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AGEN'DA ITEM NO. [Sa, b ]
CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF: March 12, 1974
Public hearing ~ Consideration of revised Parks and Recreation Element
of the Chula Vista General Plan
ITEM TITLE: Resolution ~ Adopting revised Parks and Recreation Element of the
Chu1a Vista General Plan
INITIATED BY: Director of Planning
A. BACKGROUND
Section 65303 of the Government Code of the State of California permits a city to
include as a part of the General Plan a Parks and Recreation Element. The City
Council originally adopted a Parks and Recreation Master Plan on July 20,1971. On
a number of occasions since its adoption, Council has expressed a desire to review
the plan to determine if it is meeting current city needs. The revised plan was
submitted to Council on December 18, 1973 and Council referred it to the Parks and
Recreation and Planning Commissions for report and recommendation.
B. REVISED PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT
The purpose of the revised Parks and Recreation Element is to identify existing and
future needs for park and recreation facilities, and to establish the City's objec~
tives, policies and standards for providing those facilities. Due to the uncertainty
as to the nature of future development in many parts of the planning area, the
plan proposes a flexible, po1icy~oriented approach to the provision of park and
recreation facilities. The plan stresses neighborhood parks as they are the most
pressing need. The map shows symbolically where additional neighborhood parks will
be needed and the boundaries of the areas they would serve. As various areas of
the City develop or redevelop and more detailed plans are prepared, the Parks and
Recreation Element can be used as a guide to decision making about the provision
of new or expansion of existing parks.
C. ANALYSIS
1. The City's adopted park standard of two acres of park land (with a third acre
made available on an adjacent school site) per 1,000 population requires 146 acres
of park land to serve the present population of 73,100. The City presently owns
or leases 203 acres of park land, 57 acres more than required. Thus, the present
standard of 2 acres per 1,,000 p,opulation ,has actua.lly provided Dark land atpd ratiQ
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Financial Statement:
See EXHIBITS [X] No. 1-2-3; .
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On January 17, 1974 the Parks and Recreation
Commission-Board Recommendation: Commission recommended adoption of the Element with
a minor change in wording. On February 13, 1974 the Planning Commission by a 5-0
vote with two members absent, adopted Resolution PCM-74-4 recommending that the City
Council adopt the revised Parks and Recreation Element as part of the Chula Vista
General Plan.
Department Head Recommendation: Concur with Parks and Recreation and Planning
Commissions.
City Manager Recommendation:
Concur
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of 2.7 acres per 1,000 population.
2. The National Recreation and Park Association standard of 5 acres per 1,000
population would require the addition of 162 acres, for a total of 365 acres, to
meet existing needs, and the addition of 687 acres for a total of 890 acres to
meet future needs as contemplated by the General Plan.
D. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
1. Existing community parks are appropriately located to provide service to the
entire community, but will need to be expanded in area in the future to serve
increases in population.
2. The majority of existing neighborhood parks are located in the southeastern
and eastern portions of the City. The area west of 1-805 and north of "L" Street
is inadequately supplied with neighborhood parks.
3. Increasing the City's park acreage standard from 2 acres to 4 acres per 1,000
population would provide sufficient park land to expand the community parks and
provide a system of neighborhood parks throughout the City. If one acre of school
area is included as part of the standard, the City would fulfill the N.R.P.A. recom-
mended standard of 5 acres per 1,000 population. A standard of 4 acres of park
land per 1,000 population would require 82 acres of additional park land to serve
the existing population and 506 acres to serve the projected population of the City.
E. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Environmental Review Committee reviewed the Environmental Assessment prepared
on the Parks and Recreation Element at its meeting on January 24, 1974. The
committee concluded that since no precise project sites are identified in the Element,
no adverse effects can be anticipated as a result of adopting the plan. Therefore,
a negative declaration was posted for a period of 14 days and became final on
February 7, 1974. This action does not restrict the future review of individual
park sites as plans are prepared for them in the future.
F. IMPLEMENTATION
Should Council adopt the Parks and Recreation Element, with its increased park standard,
staff will explo~various ways of implementing it. It should be recognized that
implementation may not be perfect, and that different techniques may have to be
used in the older developed areas than in presently undeveloped areas. Among the
techniques which will be explored are:
1. Modifications to the Park Dedication Ordinance to require reservation of
more lands in connection with development proposals.
2. Modification to the Park Dedication Ordinance to cause in-lieu payments to
more accurately reflect land values.
3. Use of revenue sharing funds.
4. Solicitation of donations of land or purchase with reservation of a life
estate to the donor.
5. Use of open lands required to be reserved under the Hillside Modifying
District regulations.
6. Use of Federal funds.
7. Use of tax increment financing
8. General obligation bonds.
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