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MTG. 9/19/88
DEPT P & R
TITLE:
PARKS AND RECREATION
ELEMENT REVISION
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Review, and comment.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
For the past several months, Department staff and a Commission
subcommittee have been revising the 1982 Parks and Recreation
Element to the General Plan. Using the 1982 Element as a
basic foundation, the subcommittee has incorporated current
philosophies associated with providing contemporary
recreational opportunities within the City of Carlsbad.
The primary intent of this Element Revision was to create a
concise, but descriptive, informational document that exhibits
the current operation and future development of the Parks and
Recreation Department. In essence, it represents the means
by which the City government will plan, develop and provide
quality park facilities and recreational programs to ensure
that the citizens of Carlsbad are afforded the opportunity to
enjoy optimum leisure experiences.
The September Parks and Recreation Commission meeting will
allow for Commission review and comment of the 1988 Element
Revision and afford an opportunity for public review to the
citizen's in the northern part of Carlsbad. An additional
presentation of the Element during the October Parks and
Recreation Commission meeting at Stagecoach Park will
facilitate a public review for citizen's in the southern part
of the City. At the conclusion of the public review in
October, the Commission will be asked to adopt the 1988
Element Revision with any noted changes resulting from the
public review.
Although staff has worked with the Planning Department during
the revision process, the adopted Element will be forwarded
to the Planning Staff and the General Plan Review Subcommittee
in order to ensure internal consistency between all updated
Elements of the General Plan. The entire General Plan will
then be presented to the Planning Commission and forwarded to
the City Council for final adoption in December 1988.
Please note that the Executive Summary has been withheld
pending public review and comments. The following are
significant changes which have been incorporated within the
1988 Parks and Recreation Element:
1. Combine both technical appendix and Parks and Recreation
Element into one (1) document.
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2. Create a document similar in format to other Elements of
the General Plan.
3. Define Park area classifications:
a. Community Parks
b. Special Use Areas
c. Special Resource Areas - (Adopted as per Commission
recommendation to City Council on November 11,
1987) .
4. Local Facilities Management Plan Zone 5 (Park mitigation
fee for industrial development).
5. Incorporate Growth Management Program Requirements.
6. Identify seven (7) goals with objectives and policy
statements.
7. Revise and update current park inventory. Identify
future Park Acquisitions and Developments. (Approved at
the June 20, 1988, Commission meeting).
8. Update Park site facility location map.
EXHIBIT
1. Draft 1988 Parks and Recreation Element
I, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II, INTRODUCTION
A, INTENT
III, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
A, STATE LAW
B, GENERAL PLAN RELATIONSHIPS
C, QUIMBY ACT
D, GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
IV, GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
V, PARK AREA CLASSIFICATIONS
A, PARK INVENTORY INTRODUCTION
B, COMMUNITY PARKS
C, SPECIAL USE AREAS
D, SPECIAL RESOURCE AREAS
E, ACTIVE/PASSIVE AREAS
F, MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPED/OPEN SPACE AREAS
G, ZONE FIVE
VI, FUTURE RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
9/8/88
CITY OF CABTSRAH
CITY OFFICERS:CITY MANAGER RAY PATCHETT
ASS' T CITY MANAGER FRANK MANNEN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MGR MARTY ORENYAK
ASS'T TO THE CITY MANAGER PHIL CARTER
CITY ATTORNEY VINCE BIONDO
CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION
CLAUDE "BUD" LEWIS
ANN KULCHIN
JOHN MAMAUX
ERIC LARSON
MARK PETTINE
TOM G. ERWIN
MATTHEW HALL
ROBERT HOLMES
MARY MARCUS
JEANNE B. McFADDEN
CLARENCE SCHLEHUBER
SHARON SCHRAMM
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION SENIOR COMMISSION
ANTHONY LAWSON*
MARJORIE MORRISON
BARBARA DONOVAN
SHIRLEY DAHLQUIST
JIM POPOVICH*
KIM WELSHONS*
DAVID CASTNER
ANNA KNOX
JOHN STRAYER
MARION CAST
THERESA MAGGIO
DORIS RITCHIE
PEGGY SAVARY
LINWOOD J. VAN
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
DAVID L. BRADSTREET. DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION*
DOUGLAS J. DUNCANSON, PARK SUPERINTENDENT
LYNN CHASE, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT
KEITH BEVERLY, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST*
MARK STEYAERT, PARK PLANNER
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MICHAEL HOLZMILLER, PLANNING DIRECTOR
CHARLES GRIMM, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR
*PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT REVISION TASK FORCE
II INTRODUCTION
Since 1982, when the Parks and Recreation Element was last revised, many
changes have occurred within the City of Carlsbad's make-up. The principle
changes necessitating a revision to the current element include development
and population growth, contemporary Park and Recreation concepts, budgetary
considerations, and the implementation of the City's Growth Management
Program.
