Item 9: Resolution Approving PROS Project and Priority Plan

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comment and previously provided to the Mayor and Council. The growth allocation percentages provided in the Project and Priority Plan are reflective of the LOS provided by projects in the plan over the Plan’s 20-year planning horizon. If projected LOS and acres of parks is revised in the future due to changes in projected partner funding an update to the Project Plan, growth allocation percentages and SDC will be completed to account for these changes. The Project and Priority Plan also includes projects, including some natural area park projects, which are anticipated to serve the needs of the community beyond the 20-year planning horizon. While these projects were recognized by the community as important to fulfill Eugene’s vision for future parks and open space, they are not prioritized for funding in the next 20 years. These projects are included in priority 5. The level of service and capacity needs analysis used in deriving the growth allocations includes only those park acres and costs which will serve the community during the 20-year planning horizon. In developing the growth allocation and SDC rates, none of the projects listed in priority 5 are allocated to anticipated growth within the planning horizon. All of the growth allocation percentages, including that for neighborhood park land acquisition, are derived based on a capacity needs analysis. As previously explained, growth allocations are based on examination of system-wide capacity using examination of the future LOS resulting from the proposed Project Plan, with land acquisition and park development levels of service evaluated separately. In the case of neighborhood park land acquisition, the future LOS resulting from the projects in the proposed Project Plan is slightly less than the existing level of service. After allocating existing neighborhood park land to meet the needs of the existing population, all of neighborhood park land acquisition in the Project Plan is needed to meet the capacity needs of growth. A system-wide analysis and the simplifying assumption that capacity needs of the existing population are met first by the existing parks inventory avoids the complexity of an analysis of the exact location of individual parks and park service areas in relation to the exact location of individual developments. If capacity in existing parks were allocated to both existing users and growth, the value of growth’s share of existing park capacity would need to be recovered through a reimbursement fee SDC. The capacity analysis used is less complex and relies on fewer assumptions while the net effect is anticipated to be generally cost-neutral, both to growth and the existing community. Growth allocation percentages must consider the capacity provided in the system by projects in the Project and Priority Plan rather than conceptual planning targets contained in PROS Comprehensive Plan document. The future LOS and capacity in the parks system is most accurately identified by the result of combining the existing parks inventory with the parks and facilities added by projects in the Project Plan. Use of the LOS planning analysis reflected in Table B-1 of the PROS Comprehensive Plan to determine growth allocation Project and Priority Plan- May 8, 2006 Public Testimony Response Page 7