FY25 Proposed Budget

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Strategic Plan Value: Department Goal:

Promote community well-being through facilities, programs and services that instill a sense of belonging, inclusion and are accessible to all. Connect residents to the community and expand program choice for those who otherwise have limited opportunities for recreation. Deliver recreation experiences that are accessible to various neighborhoods throughout Iowa City and help to reduce the need for transportation.

Department Objective:

FY 2024 Projected

FY2025 Estimate

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Performance Measures:

Number of unique Iowa City parks utilized for program and special events

22

25

24

26

27

Park improvement projects in Summer 2023 limited access to several parks that typically would be programm ed.

Partnerships & Engagement

Strategic Plan Value: Department Goal:

Engage with the community through programming, activities and events that are intentionally designed to best align with their needs. Broad goal is to teach learn-to-swim skills to every child in Iowa City.

Grow participation in and access to learn-to-swim opportunities.

Department Objective:

FY 2024 Projected

FY2025 Estimate

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Performance Measures:

Number of swim lesson participants on roster

283

1524

2353

2500

2500

*FY23 reflects a full year of shifting private lessons towards group swim only, with the exception of adaptive lessons. Th is has enabled additional capacity for swim lesson participants. Finding efficiencies such as combining lower enrolled higher level classes to make way for higher demand lower level classes is one way to increase enrollment moving forward.

For consistency purposes, FY23 (as an example) consists of three seasons (Fall 2022, Winter/Spring 2023, Summer 2023)

158