While the 1982 Element has provided an excellent foundation on which the
Parks and Recreation Department has developed, the 1988 Revision will serve
to incorporate changes in the physical development, mandated programs, and
contemporary philosophies which currently exist in Carlsbad.
Intent - The primary intent of the 1988 Parks and Recreation Element
Revision is to prepare a concise, but descriptive, informational
document that exhibits the current operation and future development
of the Parks and Recreation Department. In essence, it represents
the means by which the City government will plan, develop and provide
quality park facilities and recreational programs to ensure that the
citizen's of Carlsbad are afforded the opportunity to enjoy optimum
leisure experiences.
Ill, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
STATE LAW - Current State Law provides that a City's General Plan
must address seven mandatory elements including land use,
circulation, housing, conservation, open space, noise, and safety.
Although considered a permissive element and not mandated by state
law, the Carlsbad City Council has included the Parks and Recreation
Element as an integral part of the General Plan as it relates to the
overall physical development of the City.
B. GENERAL PLAN RELATIONSHIPS - The Parks and Recreation Element is most
effected by the Land-Use Element, in that each particular
classification of recreational facility has been located within a
compatible land-use area. This Element does not dictate specific
locations for future recreational facilities, with the exception of
special-resource areas, but rather recommends general areas and site
criteria for future recreational facility development.
The Parks and Recreation and Open Space Elements have a strong
relationship. The Open Space Element identifies within it's text,
areas desirable for open space conservation. These areas are
geographically shown on the Land-Use Map and may be suitable for
recreational activities. The Parks and Recreation Element proposes
recreational use in some of these areas when they are compatible to
land-use and potentially appropriate to public recreational needs.
The intent of this Element, however, is not to establish land-use
policies for these areas, but rather provide recreational opportunity
within the context of the existing General Plan policies.
C. QUIMBY ACT - The principle authority for Parkland Dedication
Ordinances is the Subdivision Map Act, the Quimby Act (Government
Code 66477). The Quimby Act was established by the California
Legislature in 1965, in response to California increased rate of
urbanization and the need to preserve open space and provide parks
for California's growing communities.
"Quimby" provides local government with the authority to place into
law an ordinance requiring developers to provide land and/or fees
to acquire and develop park and recreation facilities.
Parkland Dedication or In-Lieu Fees as they relate to Carlsbad are
identified in the Municipal Code (Chapter 20.44). Simply stated,
the ordinance requires the residential development community to
dedicate three (3) acres of parkland, or an equivalent fee, for each
1,000 population their development creates. The three (3) acre
requirement specifically applies to the acquisition and/or
development of Community Parks and Special Use Areas.
D. GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - The City Council established a Growth
Management Program by the approval of Ordinance No. 9808 on July 1.
1986. With the approval of the City wide Facilities and Improvements
Plan on September 23, 1986, the program sets forth a plan to ensure
that an adequate level of public facilities will be provided to meet
eleven (11) specific performance standards as the city grows.
