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Among these agencies and districts, a wide variety of parks and recreation programs, <br />encompassing those previously mentioned, are provided for the residents they serve. <br /> <br />In addition, the park and recreation agencies and the metropolitan school districts have combined <br />their resources and coordinated efforts to provide open space and parks and recreation facilities <br />in conjunction with the schools. <br /> <br />Also, in recent years, private recreational facilities, such as swimming pools and tennis and <br />racquetball courts, have been developed. Several private golf courses have been in operation in <br />the community for a number of years. <br /> <br />Goal <br /> <br />Provide a variety of parks and recreation facilities to serve the diverse needs of the community's <br />citizens. <br /> <br />Findings and Policies <br /> <br />Findings <br /> <br />1. Increases in leisure time, income, transportation energy costs, and projected population <br /> growth indicate that there will continue to be a significant demand for a diversity of park <br /> and recreational opportunities in the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />2. Regardless of what standard is used, it is becoming increasingly difficult for local park <br /> agencies to meet the demands and needs of the community for parks and recreation <br /> facilities. The major problems include: <br /> <br /> a. Areas developing without parks and recreation facilities available for the <br /> residents. <br /> <br /> b. Competition for limited available financial resources between the need to <br /> purchase park land to meet future demands (before the land is no longer available) <br /> and the need to develop existing park land to meet current demand. <br /> <br /> c. Competition for limited financial resources to provide the diversity of parks and <br /> recreational programs demanded by the community's citizens. <br /> <br /> d. Land suitable and available for parks and recreation facilities often competes with <br /> other land use activities and needs in the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />3. For the purposes of the Mctro Plan, the existing level of parks and recreation facilities in <br /> this community were compared to the standards of the National Recreation rind Park <br /> Association (based on acres or facilities per thousand population). When compared to <br /> NRPA standards, there is a gap between the overall supply and demand for park and <br /> <br /> III-H-2 <br /> <br /> <br />