Plank #18 · Community

Recreation & Parks: Investing in Joy, Health & Community

Expand park access, build pocket parks and gardens, upgrade amenities, grow recreation programming, improve maintenance and lighting, and strengthen the trail and bike network...

Within Authority

Classification

Within Authority

The city can act directly, subject to budget, staffing, procurement, and execution quality.

§ 01The Promise

Expand park access, build pocket parks and gardens, upgrade amenities, grow recreation programming, improve maintenance and lighting, and strengthen the trail and bike network.

§ 02Authority Scope

Full city authority via parks and recreation, capital budget, community engagement

The real limit is budget competition, especially against public-safety staffing and other recurring obligations, not legal authority.

§ 03Analysis

This is conventional city work. If the money is appropriated and projects are managed well, the mayor can deliver almost the entire agenda directly.

§ 04Recurring Barriers

Implementation barriers identified across the audit; tap to expand a definition.

Funding Gap Analysis

No identified revenue source matches the scale of the proposed program.

§ 06Legislative Record

No distinct parks-delivery legislative record is central to this municipal operations plank.

§ 07Within-Authority Path

Publish neighborhood park goals, capital schedules, and maintenance benchmarks so voters can judge whether the city is actually closing service gaps.

Related planks

Records with shared policy areas or recurring implementation barriers.

§12Community

Prepared by: OrlandoFirst.city
Published: April 24, 2026
Last reviewed: May 4, 2026
Last updated: May 4, 2026