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Parks maintenance organization currently has 23.5 FTEs that have primary responsibility for grounds <br />maintenance. Parks is supplemented by contractors, but the FTE equivalent of the contractors is not <br />able to be determined using current contract data. As shown in Table 1, a comparison of the APPA <br />(Association of Physical Plant Administrators, now more commonly referred to as Leadership in <br />Educational Facilities) maintenance staffing benchmarks indicates that with current in-house staffing, it <br />would be feasible for Parks to consistently deliver grounds maintenance services between APPA. <br />level 4 (Moderately Low-level) and level 3 (Moderate level) across its roughly 356-acre portfolio. With <br />additional data to evaluate the outsourcing influence on the staffing levels, the level of service could be <br />closer to APPA level 2 (High-level). Using this benchmark as guideposts, a strategic staffing plan and <br />measurement and monitoring of outcomes can make future staffing adjustments to staffing levels more <br />consistent, defensible, and directly linked to service level and stakeholder needs. For more discussion of <br />APPA and the levels of service, refer to the benchmarking section later in this report. <br />High -Level <br />Moderate Level <br />Moderately <br />inimum-Leve <br />State -of -the -Art Maintenanc <br />Maintenance <br />Maintenance <br />Low -Level <br />aintenance <br />Level <br />Level <br />Level <br />Level <br />Total Recommended Grounds FTE <br />62 <br />40 <br />29 <br />1 <br />Square Feet per Grounds FTE <br />250,914 <br />387,899 <br />538,656 <br />1,078,899 <br />2,095,486 <br />Acres per Grounds FTE <br />5.76 <br />8.90 <br />12.37 <br />24.77 <br />48.11 <br />Table 1. APPA's service level model for maintenance staffing <br />In addition, the consultant team reviewed Parks data against National Recreation and Parks Association <br />(NRPA) 2022 benchmarks, as shown in Figure 2. Using the NRPA benchmarking data, Parks is in line with <br />their peers on staffing levels based on population. However, Parks maintains significantly more acreage <br />of parkland than its peers that reported data to NRPA, which must be taken into account when <br />considering staffing levels. Another notable item from the NRPA benchmarks is that the City provides <br />more park acreage per resident than its peers and has a smaller residents per park and playground ratio. <br />Figure 2. City of Louisville Comparison to NRPA Benchmarks <br />City of Louisville Parks Department <br />Summary of Findings <br />January 16, 2023 <br />Page 8 <br />11 <br />