The budget shown specifically to the Seattle Park District Governing Board is roughly $135 million because it only represents the portion of funding generated directly by the voter-approved Seattle Park District property tax levy.

The total consolidated budget is $359 million for Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR).

• The Seattle Park District Fund (~$135 Million): In 2014, voters approved a dedicated metropolitan park district levy. The money collected through this property tax goes into a specialized fund that the City Council—acting as the Seattle Park District Governing Board—must legally vote on and oversee separately. For the upcoming budget cycle, this specific piece of the pie accounts for $135,998,816.
• The General Fund Baseline (~$134 Million): Under an interlocal agreement, the city is legally mandated to maintain a baseline “floor” of general tax revenue for parks so that levy money supplements, rather than replaces, standard city funding.
• Other Sources (~$90 Million): The remaining balance comes from various local or regional park levies, golf/recreation user fees, and specialized capital funds.

When the Park District Board meets, they are auditing and approving the deployment of that specific $135 million property tax levy. For example, the upcoming allocation directs roughly $93.6 million toward operating/maintenance costs and $42.4 million toward capital improvement projects like the “Fix It First” facility renovations.

Here is the proposed budget being submitted to the Seattle Park District on Wednesday, Oct 21st. It is very high level but lets you see the magnitude of the budget and some of the bigger line items. Excuse the basic formatting it was tricky getting from a PDF into a WordPress post.