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City of Colorado Springs COLORADO SPRINGS Parks • Recreation • Cultural Services ANNUAL 2018 REVIEW VISION Building community and preserving our legacy to make Colorado Springs the finest place to live and visit. MISSION Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services is the steward of a diverse park system that enriches the community through healthy, active opportunities that engage and inspire. 2 COVER: NANCY LEWIS PARK BY BILL GAST; MT. MANITOU INCLINE BY ROB LUCAS GARDEN OF THE GODS BY DAVID DEITEMEYER; EL POMAR BIKE PARK; 3 PIKES PEAK SUMMIT HOUSE GROUNDBREAKING BY PIKES PEAK REGION ATTRACTIONS KAREN PALUS, CPRP, CYSA THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES PARK OPERATIONS • Forestry As I prepared to reflect on our 2018 accomplishments including the United States Forest Service, United States • Regional Parks, Trails and Open Spaces I became truly overwhelmed by all the great work and Army, Colorado Springs Utilities and the Broadmoor’s Cog Railway. • Special Improvement Maintenance Districts milestones we achieved over the year. This year brought new I also want to thank our incredible donors who have already • Urban Parks and Athletic Fields additions to our park inventory, increased stewardship in our open stepped forward to support this private/public spaces, provided key trail connections, piloted significant park investment effort. PARK DEVELOPMENT operational modifications, and garnered recognition for • Planning and Design our projects, programs and parks. Another year of record attendance reflects the increasing • Capital Improvements popularity of our parks and cultural institutions. The Pioneers • Trails, Open Space and Parks Tax Through our Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) program, Museum surpassed 100,000 visitors for the very first time, where we receive a penny for every ten dollars spent in our Pikes Peak welcomed nearly 600,000 visitors, and over community, we added 353.5 acres to expand the Corral Bluffs and 1.2 million people visited the Garden of the Gods Visitor and RECREATION & ADMINISTRATION • Administration Blodgett Peak Open Spaces and Cheyenne Mountain State Park Nature Center. • City Auditorium and Garden of the Gods Park. Our TOPS stewardship program • Community Centers also made advancements by reaching more than 1,800 District 11 Our adult and youth programming continue to provide great • Sertich Ice Center students through over 50 Traveling Trunk outreach programs. The activities, keeping our community healthy and active. The robust • Special Events Colorado Open Space Alliance awarded the program a Blue Grama sports activities, community center events and therapeutic • Spirit of the Springs Award for “Outstanding Environmental Education Program.” recreation trips offer something for everyone. Impactful therapeutic recreation programs served 10,989 individuals, Sertich Ice Rink • Therapeutic Recreation Program We made great strides in developing the Legacy Loop, the welcomed 159,738 skaters, and the community centers offered • Volunteers estimated 10-mile trail loop around downtown, by completing a services for 177,892 customers. • Youth and Adult Sports connection through the new underpass under Uintah Street, adding signage along the Loop, and securing an additional $500,000 in This is just a snap shot of some of the amazing things happening CULTURAL SERVICES funding through the Colorado the Beautiful grant. within your outstanding park system. I would be remiss if I did not • Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum thank our amazing Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory • Helen Hunt Falls Visitor and Nature Center A flurry of activity surrounded the #1 park in the country, Board and TOPS Working Committee, our incredible volunteers, • Garden of the Gods Interpretive Programming Garden of the Gods. Night closure through installed gates non-profit partners and community businesses. We could not • Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site reduced incidences of traffic accidents, conflict with wildlife, achieve these wonderful improvements, provide critical programs • Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center and unsanctioned activities. Additional changes came through a and host engaging events without your partnership. I am truly transportation study where we partnered with the Garden of the humbled by your ongoing support of all we do. I truly believe our ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS Gods Visitor and Nature Center, Adventures Out West and the BEST comes from working together! • Evergreen Cemetery Garden of the Gods Foundation to provide seasonal shuttle service • Fairview Cemetery for our visitors and locals. Additionally, we hosted two Motorless On behalf of my entire • Patty Jewett Golf Course Mornings to provide a vehicle-free experience in the Park. The outstanding team of professionals, • Valley Hi Golf Course discovery of General Palmer’s “midden” (trash) area led to further we feel privileged to serve and • Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain archeological study and community tours of this area. Adding to steward our AMAZING park system, the activity in the park, we finalized plans for new restrooms, recreation opportunities, and cultural added the new Gateway Trail and completed a vital section of the institutions! Foothills Trail. Pardon our dust as we continue to complete important construction projects in Garden of the Gods Thank you for another great year! in upcoming years. Another local attraction achieved a huge milestone with the ground breaking of the Pikes Peak Summit Complex. The $60 million project is underway thanks to project partners, 4 PIKES PEAK - AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN BY RUSSELL DEFUSCO 5 2018 FUNDING GENERAL FUND REVENUE OFFSETS TOTAL DEPARTMENT FUNDING SOURCES All figures from 2018 amended budget Cultural Services $508,799 Cultural Services D & D General Fund Total $21,363,753 Design and Development $86,000 Park Maintenance and Operations $100,250 Park M & O TOPS $7,572,972 Forestry Trails, Open Space and Parks Tax General Fund Forestry $10,000 Rec & Admin CTF Recreation and Administration $2,500,103 $4,475,134 TOPS Conservation Trust Fund TOTAL $3,205,152 CIP Other CTF $3,058,783 Capital Improvement Program Grants & GT SIMD $2,253,526 TOTAL POSITIONS BY FUND Special Improvement Maintenance Districts CIP other General Grants and Gift Trust $3,453,026 SIMD TOPS CTF SIMD Enterprises TOTALS Fund Non-General Fund Total $20,153,178 Enterprises Cultural 14 1 15 Enterprises $11,361,786 Services TOTAL $52,878,717 Design and 6 1 7 Development General Fund Forestry 8 2 10 TOPS Park Maintenance CTF 21.25 7 40 10.75 79 and Operations SIMD TOTAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET BY DIVISION Enterprises Recreation Cultural Services $2,245,098 and 35.25 .5 35.75 Administration Design and Development $6,277,934 Enterprises 35 35 Forestry $1,801,221 TOTAL 84.5 9.5 42 10.75 35 181.75 Park Maintenance and Operations $24,372,098 Cultural Services Recreation and Administration $6,820,5802 Design & Development Cemeteries $1,556,670 Forestry UNIQUE FUNDS OVERSEEN BY THE DEPARTMENT Golf $3,448,250 Park Operations TRAILS, OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION TRUST SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT ENTERPRISES Pikes Peak - America's Mountain $6,356,866 PARKS (TOPS) FUND MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS Enterprises enable the city Recreation & Administration TOTAL $45,055,217 TOPS revenue is generated from a 0.1% Local governments receive (SIMD) to offer numerous cost-effective Enterprises sales and use tax adopted by voters in 40% of the total revenue Assessments against real services since they are OTHER CITY BUDGETS predominantly supported by user Utilities April 1997 and set to expire in 2025. generated by the State Lottery, properties within established Utilities $4,500,000 with our City share distributed fees and do not receive support The majority of funds are designated for districts provide for Fleet Replacements based on population. from the general fund. Fleet Replacements $2,398,500 open space purchases and associated maintenance of specific City Facilities stewardship (min. of 60%); These funds are received improvements in these areas. Enterprises include Patty Jewett and Valley City Facilities $925,000 construction, acquisition and and expended from the Hi Golf Courses, Evergreen and Fairview SIMD areas include Norwood, Old Colorado TOTAL $60,702,217 maintenance of new trails (max. of 20%); Conservation Trust Fund (CTF). Cemeteries, and City, Platte Avenue, Colorado Avenue and construction and acquisition 2018 Revenue Total $4,440,000 Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain. (but not maintenance) of new parks Gateway, Woodstone, Stetson Hills, and 2018 Revenue Total $11,422,168 (max. of 20%). Briargate. 2018 Revenue Total $9,168,000 2018 Revenue Total $3,253,526 6 7 A YEAR IN NUMBERS 597,233 $3,085,456 606,080 156,930 PIKES PEAK - VOLUNTEER SERVICE VALUE SPECIAL EVENTS GOLF AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN 13,784 Volunteers Participants and Spectators 9-Hole Rounds Played Record Attendance 115,215 Volunteer Hours Patty Jewett and Valley Hi Golf Courses 3,956 1,423,440 112,383 159,738 CITY AUDITORIUM GARDEN OF THE GODS PARK COLORADO SPRINGS SERTICH ICE CENTER Annual Operating Hours Vehicles per Park Traffic Counters PIONEERS MUSEUM Attendance Record Attendance 10,989 177,892 69,470 2,838 THERAPEUTIC RECREATION COMMUNITY CENTERS YOUTH SPORTS FORESTRY Persons with Disabilities Served Customers of Annual Program Participation Count Street and Park Trees Deerfield Hills, Hillside and Pruned, Removed, Planted Meadows Park Community Centers 7,858 4,748 58,662 122,413 CLIMBING PERMITS ISSUED REGIONAL PARKS & TOPS GREENHOUSE ROCK LEDGE RANCH at all Climbing Sites INTERPRETIVE
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