City of Pontiac Parks and Recreation Master Plan

For parks, vehicle and recreation building
maintenance, the Superintendent utilizes
a Building Maintenance Foreman as well as
highway maintenance staff workers and mechanics
(these employees are shared by the
other divisions of the DPW). The Forestry
& Grounds Superintendent also oversees a
Parks Foreman with responsibility for parks
maintenance. Each of the two senior centers
in the City is operated by a director and
senior recreation leader. Finally, the Pontiac
Golf Course is managed by an independent
contractor.
Recreation Partnerships
The City of Pontiac maintains relationships
with the Pontiac School District and a variety
of private recreation groups to coordinate
the use and maintenance of recreational
facilities and facilitate a broad array
of recreational programs. A description of
these partnerships is provided below.
Sports Leagues
Several private recreation leagues are active
within the City of Pontiac. The City allows
these leagues to utilize City parks, and in
many cases, relies on the private leagues to
maintain the facilities that they utilize during
the course of the season. These private
sports leagues include:
• Coach Genevieve Sports: Adult Co-
Ed Kickball; Youth Play-Action Flag
Football; Youth Wizards Soccer; Youth
Diamond Girls Softball
• Pontiac League of Athletic Youth
(PLAY): Youth Pontiac Saints Football
and Cheerleading; Youth Pontiac
Saints AAU Basketball and Baseball
• Pontiac Cobras: Youth Baseball; Youth
Basketball
• Michigan Youth Football and Cheer
Conference (MYFCC) Pontiac Panthers:
Youth Football and Cheerleading
• Yapo Warriors: Shoot Out Basketball
Camp
Adopt-a-Park Program
The City has established an Adopt-a-Park
program in order to reduce maintenance
costs through volunteers. Several formal
Adopt-a-Park agreements have been formalized
by the City. City parks currently benefiting
from the program include:
• South Kiwanis Park
• Cherrylawn Park
• Richardson Park
• Pontiac Public Library Grounds
Fiscal Analysis
The tables on the following page provide
an overview of revenues and expenditures
related to recreation within the City of Pontiac.
The City General Fund Revenues and
Expenditures Table highlights City general
fund revenues and expenditures, including
recreation expenditures, over three fiscal
years. The Other Recreation Related Funds
Table indicates other funds (not included in
the City’s general fund) that are related to,
or typically used for, recreation purposes for
Fiscal Year 2011/2012.
As shown in the tables, given the City’s
large deficit, only modest expenditures for
parks and recreation are designated in the
City’s general fund for FY 2011/2012. To
supplement these limited dollars, however,
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