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<br /> <br />Red Morton Community Park Sports Lighting Initial Study <br />City of Redwood City 64 June 2015 <br />4.15 RECREATION <br /> <br />4.15.1 Setting <br /> <br />The City of Redwood City’s neighborhood parks system services the active and passive recreational <br />needs of residents with approximately 226 acres of active developed parkland and approximately 700 <br />acres of designated open space, with parks classified in several subgroups: mini parks, neighborhood <br />parks, community parks, special use parks, and active land on public school property. <br /> <br />Mini parks are generally intended for use by small children, typically including play structures and <br />picnic tables. These types of parks are usually less than one acre. Redwood City has 13 mini parks <br />within City limits totaling 8.5 acres. <br /> <br />Neighborhood parks are typically a combination of a playground and park area generally used for <br />non-organized activities. A number of these parks also have restrooms. Redwood City has 11 <br />neighborhood parks totaling 26.8 acres. <br /> <br />Community parks are typically designed for organized activities; users are typically both local <br />residents and non-residents. These parks may include sports fields, picnic areas, BBQ pits, off-street <br />parking, and restrooms. Redwood City has five community parks totaling 94.7 acres. <br /> <br />The project site, Red Morton Community Park, is part of the City’s community parks system. In <br />addition to traditional park amenities such as open space, picnic areas, and playground facilities, the <br />park includes several ball fields and a tennis court facility. Two of the ball field areas, Bechet/Griffin <br />Field and McGarvey Field, as well as the tennis court facility, currently have sports lighting to allow <br />nighttime activities. These uses are located on the central and southeastern portion of the site. Two <br />additional ball field areas, Mitchell Field and Kiwanis Field, located on the northern and western <br />portions of the site, currently do not have sports lighting. The ball fields are used primarily for <br />baseball, softball, and soccer games and practices. <br /> <br />4.15.2 Environmental Checklist and Discussion of Impacts <br /> <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />With <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No Impact Checklist <br />Source(s) <br />1. Would the project increase the use of existing <br />neighborhood and regional parks or other <br />recreational facilities such that substantial <br />physical deterioration of the facility will <br />occur or be accelerated? <br /> 1,2 <br />2. Does the project include recreational facilities <br />or require the construction or expansion of <br />recreational facilities which might have an <br />adverse physical effect on the environment? <br /> 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />8.A. - Page 81