,593,400 Interdepartmental 8,747,305 10,974,101 9,939,500 9,909,800 Operating Subtotal $ 39,334,238 $ 54,035,556 $ 59,361,400 $ 61,085,400 Debt Service 1,951,591 1,950,464 1,954,900 1,948,700
Capital 13,471,286 16,342,085 98,319,738 55,439,000
Total $ 54,757,114 $ 72,328,105 $ 159,636,038 $ 118,473,100 Notes
1. Includes: Park Ranger Program (Administered by Police Department); Measure P Treasury/Audit (Administered by the Finance Department); and Arts & Culture Grant Program.
2. Personnel attrition rate of 6.18% in FY25 increased to 6.37%, or $530,800, in FY 2026.
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
PARCS Department
FY 2026 Budgeted Positions3
Category FY 2024
Adopted
FY 2025
Adopted
FY 2025
Amended
FY 2026
Changes
FY 2026
Proposed
Administration & Capital Delivery 23.50 23.00 23.00 2.00 25.00 Customer Service & Community
Outreach
1.00 8.00 8.00 1.00 9.00
Parks Operations, Custodial &
Maintenance
After School Recreation
Programs & Services
Capital
Direct Services*
31.00 97.50
5.00 1.00
0.00 40.00
85.00 6.00
0.00 0.00
40.00 85.00
6.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
(2.00)
(1.00)
0.00 50.00
40.00 83.00
5.00 0.00
50.00 Total 159.00 162.00 162.00 50.00 212.00
Notes
*Includes Landscape Maintenance positions transferred from Public Works Department to PARCS.
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
PARCS Department
Operational Impacts4
Description 2026
Proposed
1) New Parks $ 260,300
2) General Fund Reductions $ (3,647,900)
3) Landscape & Irrigation
Reorganization
$ (1,162,200)
Notes:
1. Operating costs of four new parks: Broadway
Parque (May 2025); Cap Center South Building
(September 2025); S. Peach Ave Park
(September 2025); and Les Kimber Park (March
2026). Including utilities, custodial, and property
maintenance for the months each park is
anticipated to operate in FY26
2. General fund reduction by appropriating
expenditures to most applicable funding
sources, and strategic reductions in non-
personnel costs minimizing impact to operations
3. Reduction from transfer of Park Landscape &
Irrigation from the Department of Public Works
to PARCS, primarily through reduction in
overhead allocations
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
PARCS Department
Federal & State Grants5
Description 2026
Proposed
Federal:
1) CDBG (CAPITAL) $ 2,336,900
State:
2) California Violence
Intervention Program (CalVIP)
$ 874,300
3) Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) $ 175,900
4) California Advanced Services
Fund (CASF)
$ 149,500
Notes:
1. Air conditioning project at
Maxie L. Parks community
center, and installation of a
new tot lot, shade structure,
and soft fall at Bigby-Villa
2. Camp Fresno, Street Outreach
training and Fresno Summer
Nights programming
3. Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
education and materials
4. Digital literacy program for
seniors and adaptive recreation
program participants
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
PARCS Department
Program & Project Highlights6
Notes:
1. Construction award for the replacement of four
restrooms located at Roeding Regional Park
2. Construction award for the installation of new HVAC
and associated electrical infrastructure at Maxie L.
Parks Community Center
3. Design completion and construction award for the
installation of a new restroom building at Large Park
4. Design completion and construction award to
complete improvements to the Romain Park Learner
Pool
5. Design completion and construction award to
develop a new green space at 11
th and Tulare
6. Construction award for the replacement of the
playground at Bigby-Villa Park
7. FY26 funding for project delivery costs for the
Citywide senior center
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Description 2026
Proposed
1) Roeding Restroom
Replacements $ 3,002,800
2) Maxie Park HVAC $ 2,388,300
3) Large Park Restrooms $ 1,365,400
4) Romain Pool Improvements $ 898,100
5) New Green Space at 11th
and Tulare $ 865,100
6) Bigby-Villa Playground
Replacement $ 774,700
7) Citywide Senior Center $ 1,388,300
PARCS Department
Parks, Recreation, and Arts Commission (PRAC) Recommendations7 FY 2026 budget recommendations from October 28, 2024; November 4, 2024; and November 18, 2024. Highlighted items are addressed in a past or future budget.
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Motion # Motion
1) Allocate $75,000 for Office of Neighborhood Safety and Community Engagement (ONSCE) focusing on female youth.
2) Allocate $300,000 to continue the youth fee waiver program and make a minor language change so funding applies not only to individuals but also to nonprofit organizations serving low-income residents, helping them qualify for fee waivers, and increase marketing and outreach efforts to encourage higher utilization of the fee waiver.
3) Allocate $75,000 for a mentorship program targeting youth ages 9 to 17, with a focus on academic support, workforce readiness, and general mentorship.
4) Allocate up to $75,000 to engage a consultant to evaluate the sustainability and conservation aspects related to the park landscape maintenance operations. 5) Allocate up to $150,000 for the camp Pashayan project as part of Category 5 San Joaquin Parkway. 6) Allocate $300,000 to the Al Radka project to cover the design work and any environmental work that needs to go into the project.
7) Allocate up to $1 million to the River West project to help complete the core project.
PARCS Department
Parks, Recreation, and Arts Commission (PRAC) Recommendations8 FY26 budget recommendations from October 28, 2024, November 4, 2024, and November 18, 2024. Highlighted items are addressed in a past or future budget.
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Motion # Motion
8) Allocate an amount not to exceed $150,000 to River West to open the property to the public. 9) Allocate up to $100,000 for the design and construction of a shade structure for the small dog park at Roeding.
10) Dedicate $50,000 to explore grants in the name of Dr. Francine Oputa.
Amended on 5/27/2025 to increase the amount to $100,000 and clarify that the grants would be for non-profit organizations to do projects or activities in City of Fresno parks. 11) Explore how we can get the Blue Heron up.
12) Allocate $100,000 to continue to expand the arts and culture development of a cultural arts district in Southeast Fresno.
13) Allocate up to $150,000 for Fresno Arts Council’s administration, translation and related services of the Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Grant Program.
PARCS Department
Parks, Recreation, and Arts Commission (PRAC) Recommendations9 FY26 budget recommendations from May 19, 2025, May 27, 2025, after the development of the Mayor’s Proposed budget.
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Motion # Motion
14) Allocate $657,300 for a tot lot at Fink-White Park. 15) Allocate $2.3 million for the replacement of restrooms at Nielson Park. 16) Allocate $400,000 for basketball court improvements at Nielson Park. 17) Allocate $50,000 for “Wellness on the West” to keep them going and growing - keeping seniors active and added resources.
18) Allocate an amount not to exceed $50,000 for planning, design, and implementation from Category 5 for the area along the San Joaquin Trust.
19) Allocate $300,000 to start a park related project planning process for the development of a plaza type center for the unused portion of the site. (Southeast corner of 7th and Cesar Chavez). 20) To support the PARCS Department FY26 Budget as presented by PARCS, DPU, DPW and PD. 10 Questions
JUNE 2, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026