Accordingly, the City Council recognized the necessity of park
facilities and established a performance standard which must be met
and maintained as growth occurs.
The park performance standard requires that three (3) acres of
Community Park or Special Use Area per 1,000 population within a park
district (quadrant) must be scheduled for construction within five
(5) years. The program further requires that this standard be met
before any additional development may occur within a park district.
The program also enables the City to accurately project and provide
for future park demands.
Proposition E, approved by the voters November U, 1986, established
the ultimate number of dwelling units to be built within the City
at 54,599. The ultimate amount of dwelling units per quadrant with
a corresponding population and park acreage requirement at buildout
is summarized below:
PARK
DISTRICT
Park Dist. »1
(N.M. Quadrant)
Park Dist. 12
(N.E. Quadrant)
Park Dist. |3
(S.K. Quadrant)
Park Dist. |4
(S.E. Quadrant)
DWELLING
UNITS POPULATION
15,977 39,479
8,435
12,859
17,328
20,842
31,775
42,817
PARR AC.
DEMAHC
118.44 ac.
ANTICIPATED
PARK AC.
BUILDOUT
122.9 ac.
62.53 ac. 68.3 ac,
95.33 ac. 97.2 ac.
128.45 ac. 128.5 ac,
IV, PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
OVERALL:
To plan, develop and provide quality park facilities and recreational programs
to ensure that the citizens of Carlsbad are afforded the opportunity to enjoy
optimum active and leisure experiences,
GOAL II - To provide a diversified, comprehensive park system for the City of
Carlsbad, utilizing contemporary concepts and planning strategies,
GOAL n - Offer a wide variety of recreational activities and park facilities
designed to encourage participation by all ages and interest groups,
GOAL 13 - Provide and promote a financially self supportive system of
recreation facilities and programs,
GOAL ir4 - To encourage development of park and recreational facilities and
activities by private industry, the residential development
community, and specialized user groups to aupent existing public
facilities,
GOAL 15 - Enhance the availability of special resource and/or open space areas
and promote awareness of educational benefits and passive or active
use opportunities associated with them,
GOAL 16 - Acknowledge and preserve areas of scenic, historic and cultural
value,
GOAL 17 - Develop a privatization approach for the development, maintenance
and/or operation of City owned park facilities,
GOAL jfl - To provide a diversified, comprehensive park system for the City of
Carlsbad, utilizing contemporary concepts and planning strategies
OBJECTIVE 1A - Provide a minimum of three (3) acres of community parks
or special use areas for each 1,000 population within
each of the four (4) park quadrants of the City.
OBJECTIVE IB -
OBJECTIVE 1C -
POLICY 1A
POLICY IB
Determine Park acreage requirements on a quadrant basis,
maintain and develop recreational facilities accordingly.
Define the economic means by which future public park
and recreation facilities will be provided.
Park areas shall be acquired and developed in accordance
with the City's Growth Management Program. The use of
Public Facility Fees for park development shall be at
the discretion of the City Council, as identified in the
Capital Improvement Program.
Any and all parkland dedication as required of the
residential development community shall be developable
and useable for park purposes, and shall conform to all
local, state and/or federal laws [reference Carlsbad
Municipal Code - 20.44, 21.38.060(5)].
POLICY 1C "Joint-Use" facility agreements with local school
districts shall be provided to supplement neighborhood
and community recreational needs.
POLICY ID Under utilized recreation facilities shall be
rehabilitated to meet the needs of a changing and growing
population.
POLICY IE All Park-In-Lieu fees collected from residential
development under the Quimby Ordinance will be channeled
to Community Parks or Special Use Area acquisition,
development or rehabilitation.
GOAL n - Offer a wide variety of recreational activities and park facilities
designed to encourage participation by all ages and interest groups,
OBJECTIVE 2A
OBJECTIVE 2B -
POLICY 2A
Provide active and/or passive recreational
opportunities in existing parks and in the
development of future park sites.
