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(1) Receipt and Filing of the Report Regarding the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Adopted Budget; (2) Consideration of Selecting a PRCS Commissioner to Draft a Letter to City Council with Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Budget Adjustment Recommendations.
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Meeting Date: December 2, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Adam Ferguson/PRCS
Phone Number: (310) 253-6685
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (11/25/2025); (E-Mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (11/25/2025)
Department Approval: Ted Stevens, PRCS Director (11/25/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Commission (1) receive and file the report regarding the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Adopted Budget; (2) consider selecting a PRCS Commissioner to draft a letter to City Council with fiscal year (FY) 2026/2027 budget adjustment recommendations.
BACKGROUND
On March 29, 2025, the PRCS Commission finalized their Fiscal Year 2025/2026 budget recommendations to the City Council and authorized transmittal of the correspondence to the City Council (Attachment 1). Here is a summary of the funding status of the Commission's recommendations:
* Personnel Enhancements - (Ongoing Cost)
o Administration:
* The reclassification of the current Senior Management Analyst to Deputy Director, and the addition of a Senior Management Analyst (1) and a Management Analyst (1) to allow the PRCS department to "begin to implement the Parks Master Plan" and to pursue "significant grant and fundraising opportunities to fund new construction, updates to parks, and new and ongoing programming."
* Status: PRCS recei...
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