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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-10-17; Parks & Recreation Commission; 1088-4; Parks and Recreation Element RevisionPARK & RECREATION COMMISSION - AGENDA BILL AQ# 1fl8B-U MTO 10-17-88 DPPT P & R TITLE: PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT REVISION DEPT. HD. CITY ATTY CITY MGR. zo zo (75(/» 5 oo RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct staff to incorporate any changes generated from Commission discussion and public review. Forward 1988 Parks and Recreation Element to the Planning Commission and City Council for final adoption. 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: 3 Page 2 P&R AB #1088-4 1. Combine both Technical Appendix and Parks and Recreation Element into one (1) document. 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 0014 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. INTRODUCTION A. INTENT III. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS A STATE TAW B. GENERAL PLAN RELATIONSHIPS C. QUIMBY ACT D. GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IV. GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES V. PARK AREA CLASSIFICATIONS A. PARK AREA INTRODUCTION 1. COMMUNITY PARKS 2. SPECIAL USE AREAS 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE AREAS B. ACTIVE/PASSIVE AREAS VI. PARK AREA SUB-CLASSIFICATIONS A. MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPED AREAS B. OPEN SPACE AREAS VII. LOCAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ZONE 5 A. PARK AND RECREATION NEEDS GENERATED BY INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN ZONE 5 VIII. FUTURE RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 10/6/88 0015 CITY OF CARLSBAD 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 CLAUDE "BUD" LEWIS ANN KULCHIN JOHN MAMAUX ERIC LARSON MARK PETTINE PLANNING COMMISSION TOM G. ERWIN MATTHEW HALL ROBERT HOLMES MARY MARCUS JEANNE B. McFADDEN CLARENCE SCHLEHUBER SHARON SCHRAMM SENIOR COMMISSION MARION CAST THERESA MAGGIO DORIS RITCHIE PEGGY SAVARY LINWOOD J. VAN PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION ANTHONY LAWSON* MARJORIE MORRISON BARBARA DONOVAN SHIRLEY DAHLQUIST JIM POPOVICH* KIM WELSHONS* DAVID CASTNER ANNA KNOX JOHN STRAYER 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 0016 II INTRODUCTION Since its last revision in 1982, many changes have occurred within the City of Carlsbad requiring an update of its Parks and Recreation element. This element is an integral part of the General Plan which is contemplated to be responsive to the growth and changes within the City. 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. A. 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. 0017 III. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS A. STATE LAW - The Planning and Zoning Law (Government Code Section 65000 et. seq) requires all cities and counties to have a General Plan with seven (7) mandatory elements which include, land use, circulation, housing, conservation, open space, noise and safety. In 1985, the state law was amended to allow cities and counties to include other elements in this general plan which , in the judgment of the City Council, relate to the physical development of the City. The City Council has determined that the planning and development of Parks and Recreation is an integral part of the physical development of the City which must be included as part of its General Plan. 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, 0018 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's 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 dedication of three (3) acres of land, for community parks jarr special use areas, for each 1,000 population. 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. 0019 The park performance standard requires that three (3)kUO acres of Community Park pf 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 4, 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.W. Quadrant) Park Dist. #2 (N.E. Quadrant) I DWELLING UNITS 15,977 8,435 POPULATION 39,479 20,842 :\ PARK AC. DEMAND 118.44 ac. 62.53 ac. ANTICIPATED PARK AC. BUILDOUT 122.9 ac. 68.3 ac. Park Dist. #3 (S.W. Quadrant)12,859 31,775 95.33 ac.97.2 ac. Park Dist. #4 (S.E. Quadrant) 17.328 42.817 TOTAL: 54,599 134,913 128.45 ac 404.75 ac 128.5 ac 416.9 ac 0020 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 4, 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 DWELLING DISTRICT UNITS Park Dist. #1 (N.W. Quadrant) 15,977 POPULATION 39,479 PARK AC. DEMAND 118.44 ac. ANTICIPATED PARK AC. BUILDOUT 122.9 ac. Park Dist. #2 (N.E. Quadrant)8,435 20,842 62.53 ac.68.3 ac. Park Dist. #3 (S.W. Quadrant)12,859 31,775 95.33 ac.97.2 ac. Park Dist. #4 (S.E. Quadrant) 17.328 42.817 TOTAL: 54,599 134,913 128.45 ac 404.75 ao 128.5 ac 416.9 ac 0021 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 #1 - To provide a diversified, comprehensive park system for the City of Carlsbad, utilizing contemporary concepts and planning strategies. GOAL #2 - Offer a wide variety of recreational activities and park facilities designed to encourage participation by all ages and interest groups. GOAL #3 - Provide and promote a financially self supportive system of recreation facilities and programs. GOAL 14 - 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. 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. GOAL J6 - Acknowledge and preserve areas of scenic, historic and cultural value. GOAL <7 - Develop a privatization approach for the development, maintenance and/or operation of City owned park facilities. 0022 GOAL #1 ( £ IT I/To provide a diversified, comprehensive park system for w> the City of Carlsbad, utilizing contemporary concepts and planning strategies OBJECTIVE 1A OBJECTIVE IB OBJECTIVE 1C POLICY 1A POLICY IB POLICY 1C POLICY ID POLICY IE 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. 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)]. "Joint-Use" facility agreements with local school districts shall be provided to supplement neighborhood and community recreational needs. Under utilized recreation facilities shall be rehabilitated to meet the needs of a changing and growing population. 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. 