With the exception of the environmental park, none of the city parks meet the definition of what Sarasota County considers a regional park — one of which includes being roughly 100 acres in size.
The City Commission briefly entertained the prospect of selling the environmental park to Sarasota County but decided against that on April 27.
Between ongoing maintenance, capital costs and hiring of personnel to handle scheduling at the parks, the city will have to come up with roughly an additional $1.3 million to take over the parks.
In March, the Sarasota County Commission agreed to raise its fee schedule for parks from $2 per game for youth leagues and the school district to $5 per game — an 150% increase.