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Parks, Facilities, Staffinjz & Budgeting Benchmarkinj' Report for ORPA <br /> Returned surveys were entered into a data base by Leisure Vision staff and reviewed by Ron <br /> Vine, President of Leisure Vision and a Vice- President with ETC Institute. Data processing was <br /> conducted by Dr. Elaine Tatham, President of ETC Institute. <br /> Analysis of Data <br /> A number of analysis tools were used specifically for this benchmarking report to provide more <br /> in -depth information to assist ORPA members in evaluating the supply of parks, trails, and <br /> facilities in their communities as well as the resources to staff and fund these parks and <br /> recreation facilities. These analysis tools were as follows: <br /> Computing results per 1,000 residents - The populations of ORPA communities range in size <br /> from a few thousand residents to more than 1 million residents. In order to uniformly compare <br /> the number of soccer fields, acres of parks, miles of trails, capital expenditures from one <br /> community to another community, comparisons were made based on how many facilities, acres <br /> of parks, trails, etc. each community had per 1,000 residents. <br /> For example, if Community A had a population of 75,000 residents and 20 soccer fields and <br /> Community B had 20,500 residents and 8 soccer fields, how many soccer fields did each €' <br /> community have per 1,000 residents? This number is reached as follows: <br /> Community A <br /> 75,000 residents divided by 1,000 = 75 <br /> 20 soccer fields divided by 75 = .267 soccer field per 1,000 residents <br /> Community B <br /> 20,500 residents divided by 1,000 = 20.5 <br /> 8 soccer fields divided by 20.5 = .390 soccer field per 1,000 residents <br /> How community A can use this number to figure out how many soccer fields it would need to <br /> have .390 soccer fields per 1,000 residents is as follows: <br /> .390 soccer fields per 1,000 *75 = 29.25 soccer fields. Since community A currently has 20 <br /> soccer fields, it would need an additional 9.25 soccer fields to reach the same number of soccer <br /> fields per 1,000 residents as community B <br /> Leisure Vision 2 <br />