Why This Measure Matters

Having a well maintained park system keeps our facilities safe and open to the public; and, ensures that the infrastructure attains its design life. 

What’s the Story?

• The Department’s Capital Asset Management Program (CAMP) includes a regular inspection and criteria-based prioritization process for maintaining park infrastructure. One-third of all park infrastructure is inspected annually.
• The overall condition of the park system infrastructure is expressed as a Facility Condition Index (FCI) rating. The FCI shows what percentage of park infrastructure needs major maintenance.
• The FCI is determined by dividing the projected cost of needed system-wide repairs, also referred to as ‘maintenance backlog’ ($8.6M) by the current replacement value of all assets in the system ($49.5M).
• Voters approved passage of the Olympia Metropolitan Park District in 2015. $750,000 is dedicated annually to CAMP. 
• Due to the large maintenance backlog, FCI rating does not change rapidly.
• In 2018, staff added ballfields to the list of park capital assets, which caused the FCI dip even as $750,000 in repairs were completed. Ballfields account for approximately $3.6M of total maintenance backlog.   
• In 2025, inspections revealed some new opportunities for major maintenance. In addition, many assets that had not been inventoried previously were added, including Grass Lake Nature Park Trail, Rebecca Howard Park, existing assets at Yelm Hwy Community Park (pre-Phase 1 construction) and others.

Target

Park system rated in good range, 85% or better.

Reporting frequency