Item 9: Resolution Approving PROS Project and Priority Plan

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park inventory and analyze the community's future park needs for exactly the same planning period that the project list covers. The public involvement that resulted in the project list also produced PROS. On the other hand, the growth allocation analysis and the determinations of existing deficiencies proposed by staff was developed only by staff and the city's consultant. Even the Rates Committee did not deliberate as a committee to develop of the growth allocation numbers. They were given an explanation of the numbers by staff, but the committee did not help formulate them. Once the project list was removed from PROS, virtually the only remaining part of PROS with any substance is the needs analysis. Staff is now asking that you ignore that as well. The ink is barely dry on the Mayor's signature on the PROS resolution and staffis already telling you to put it on the shelf and let it gather dust because the information in it has little or no value. You have another option and that is to value the needs assessment that the community developed and that you adopted. If you use that needs assessment, the growth capacity actually becomes relatively easy. It would look like this: LAND ACQUISITION Neighborhood park acquisition would be allocated 43% to current residents and 57% to growth. Community parks would be allocated 22% to current residents and 78% to growth for the first 97.18 acres and any additional acres would be allocated on a ratio of76% to current residents and 24% to growth. Natural areas would be allocated 19% to current residents and 81 % to growth for the first 622 acres and any additional acres would be allocated 76% to current residents and 24% to growth. The allocations proposed by staff for urban plazas, metropolitan parks, linear parks, and special facilities are acceptable to us as long as there is not a substantial change in the amount of acreage involved for any of the categories. It is a comparatively simple matter to then calculate growth's share of the project costs and apply the percentage to the project list. As noted above, the growth allocation would change for community parks and natural areas after an initial amount of acres had been purchased. For example, according to the needs assessment for natural areas, it was determined that the community needs to acquire 622 more acres of natural area during this planning period to achieve the level of service for current residents and future growth that the community felt was desirable - 10.0 acres per thousand residents. If 19% of those 622 acres is purchased by current residents and 81 % of the 622 acres is purchased by growth, the completed acquisition of 622 acres means that everyone - current residents and projected growth - will have purchased the amount of acreage to place them at the same level of service - 10.0 acres per thousand residents. Any acres purchased in addition to the 622 acres should then be allocated based on the ratio of current residents as part ofthe total population versus projected growth as part ofthe total population -76% to 8