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Table 45 - Peer City Systems Acreage and Workforce Comparisons

Acres of Parkland as % of City Area

Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employees

City Area (Acres)

Current Population

Acres/1,000 residents

FTEs per 100 Acres

FTEs per 10,000 residents

City

Acres

Greensboro

80,844

287,019

2,937

10.2

4%

148

5

5.1

Richmond

38,278 25,308 39,090 51,169 48,724 48,724 69,318 52,980

222,035 260,404 318,699 278,254 302,939 246,777

2,027

9.1

5% 7% 8% 6% 4% 5% 7% 14%

-

-

-

Buffalo

1,913 3,721 1,787 6,891 2,400 4,737

7.3

61

3 8 3 6 4 3

2.34

St. Louis

11.7 7.9 9.7

228

7.15 3.2

Toledo

89

Cincinnati Fort Wayne Wichita KS

431 120 157 181

14.23 4.86 4.22

12

371,744

12.7

Average

285,836 3,637

12

4.6

6.0

Table 46 - Peer City Systems Spending Per Resident

Spending per Resident

Operating Spending per Resident

Total Spending

Spending per Parkland Acre

Capital Spending per Resident

City

Greensboro

$60.75 $17.63 Million $100.45 $29.2 Million

$6,000 $9,926

$60.75 $60.75

(with CIP (average)

$39.70

Richmond

$92.51

$20.5 Million

$7,336

$71.32

$21.20

Buffalo

$48.39 $13.8 Million $271.14 $39.7 Million $43.60 $12.4 Million $190.79 $52.5 Million $78.56 $18.0 Million

$7,474

$29.00 $98.00 $41.00 $141.00 $64.00 $43.00 $82.43

$24.00 $26.00

St. Louis

$13,425

Toledo

$4,122

$3.00

Cincinnati Fort Wayne Wichita KS

$7,451 $6,417 $3,827 $8,000

$36.00

$7.00 $7.00

Limited information regarding FTE data was not readily available for Richmond, VA

$50.97

$19.1 Million

Average

52,980 $30 Million

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