Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) begins its budget process in October, almost eight months before the budget is adopted.The PP&R budget process goes from about October through January when we submit our Requested Budget to the Budget Office.  

Parks uses several points of information to develop our Requested Budget. These include:

• Mayoral direction – this year, all bureaus were directed to submit a Requested Budget that reduces our General Fund allocation by 5% ($3.2 million); it is possible that we will only need to cut 1% (about $640,000)
• Staff input - managers, technicians, line and program staff
• Budget Advisory Committee - Parks Board, Neighborhood Coalition representatives, labor representatives, community members and representatives from culturally-specific community-based organizations.
• Public Input - this year we will have two public meetings and two online surveys
• Listening Sessions - targeted outreach to community groups, communities of color and immigrants and refugees

With the guidance of each of these points of information, parks staff, the Director and Commissioner of Portland Parks & Recreation develop the Requested Budget for FY 2017/18

2017-18 Budget Advisory Committee Members

Portland Parks Board Members (Invited) 

• Judy BlueHorse Skelton (Chair)
• Aubré Dickson 
• Christa Stout
• Dion Jordan (Vice chair)
• Gladys Ruiz
• Ian Jaquiss
• Jeff Anderson
• Jenny Glass
• Jim Owens
• Kathy Fong Stephens 
• Kendall Clawson
• Meryl Redisch
• Paddy Tillett
• Patricia Frobes
• Sue Van Brocklin
• Tonya Booker
• Ty Schwoeffermann

Labor Partners (Invited) 

• Scotty Fairchild, Laborers' Local 483
• Tim Haberman, Recreation
• Gerry Verhoef, COPPEA
• Mike Keebaugh, DCTU

Neighborhood & Partner Organization Representatives (Invited)

• Angela Moos, North Portland Neighborhood Association
• Carol Chesarek, Neighbors West/Northwest
• Diego Gioseffi, Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
• Jaclyn Sarna, Hacienda CDC
• Jamal Dar, African Youth & Community Organization
• Steve Mullinax, SW Neighborhoods, Inc.
• Todd Struble, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
• Tom Badrick, East Portland Neighborhood Office

The following PP&R staff (non-represented) are in attendance at the BAC meetings to provide answers to questions and additional facilitation and background.

• Mike Abbaté, Director
• Trang Lam, Deputy Director
• Jeff Shaffer, Fiscal Manager
• Art Hendricks, Equity Manager
• Elizabeth Kennedy-Wong, Community Engagement Manager
• Jason Smith, Management Analyst
• Eileen Argentina, Services Manager
• Jenn Cairo, City Forester
• Kia Selley, Planning, Development and Asset Manager
• Jennifer Yocom, Community Relations Manager
• James Allison, Lands Manager
• Lauren McGuire, Bond, Capital and Planning Manager

Commissioner's Office

• Commissioner Amanda Fritz
• Pooja Bhatt
• Tim Crail