Encourage public involvement in the design
development of park facilities and recreation
programming to insure community needs are met.
Recreational program development should be
encouraged on various levels to insure optimum
performance of current and future parks as
effective recreational facilities including but
not limited to:
o Traditional public facilities
o Trend oriented interests
o Cultural and nature oriented facilities
POLICY 2B Periodically evaluate existing park inventory to
determine highest and best use of park sites
including, but not limited to lease, trade, sale
or rehabilitation.
POLICY 2C
POLICY 2D
Recreational programming shall be evaluated based
on community demand, participation, ability to
provide, and cost effectiveness.
Recreational opportunities shall be provided for
the disabled segment of the population when
appropriate.
GOAL j?3 - Provide and promote a financially self supportive system of recreation
facilities and programs
OBJECTIVE 3A Analyze park development and recreational programming for
cost effectiveness prior to implementation.
OBJECTIVE 3B Provide and maintain recreational and aquatic programming
on a self sustaining basis.
OBJECTIVE 3C
OBJECTIVE 3D
Provide for safe recreational use at the Agua Hedionda
Lagoon on a self sustaining basis.
Provide, maintain and/or encourage recreation facilities,
programs or events which will attract and generate tourist
and non tax payer revenues.
OBJECTIVE 3E Implement the use of energy saving technology in all
rehabilitation and park development projects. Implement
the use of water saving irrigation technology and drought
tolerant landscapes.
POLICY 3 A Encourage donations in support of park facilities and
recreation programs from private individuals, local
business, industry and service groups.
POLICY 3B Promote the use of community volunteers in recreational
programs, special events and park improvement projects.
POLICY 3C All fee supported recreation programs shall be annually
evaluated and fees shall be updated as necessary.
POLICY 3D Facility regulations and fees governing their use are
outlined according to "Council Policy Statement 28". This
policy shall be reviewed periodically to ensure that it
£remains appropriate.
POLICY 3E Street trees, right-of-ways, median landscape designs,
and installations shall adhere to the adopted landscape
guideline manual.
GOAL M - To encourage development of park and recreational facilities and
activities by private industry, the residential development
community, and specialized user groups to augment existing public
facilities,
OBJECTIVE 4A -
OBJECTIVE 4B -
Monitor and update the Industrial Park Mitigation
fee on an annual basis to ensure development of
adequate recreational amenities for the current
and future industrial base population.
Encourage developers to provide smaller, active
recreational areas (parks) in developments
including standard single family subdivisions.
These smaller parks would be maintained by a
homeowners association or through a property owners
tax maintenance district.
OBJECTIVE 4C
OBJECTIVE 4D -
POLICY 4A.
Adopt a neighborhood park policy allowing
individual communities within the City to acquire,
develop and maintain a neighborhood park system.
The funding for the system will be accomplished
by special assessment districts approved by the
voters within the area of benefit. Where possible,
development shall occur adjacent to school grounds.
Work cooperatively with and encourage specialized
user groups including but not limited to Little
League, Bobby Sox, and Pop Warner to identify,
acquire and develop sites for their exclusive use
on private land.
Require the individual developers of master planned
communities to provide pocket parks and active
recreational facilities unique to each development.
Maintenance of pocket parks shall be accomplished
through homeowners association dues. Pocket parks
shall remain in private ownership.
POLICY 4B.The City shall consider housing density, proximity
to schools, general public access, local resident
access, adjacent residential area traffic impacts,
and safe pedestrian access in determining pocket
park, neighborhood park and regional park
locations . Wherever possible these developed sites
should be placed in conjunction with or connected
to schools or natural areas.
POLICY 4C.Any development of recreational facilities on
public land by developers, service clubs, civic
groups individual donors or organizations shall
be consistent with the standards/guide lines of this
element.
POLICY 4D.If a network of recreational trail systems is to
be established throughout the City they shall be
open to the public and provided by developers and
privately maintained by maintenance districts.
