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RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Parks and Recreation Commission and staff are recommending that the City Council direct staff to do the following:
1. To implement the new inventory as an informational base for
preparation and review of the Local Facilities Management
Plans, and
2. Use this new inventory as the basis for beginning the update to the City's Parks and Recreation Element of the General
Plan.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
On April 20, the Parks and Recreation Commission appointed a three
member sub-committee charged with the following four tasks:
1. Review the current Park Inventory.
2. Determine the classification of the new Hosp Grove acquisition.
3. Discuss the classification of Larwin Park.
4. Discuss the need to acquire additional land on the Robertson Property.
The sub-committee met several times before developing their recommen- dations for the Parks and Recreation Commission consideration. On May 20, the Parks and Recreation Commission received the sub-commit- tees report and took the following actions which are explained in more detailed in the attached memorandum dated June 1, 1987 to the City Manager.
Commission Actions:
1. Accepted new park definitions as developed by the sub-committee. These are attached as Exhibit #1 to the memo to the City Manager.
2. Revised the Park Inventory to comply with the new park cate- gories. The revised inventory is attached as Exhibit #2 to the memo to the City Manager.
3. Classified the new voter mandated purchase of Hosp Grove into
4. Delayed the decision on Larwin Park and Robertson acquisition
the Miscellaneous Landscaped/Open Space category.
pending the Larwin development feasibility study.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
EXHIBITS :
1. Memo to the City Manager dated June 1, 1987
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June 1, 1987
TO :
FROM:
REVISED PARKS
OVERVIEW
CITY MANAGER
David Bradstreet, Parks and Recreation Director 1-3
INVENTORY
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The purpose of this memorandum is to detail the actions taken by
the Parks and Recreation Commission regarding the current park
inventory, the classification of the voter approved acquisition of Hosp Grove, the classification of Larwin Park, and the need to
acquire additional land on the Robertson property.
BACKGROUND
On April 20, 1987, the Parks and Recreation Commission appointed Commissioners Regan, Dahlquist, and Lawson to serve on a subcommittee charged with analyzing and making recommendations to the entire Commission on the following four items:
1. Review of the current Park Inventory.
2. Determine the classification of new Hosp Grove acquisition.
3. The classification of Larwin Park.
4. The need to acquire the Robertson Property.
The sub-committee met several times before developing their
recommendations for the entire Parks and Recreation Commission to
consider. On May 20, 1987, the Parks and Recreation Commission
received the sub-committees report and took the following actions
which are detailed below.
Review of the current Park Inventory
Prior to recommending changes to the current park inventory, the
sub-committee reviewed and revised the definitions used to
classify all park acreage. The Commission reviewed and supported
these revised definitions. The new definitions used to classify
park acreage is attached as Exhibit #l.
With these new definitions, the Commission supported the recommended changes to the current park inventory and included the reference that all park acreage which was being "grandfathered" in to a particular classification should be noted in the revised inventory. This special note was added to the revised inventory to assure that in the future it will be understood why certain park sites are classified in a particular category. Exhibit #2 is a listing of the revised inventory.
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.June 1, 1987
City Manager
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This new inventory included several changes of which the major ones
are briefly described as follows:
* The elimination of all previously counted developed parkland
in the Southwest Quadrant (Spinnaker - 4.0 acres was deleted and Alta Mira - 12.0 acres was moved from existing into the
future category). This change will increase the shortage of
developed park acreage in this quadrant from approximately 10
acres to 26 acres.
* In the Northeast Quadrant, Larwin - 18.3 acres was moved from
existing to future parkland pending the feasibility study which is being done to determine its ultimate developability as a park site. This change will cause the conformance of park supply to park demand in this quadrant to fall below the adopted performance standard.
There are several smaller changes which were made to the inventory
and these are shown on Exhibit #2.
Determine the classification of new Hosp Grove acquisition.
Based on the recommendation of the sub-committee which was made following a discussion of the park classifications, existing park facilities, the revised park category definitions, and current
park development trends, the Commission voted 5 to 1 to classify the
voter mandated purchase of Hosp Grove into the Miscellaneous
Landscape/Open Space category. The dissenting Commissioner felt
that the Special Resource Area was the classification which should
have been used to classify Hosp Grove.
The classification of Larwin Park.
The Commission voted unanimously to hold off making a decision as to the classification of Larwin Park until the feasibility study to determine its ultimate developability is completed.
The need to acauire the Robertson ProDertv.
Because the need to purchase this property is contingent upon the outcome of the feasibility study of Larwin Park, the Commission will be making a decision following the completion of that study.
Attachments
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EXHIBIT #1
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PARR IHVEBITORY DESCRIPTIOH
Presently the City of Carlsbad's Parkland Inventory is composed
of three primary park classifications:
Community Parks
Special Use Areas
Special Resource Areas
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These classifications are the basis for the City's standards to assure optimum park and recreational facilities. The standards
for each park classification are as follows:
Community Parks 2.5 acres/1,000 population
Special Use Areas .5 acres/l,OOO population
Special Resource Areas 2.5 acres/l ,000 population
The pre-1982 Parks and Recreation Element emphasized more passive
use concepts with the acquisition and development of smaller
neighborhood, mini, and vest pocket parks. Additionally, natural
open space areas, meant to serve as connective corridors and
greenbelts throughout the City, were accepted as park-in-lieu
dedicated under the Quimby Ordinance. Due to the characteristics
of these natural open space areas, many of the sites once
accepted for park purposes are considered undevelopable by
today's standards.
