Item B: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan

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The development of a complete inventory of park and recreation facilities, the development of local 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 effictiveness measurements, and the development of capital improvements programming and other implementation strategies. Chapter I of the refinement plan discusses the community needs assessment. Chapter VI describes the perfonnance measurements. Appendix B of the refinement plan contains a map and detailed inventory of Eugene's existing parks and open spaces. It also contains a chart of park and open space standards and anticipated need by park type and level of facilities. The chart also contains the development of demand effective measurements by detennining the amount of facilities need to serve anticipated future demand. Implementation strategies other than capital improvement programming are found in Chapter V. 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. The indication of how much land is needed for each type of park is found in Table B-1 of Appendix B. What types of activities should be provided in each park is detailed in Appendix A which describes each type of park in depth. Indication of how the resources of the 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 While the state park agencies are not specifically identified as a partner, the refinement plan makes numerous references to working with partner agencies as a goal. Additionally, there are no longer state parks within the Metro Plan boundary. Indication of where the advance purchase of park land should occur in anticipation o.ffuture demand. . This is where the refinement plan falls short. The refinement plan gives no indication of where the advance purchase of park land should occur - either for existing residents or for anticipated growth. Neither does the refinement plan include capital improvement programming. Originally, both park acquisition and development were included in the draft refinement plan. Detailed colored maps were included that showed where future parks will be located. Detailed tables listed the proposed projects. The park projects and the maps showing approximate locations ofland acquisitions were included when the PROS conunittee finished its work. They were included when the draft refinement plan was submitted to the council last December as a preview to the comp plan amendment. 8