0023 GOAL #2 Offer a vide variety of recreational activities and park facilities designed to encourage participation by all ages and interest groups. OBJECTIVE 2A OBJECTIVE 2B 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. POLICY 2A 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 Recreational programming shall be evaluated based on community demand, participation, ability to provide, and cost effectiveness. POLICY 2D Recreational opportunities shall be provided for the disabled segment of the population when appropriate. 0024 GOAL #3 Provide and promote a financially self supportive system of recreation facilities and programs OBJECTIVE 3A OBJECTIVE 3B OBJECTIVE 3C OBJECTIVE 3D OBJECTIVE 3E POLICY 3A POLICY 3B POLICY 3C POLICY 3D POLICY 3E Analyze park development and recreational programming for cost effectiveness prior to implementation. Provide and maintain recreational and aquatic programming on a self sustaining basis. 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. 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. Encourage donations in support of park facilities and recreation programs from private individuals, local business, industry and service groups. Promote the use of community volunteers in recreational programs, special events and park improvement projects. All fee supported recreation programs shall be annually evaluated and fees shall be updated as necessary. 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. Street trees, right-of-ways, median landscape designs, and installations shall adhere to the adopted landscape guideline manual. 0025 8 GOAL #4 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 OBJECTIVE 4C OBJECTIVE 4D POLICY 4A 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. 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. 0026 9 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/guidelines 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. V \ 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 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. OBJECTIVE 5B Enter into and maintain agreements with SDG&E to establish connecting access between Macario Canyon and the Hub Park. OBJECTIVE 5C 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. OBJECTIVE 5D Determine the recreational potential for the Lake Calavera site through development feasibility studies. 10 0027 OBJECTIVE 5E POLICY 5A 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. POLICY 5B POLICY 5C POLICY 5D 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 $6 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. 002811 POLICY 6C Community Parks shall be utilized in support of Historic and Cultural programs and facilities when feasible and appropriate. GOAL #7 Develop a privatization* approach for the development, maintenance and/or operation of City owned park facilities. OBJECTIVE 7A Identify current and future park facilities or amenities within the park inventory which lend themselves to the privatization concept. OBJECTIVE 7B Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of park facilities which could be developed, operated or maintain under contractual and/or lease agreements. POLICY 7A Request for proposals to develop or operate facilities by private enterprise on public lands will be encouraged when deemed appropriate. POLICY 7B Implementation of any privatization agreement will be at the discretion of the City Council. *PRIVITIZATION: - The attainment by local government of private development investment, operation, and/or maintenance of recreation facilities within areas of public ownership. 0029 12 V. PARK AREA CLASSIFICATIONS A. PARK INVENTORY INTRODUCTION - .Presently the City of :arlsbad'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/1,000 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, or other encumbrances and/or restrictions. 0030 13 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. 0031 14 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. 0032 15 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. / 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. V SPECIAL RESOURCE AREAS - Are local amenities that have either citywide or potential regional significance. The significance's 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. 0033 16 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. B. 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. Passive park areas - Often provide minimal or no amenities associated with active use. The very 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. VI. PARK AREA SUB-CLASSIFICATIONS A. MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPED AREAS^ Xandscaped 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. 0034 17 B. OPEN SPACE AREAS - JTypically are unimproved and require ^^fc— --• ^^^ ^_^^*.*—^*~**^ 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. VII LOCAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ZONE 5 A. Park and Recreational Need s Generated by Industrial Uses Within Zone 5. Although the Quimby Act itself does not apply to industrial or commercial subdivisions, a local agency is permitted to impose fees or exactions as a condition of approval of a proposed development provided those fees and exactions do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service or facility. Since there is a substantial impact on existing recreation facilities from an increasing industrial employment base, a need to impose and implement a park mitigation fee for industrial development was recognized and created. In October, 1987, the City Council adopted a park mitigation fee for the Zone 5 Local Facilities Management Plan. The purpose of this fee is to ensure adequate recreational facilities to accommodate the demand created for them by the daily influx of the industrial work force and population as industrial development grows. VIII. 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. 0035 18 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. 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 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 0036 19 SE QUADRANT i?1. Carrillo Ranch -^6 acres - Special Use Area 2. Carrillo Ranch Acquisition (Additional) - £9- acres - Special Use Area 3. Alga Norte - 35 acres / Community Park CITY-WIDE 1. Macario Canyon - 100 acres / Community Park 2. 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