The revised 1982 Parks and Recreation Element indicated a shift
in recreational trends toward those uses which are more active
in nature. In order to accommodate these current trends,
parkland dedication requirements became geared toward the
acquisition of developable parkland which could provide both
active and passive use.
Today, current and future parkland dedicated under the Quimby
Ordinance is subject to more stringent conditions than were once
required. Noting the shift in acquisition policy, developable
parkland is considered to be buildable acreage similar to
acreage associated with the subdivision for which dedication is
required. Typically, it has slopes of less than 10% and is
located in other than an area on which building is excluded due
to environmental and geographical constraints, flooding,
easements, liens, or other encumbrances and/or restrictions.
EXHIBIT #1
(Page 2 of 4)
Miscellaneous landscape/open space areas is a secondary classification within the park inventory. This category has been established to provide accountability for additional acreage
currently under maintenance responsibility of the Park operations division, however, is not usable to meet the City's park standards. In addition, accountability is provided for the
natural open space areas once considered as parkland; however, by today's standards, they are not considered to be conducive to park use and/or development.
The following are definitions of the aforementioned
classifications and descriptions of active and passive use.
COHHUWITY PARK
Community Parks are leisure facilities, approximately 20 to 50
acres in size; however, due to a 1982 revision of the Park and
Recreation Element to the General Plan, pre-1982 neighborhood
parks of less than 20 acres have been reclassified to the
community park classification. This reclassification was approved by the Park and Recreation Commission in May 1987.
Typically, community parks are designed to serve the recreational needs of several neighborhoods. The nature of this type of facility encourages and attracts family unit populations from a nearby vicinity
on a daily frequency. Community parks generally provide active and passive use amenities; however, they are not limited to the exclusive
use of either.
Minimum facilities should include:
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Family-oriented picnic areas
Group picnic areas Turfed open space areas for free play
Multi-purpose lighted playfield(s)
Tot areas Structures for lectures, meetings, skills instruction, etc.
Buffer areas Special use facilities as per specific community demand
Tennis courts
Special use facilities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts,
horsehoes, handball and racquetball courts, etc. may be located
within these parks if appropriate to the interest and need of
the community in which the park is located.
The service radius for community park sites is approximately two
miles. The primary access orientation is vehicular. It is
therefore established that community parks should be located
adjacent to a secondary arterial or circulation route of greater heirarchy as defined within the Circulation Element.
SPECIAL USE AREAS
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Special Use Areas are typically local facilities that meet the needs of only one or two activity type uses, either passive or active in nature. They are between one to five acres in size
and generally do not provide the basic universally accepted
facilities found in a community park site. Facilities of this
type are, but not limited to, swim, tennis or racquetball
complexes, meeting halls, athletic complexes, play lots, picnic
and interpretive walk areas.
Pre-1982 Parks and Recreation Element included mini and vest
pocket parks. The revised 1982 Parks and Recreation Element has
incorporated these parks into the special use category which typically defines the nature of these areas.
Location of special use area sites should be based upon adequate
access to its supporting community population.
SPECIAL RESOURCE AREAS
Special Resource Areas are local amenities that have either city-
wide or potential regional significance. The significance is in
the quality of the site that makes it unique as either a passive
and/or active recreation area; this quality may be of a natural
(water, geological, ecological, etc.), historical (architectural,
etc.), or a combination thereof. Consequently, the special
resource area as defined has a visitor attraction or drawing power to users locally and beyond.
Typically, special resource areas provide a unique character
and/or use not found in community parks or special use areas. In general, they are larger than community parks. They are a recreational site characterized by the existence of a special or
unusual feature, natural or man-made, i.e., a water body, earth
formation, historical amenity, ecological reserve, etc.
HISCELLAWEOUS LAWDSCAPED/OPEW SPACE AREAS
Landscaped Areas are acreage presently maintained by the Park
operation division. The degree of landscape maintenance performed
varies from high to minimum depending upon public exposure, desired
aesthetics, safety and/or liability concerns. Maintenance areas typically include land adjacent to public buildings such as City Hall, Libraries, Fire Stations, Administration Buildings, Safety Center, street medians, and public right-of-ways.
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EXHIBIT #1
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Open Space Areas typically are unimproved and require minumum
or no maintenance. These areas are generally considered to be
undevelopable by today's park standards due to environmental and/or
geographic constraints or the prohibitive cost to rectify those
constraints. Some open space areas in this classification were
accepted for park purposes under the Quimby Ordinance prior to
1982.
ACTIVX USE
Actire Park Areas typically provide a form of organized,
supervised, often extra-curricular recreation. Park amenities
denoting active use may include gymnasiums, swim complexes,
multi-use ballfields, tot lots, hard court play surfaces,
volleyball, horseshoe areas or a combination thereof.
PASSIVE USE
Praaire Park Areas often provide minimal or no amenities
associated with active use. The vary nature of passive use
implies undemonstrative, nonparticipating, complacent, subdued
activity. Park amenities generally associated with passive use
include nature trails, walkways, picnic tables, benches, and
small turf and/or landscaped areas.
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PARKS INVENTORY SUMMARY SHEET
COMMUNITY PARKS
EXISTING
FUTURE
TOTAL 296.5
SPECIAL USE AREAS
EXISTING
FUTURE
TOTAL
56.0
32.7
88.7
TOTAL COMMUNITY PARKS AND SPECIAL USE AREAS
TOTAL
EXISTING
FUTURE 143.2
242.0
385.2
SPECIAL RESOURCE AREAS
TOTAL ACREAGE 1333.1
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EXHIBIT #2
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87.2
209.3
GRAND TOTAL 1718.3
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