This is a good question that might be best answered with a question(s):
What is your budget year (Sept - Sept, June - June, January - January)? (Knowing that budgets tend to change from time to time...)
If you were looking to benchmark your community's investment in play, what information would be best to provide?
What do your peers in the Park and Rec Department, at City Hall, in the park and playgrounds non-profits think would be the right numbers? Have you asked them?
Applying for Playful City USA designation is not about checking a series of boxes to win a prize, it's about having the local conversations about what it means to be playful, so that your community can create an agenda for play.
Thanks for your committment to play