Item B: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan

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the City will need to have a master park plan that meets the state requirements. The present draft does not attempt to meet the necessary criteria. The Parks and Recreation Facilities Element of the Metro Plan (In-H) speaks to policies that apply to park facilities in the metro area. The first thing to note is the title of this element - Park and Recreation Facilities Element (emphasis added). Just as the Public Facilities and Services Element of the Metro Plan speaks to actual facilities, so does the Park and Recreation Facilities Element of the Metro Plan. The findings under this element of the metro plan describe the components that should be found in a detailed metropolitan-wide parks and recreation analysis and plan: a. The development of a complete inventory of park and recreation facilities, the development oflocal standards for use by the local governing bodies in determining the type and level of parks and facilities that are needed, the development of demand effectiveness measurements, and the development of capital improvements programming and other implementation strategies. b. Indication of how much land is needed for each type of park (regional, community, neighborhood, etc.), and indication of what types of activities should be provided in each park (e.g. active recreational opportunities such as ball fields, tennis courts, and playgrounds vs. passive recreational opportunities such as hiking trails. c. Indication of how the resources ofthe local and state park agencies can be coordinated and maximized in order for each agency to provide the level and type of recreational opportunities for which it is best suited. d. Indication of where the advance purcha..<;e of park land should occur in anticipation of future demand. The following Metro-Plan policies reflect those findings: 1. Develop a system of regional-metropolitan activity areas ba..<;ed on a facilities Plan (emphasis added) for the metropolitan area that includes acquisition, development, and management programs. The Plan and system should include reservoir and hill parks, the Willamette Greenway, and other river corridors. 2. Local parks and recreation plans and analyses shall be prepared by each jurisdiction and coordinated on a metropolitan level. The Eugene parks refinement plan is such a plan as is required under the Metro Plan policies. There is nothing in the Metro Plan that suggests that local park plans should meet lesser criteria than a metro facilities plan. It is relevant to compare the parks refinement plan with the list of necessary plan components described in the findings. 7