|
Rev 10/31/00
The Racine County Park system consists of approximately 2,500 acres of diversified recreational and open spaces. The park areas vary from intensely staffed and utilized facilities such as the swimming beaches at Quarry Lake and Einer Fischer Parks and the Ives Grove and Brown's Lake golf courses to the naturally passive and sensitive areas found at Sanders Park and the John Margis, Jr. Wildlife Area. The Parks Division operates and maintains a wide variety of recreational facilities such as beaches, boat launches, campgrounds, nature and wildlife areas, playgrounds, picnic areas and shelters, and athletic fields and also monitors and oversees activities at the Racine County golf courses. Reservations and fees for selected facilities are handled by Public Works staff, as is the accounting for the park fund.
Park maintenance staff maintain park buildings and roadways, in addition to performing year-round forestry and landscaping functions. Park maintenance also includes grounds maintenance and repairs, vandalism repair, nursery maintenance, ice and snow control, mowing and vegetation control, garbage and litter control, signing, and roadway repair. Park staff also operate and prepare numerous recreational and athletic facilities such as snowmobile trails, baseball and soccer fields, swimming beaches, picnic shelters, volleyball, tennis and basketball courts, and restroom facilities. Seasonal employees perform and assist with many of these efforts.
Park planning staff prepare comprehensive, long-range plans to provide overall guidance for the renovation, repair and development of each park and recreation area. Plans and designs are prepared to provide optimal use of each park, provide citizens with a variety of recreational and outdoor experiences, and to ensure and promote conservation and stewardship objectives for the County Park system.
The Park Division budget contains maintenance and contingency funds for the Racine Harbor. A portion of the rent from Belle Harbor is used to maintain Harbor Park while the remainder is placed in an account used to make small marina or breakwater repairs upon approval of the Public Works Committee. Proceeds from the Marina license agreement are placed in a non-lapsing contingency account for possible breakwater repair and any future obligations of the marina license agreement.
Provide quality areas and facilities for leisure activities of Racine County citizens and tourists. We strive to maintain, improve and preserve Racine County's park land in a safe and attractive manner and at a level of service acceptable to the majority of citizens at the lowest possible cost.
Continue ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) improvements to Park buildings in the County system. We will continue the pavement updates on park roads and parking lot facilities. Safety improvements and facility upgrades will be undertaken at Browns Lake and Ives Grove Golf Courses.
Continued making ADA improvements to park buildings and facilities, such as Cliffside Park .
Completed building construction and improvements at Fischer Park Bath House and Cliffside Park picnic area.
Constructed the Wieczorek Pavilion at Pritchard Park.
Completed the roadway and additional parking facilities at Case Eagle Park.
The Public Works Committee is to study the possible use of fees generated at the golf courses from the non-surcharge income to develop a long range plan for using those fees in a way that would maintain the quality of our existing golf courses and would provide funds to help maintain existing county parks and report back to the County Board no later than May 1, 2000.
| 31-1 (Back) |
31-2 |
31-3 (Next) |
| Table of Contents | ||