Parks, Trails & Recreation Master Plan

» » Outdoor rinks- (5) » » Skateboard park (1) » » Public Works- Park Maintenance Staff are made up of (9) full-time staff and (12) summer seasonal staff to manage parks, street trees, park trees, landscape beds, sports fields, playgrounds, trails, shelters, restrooms in the parks and outdoor recreation facility sites. This is low for what is expected of the department and the national average of park employees is 1 FTE per 28 acres of park land to maintain. » » Parks and Boulevard Trees Maintained-7,662 trees of which 4,400 are boulevard trees. » » Public Works -Maintenance Staff currently mow 611 acres of which they spend 2,018 hours mowing a year, 500-600 hours of string trimming a year but also maintain a total of 766 acres of park- related property. » » Currently, Shakopee Public Works-Park Maintenance Staff spends $2,741 per maintained acre based on 766 developed acres versus the national average for similar-size cities and systems that spends $6,750 per acre against a maintenance operational budget of 2.1 million. » » The Public Works-Park Maintenance Division operates and maintains (19) irrigation systems to manage in the park system by public works-park maintenance staff. » » Operating Public Works-Park Maintenance Budget and the Parks and Recreation Budget Combined as of May 2019 is $5,561,864 of which $2,407,760 is from earned income and the Public Works- Parks budget is 2.1 million of the total combined budgets for both divisions. » » Per Capita Costs is-$136.01 that residents pay for parks and recreation facilities and services in the city. » » Non-tax Revenue per capita is-$58.88 » » Non-tax revenues are- $2,407,760 of the total $5,561,864

Public Works - Parks Department maintains a robust park system in a growing community. The maintenance operation requirements for Shakopee by the numbers: » » Population of the city- 40,893 » » Population per square mile is 1,396 people » » City size is 29.3 square miles » » Number of parks-32 » » Amount of park land in the system is 1110.5 acres and of that amount 766 is developed (69% developed acres) » » The park system provides 27.16 aces per 1,000 population well above the national average of 9.6 acres per 1,000 for communities the size of Shakopee. » » Three major recreation facilities are in the system plus other park amenities: » » Community Center – 67,000 square feet » » Ice Arena- 48,000 square feet- 2 Rinks » » Indoor Aquatic Center- 43,500 square feet » » Sand Venture -43,500 square feet » » Baseball/softball fields- (18) » » School District- (9 softball/baseball fields and 2 football fields) » » Soccer Fields-(5) » » Tennis Courts-(8) » » Miles of trails-71.6 (trail miles per 1,000 population 1.75 miles)

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SHAKOPEE PARKS, TRAILS, AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN | IMPLEMENTATION