IRT "Park doesn’t need volleyball courts"  What Parks need is high quality maintenance. Unfortunately the operating budget is not enough to do all that should be done.  So it gets kicked down the road into the CIP budget and then it is discretionary whether the Mayor will release the funds.  So then the defective park continues to be sub standard.  This goes on and on sometimes until it needs to be demolished.  At the top end it is about money and priorities.  Where the rubber meed the road it is about supervisory skills and accountability and personal pride.  The other big variable is volunteers and community based sponsorship projects that are achieved with other peoples money.