As a Keizer resident, your input is extremely important to the success of our city. Keizer Parks are in a financial crisis because of our low tax rate, low revenue and cost increases such as PERS contributions and Insurance increases. Grants and other funding sources outside of Keizer have helped us create and improve some projects at Keizer Rapids Park as well as other parks, however, all of our parks require additional funding. Keizer’s entire parks budget is currently about $336,000.00 and comes from the general fund. This is roughly 1/3 of the Parks and Recreation budget of comparable cities. Because of this low funding level we are only able to have two full time park employees and that is not enough to keep our 19 parks (240 acres) from deteriorating. In Keizer we pride ourselves on doing more for less and in utilizing volunteers and grants to obtain needed resources but our ability to stretch our dollars in this way is limited. We are now at a crossroads and have to choose between allowing our park system to continue to deteriorate and decline or find new funding. To prioritize existing and future park projects and determine if we can raise new funding the Keizer Parks Advisory Board is asking for your help in completing this survey. For more information on this please go to www.keizer.org and click on the scrolling message at the top of the page