GOAL #5 - Enhance the availability of special resource and/or open space areas
and promote awareness of educational benefits and passive or active
use opportunities associated with them,
OBJECTIVE 5A -
OBJECTIVE 5B -
OBJECTIVE 5C -
OBJECTIVE 5D -
OBJECTIVE 5E -
POLICY 5A
POLICY 5B
POLICY 5C
POLICY 5D
Enter into and maintain agreements with SDG&E to establish
access to and along the south shore of Agua Hedionda
Lagoon, seeking long term lease periods.
Enter into and maintain agreements with SDG&E to establish
connecting access between Macario Canyon and the Hub Park.
Seek funding opportunities from state, federal and local
agencies to provide additional access points or any other
projects which would improve the recreational potential
of the City's three lagoons and beach areas.
Determine the recreational potential for the Lake Calavera
site through development feasibility studies.
Work cooperatively with state officials in the development
plan for South Carlsbad State Beach so as to maximize
public recreational opportunities.
Offers to dedicate or requests to enhance and/or develop
open space areas for recreation purposes shall be reviewed
by both the Parks and Recreation Commission and Planning
Commission, and if deemed appropriate shall be recommended
to the City Council for their discretionary approval.
Enhancement or development of Special Resource Areas will
require approvals and shall conform to the requirements
of all regulatory agencies involved.
The City shall acknowledge and attempt to preserve the
environmental sensitivity of the ecology within specific
Special Resource Areas.
The City should promote expansion of educational use
opportunities in areas of significant ecological value
where discretionary use of the resource allows.
GOAL K - Acknowledge and preserve areas of scenic, historic and cultural
value,
OBJECTIVE 6A -
POLICY 6A
POLICY 6B
Work cooperatively with the Historic Preservation
Commission and Cultural Arts Commission to
effectively sustain and promote awareness of
historic and/or culturally significant facilities
and programs.
Historically significant sites shall be combined
with recreational learning opportunities where
possible.
Opportunities for Cultural Arts shall be maintained
and provided through a "Joint-Use" agreement with
the Carlsbad Unified School District for use of
the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center.
POLICY 6C Community Parks shall be utilized in support of
Historic and Cultural programs and facilities when
feasible and appropriate.
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GOAL If? - Develop a privatization approach for the development, maintenance
and/or operation of City owned park facilities,
OBJECTIVE 7A -
OBJECTIVE 7B -
POLICY 7A
POLICY 7B
Identify current and future park facilities or
amenities within the park inventory which lend
themselves to the privatization concept.
Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of park
facilities which could be developed, operated or
maintain under contractual and/or lease agreements .
Request for proposals to develop or operate
facilities by private enterprise on public lands
will be encouraged when deemed appropriate.
Implementation of any privatization agreement will
be at the discretion of the City Council.
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V, PARK AREA CLASSIFICATIONS
A. PARK INVENTORY INTRODUCTION - Presently the City of Carlsbad's
Parkland Inventory is composed of three primary park classifications:
o Community Parks
o Special Use Areas
o Special Resource Areas
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/1,000 population
Special Resource Areas 2.5 acres/1,000 population
TOTAL: 5.5 ACRES/I,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 requirements
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 park
development standards.
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 environmentally
sensitive areas as defined by City ordinance, geological constraints,
flooding, easements, liens, or other encumbrances and/or
restrictions.
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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.
Carlsbad's present park development philosphy concentrates on
providing larger community parks which incorporate a multitude of
both active and passive recreational amenities. The result has
created a more realistic park program in terms of meeting the
recreational needs of the citizens, the Growth Management
requirements and is more financially feasible from an operational
and maintenance standpoint.
The development of Mini and Vest Pocket Parks is no longer pursued
primarily because of the low citizen use and the high cost of
maintenance. Because these parks typically provide one or two
recreational uses, they have been incorporated within the current
Special Use Area park classification. Sites once acknowledged as
Neighborhood Parks have been incorporated ("grandfathered") into the
Community Park classification, and although they may not meet the
current acreage requirement, they do provide a multitude of amenities
characteristic of the Community Park category.
