Item 5: Resolution Adopting Amended SDC Methodologies and Rates

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The following equation shows the calculation of the planned LOS: (Existing Inventory Q + Planned Q - Other Funded QJ / Future Population Served = Planned LOS Where: Q = quantity (acres of park, miles of trails, number of facilities), and Future Population Served = projected 2025 population for all park types, except for Natural Area parks which are based on 2050 population. The capacity requirements - the number of park acres - needed for existing development and growth are estimated by multiplying the planned LOS for each park type by the population of each group. Table 10 shows the determination of growth capacity needs for land acquisition and d,evelopment for all parks except for neighborhood parks. 1.1.2 Recreation Facilities A capacity analysis was also conducted for those facility types for which project costs are itemized in the Project List. Table 11 shows the capacity analysis for Outdoor Recreation Amenities, Natural Area Amenities, and Recreation Facilities. Similar to the park acreage analysis, the capacity analysis for facilities is based on the planned LOS. The need for existing park users is equal to the planned LOS multiplied by the existing population. Existing users' needs are assumed to be met first by the existing inventory of facilities; any shortfall is assumed to come from the Project List. The facilities required by growth are equal to the product of the planned LOS and the projected increase in population through 2025. Growth's need is assumed to be met by new facilities from the Project List, and any "surplus" facilities in the existing inventory. 1.1.3 Neighborhood Parks Capacity analysis for neighborhood parks is treated differently from other park types due to the nature of planning and development of neighborhood parks. . Neighborhood parks are planned and developed to serve a localized area whereas other park types tend to provide broader system-wide capacity. Growth capacity needs for existing and future neighborhood parks are a function of 1) the growth population served, relative to the total population served within neighborhood park service areas, and 2) the number of acres of neighborhood parks, both existing and planned to be acquired and developed. The capacity analysis is comprised of the following steps: 1) -- Establish future neighborhood park service areas resulting from implementation of the PROS Project and Priorities Plan projects related to neighborhood parks. Generally, the assumption of a neighborhood park service area boundary is that it includes areas within a ~-mile safe walking distance of a neighborhood park. Three types of neighborhood park service areas were City of Eugene SDC Methodologies , Parks: