League Rivals or Teammates

1
League Rivals or Teammates?

• Do Park Maintenance and Recreation Divisions play
  for the same team?

2
Evaluating our goals

• Park Maintenance Services Division
• Minimizing costs
• Ensuring safe play areas
• Keeping the grass green
• Preparation of playing surfaces
• Litter and Graffiti Removal

3
Evaluating our Goals

• Recreation Services Division
• Cost Recovery
• Providing fun programs
• Ensuring safety of participants
• Participant satisfaction
• Presenting positive image

4
Which of us is responsible for?
Success demands singleness of purpose. -Vince
Lombardi
5
Keys to ensuring you are on the same team

• United under a single purpose
• Understanding the impact of your work
• Communication
• Fiscal understanding

6
What is our single purpose?
We Create Community through People, Parks and
Programs!
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Common Vision, Mission, Values

• Trainings
• Staff Reports
• Presentations to Council and Commission
• Evaluations
• Appreciation

8
Understanding the impact of your work
The achievements of an organization are the
results of the combined effort of each
individual. -Vince Lombardi
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Common Issues that lead to discord

• Over scheduling of turf areas during hot months
• Maintenance of playing surface during scheduled
  recreation programs
• Use of field by renters after field prep
• Watering schedule

10
How can I minimize the impact?

• Communicate often and early
• Ask when planning who needs to know
• Always better to over communicate than to catch
  someone by surprise
• Put yourself in the other guys shoes
• Receive basic training on the tasks the other
  Division performs
• Ask for information on typical processes or tasks
  
• How long does it take to prep a softball field
• Do rentals usually end on time?

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How do you like to receive information?

• Email
• Face-to-Face meetings
• Phone calls
• Use common software program
• From Superiors
• Memos

12
Fiscal understanding

• How is each Division funded?
• Maintenance typically Assessment Districts
  (LLAD), General Fund, Special Taxes (Gas Tax)
• Recreation typically User Fees and General Fund
• What does this mean?
• Recreation generates more revenue then more
  discretionary General Fund dollars available to
  increase Maintenance Division budget

13
League Rivals or Teammates?

• How do you ensure that you are playing for the
  same team?
• United under a single purpose
• Understanding the impact of your work
• Communication
• Fiscal understanding
• Next steps for you when you return