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� ���V � <br /> 09/22/04 <br /> RWC PARK, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES <br /> STRATEGIC PLAN <br /> STRATEGIC GOALS (MISSION STATEMENT) <br /> Provide leisure pursuits for all age levels and all social and ethnic background. Cover a wide range <br /> of cultural and recreational interests with reasonable balance of activities to achieve maximum <br /> participation at minimum costs. Facilitate, coordinate, broker, accommodate and or directly provide a <br /> broad range of community services that wil( positively affect the quality of life of "at risk� populations <br /> in Redwood City and its sphere of influence. Plan, construct, maintain, and supervise park and <br /> recreation facilities to best serve social and leisure needs. Enhance the appearance an quality of the <br /> urban environment. <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES <br /> o Population (will grow from 62000 to 75,000-85,000 largely from build out at <br /> Redwood Shores) <br /> ■ Increased effort of county and Sheriff in greater Redwood City (update #5) <br /> ■ Shifting ethnic balance (growing Hispanic community) <br /> ■ Aging population <br /> ■ Current baby boom <br /> ■ Increase in single heads of households tgenerally female) <br /> ■ lncrease in two-wage-earner households <br /> ■ Increasing gap in economic levels <br /> ■ Increasing levels of substance abuse at all levels (is this still true?) <br /> ■ Decrease in number of extended families, i.e., multiple generations of families <br /> living in the same community <br /> ■ Increasing reports of child/elder abuse <br /> • Population growth in Emerald Lake area (mostly unincorporated) <br /> ■ Expectations of amenities by people buying $1,000,000 houses <br /> 1990 Strategic Plan APPENDIX 1 <br /> �"At risk" of not achieving and/or maintaining social, economic and/or personal sufficiency. <br /> , <br /> . _ , __._ <br />