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.
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B. 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 and "Grandfather" into
the Community Park classification. This reclassification was
approved by the Park and Recreation Commission in May 1987 and by
the City Council in August 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:
o Family-oriented picnic areas
o Group picnic areas
o Turfed open space areas for free play
o Multi-purpose playfield(s) (lighted when appropriate)
o Tot areas
o Structures for lectures, meetings, skills instructions, etc.
o Buffer areas
o Special use facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts,
horseshoes, handball and racquetball courts, bicycle paths,
etc., as per specific community demand, 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 hierarchy as
defined within the Circulation Element.
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C. 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.
D. SPECIAL RESOURCE AREAS - Are local amenities that have either
citywide 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.
E. ACTIVE/PASSIVE AREAS
Active 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.
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Passive 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.
MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPED/OPEN SPACE AREAS - Landscaped Areas are
acreage presently maintained by the Park operation division in
addition to Community Parks and Special Use Areas. 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.
Open Space Areas typically are unimproved and require minimum or no
maintenance. These areas are generally considered to be
undevelopable by today's park standards due to environmental and/or
geologic 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.
LOCAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ZONE 5 - Due to a substantial impact on
existing City recreation facilities from an increasing industrial
employment base, a park mitigation fee for industrial development
was facilitated to address this recreational need. In October of
1987, the City Council adopted a park mitigation fee for Zone 5.
The purpose of this fee was to insure adequate recreation facilities
to accommodate the demand created by the daily influx of industrial
population, which currently exists and as industrial development and
population grows.
Although negotiations with representatives of the industrial
community are currently underway to provide upfront construction of
recreational facilities in Zone 5, a fee of forty cents (.40) per
square feet of industrial development has been implemented. It is
anticipated that the industrial buildout of Zone 5 will produce in
excess of $9,000,000 for recreational facilities.
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VI, FUTURE RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Several areas have been earmarked for future park development and
identified in the current park inventory. Although the timing for
acquisition and development depends primarily on the requirements
of the Growth Management program as development occurs, the City
Council ultimately approves the financing methods for acquisition,
construction and ongoing maintenance and operation costs.
Typically, parkland acquisition is provided under the Quimby
Ordinance and/or park-in-lieu fees, while development funds are
provided by the Public Facilities Fee. Future park acquisition and
development projects are, for the most part, identified in the
Capital Improvement Program Budget. However, actual development may
be subject to delay based upon demand and a prioritization for the
construction of additional public facilities and the cost associated
with ongoing maintenance and operation.
Additional funding sources for acquisition, development, maintenance
and operation or rehabilitation may be provided by general obligation
bonds, special taxes, state and Federal Park Bond Acts and Assessment
Districts.
Prior to acceptance, all future parkland acquisition is subject to
a stringent environmental review process to identify and eliminate
constraints in an effort to maximize site potential in terms of park
development. Public review during the master planning process of
all future park sites will guarantee the recreational needs of the
community are being addressed.
Future Park Development Projects:
NW QUADRANT
1. Pine School/Acquisition - 7.0 acres / Community park
2. Maxton Brown Extension - 2.1 acres / Special Use Area
3. Cannon Lake - 6.7 acreas / Special Use Area
NE QUADRANT
1. Larwin - 22.3 acres / Community Park
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SW QUADRANT
1. Pacific Rim - 24.25 acres / Community Park
2. Alta Mira - 42 acres / Community Park
3. School Site - 6 acres / Special Use Area
SE QUADRANT
1. Carrillo Ranch - 10 acres - Special Use Area
2. Carrillo Ranch Acquisition (Additional) - 10 acres - Special
Use Area
3. Alga Norte - 35 acres / Community Park
CITY-WIDE
1. Macario Canyon - 100 acres / Community Park
2. Golf Course/Tennis Complex
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