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. .. . . ~ ,89' IISpecial Purpose Facilities (exclusive of recreation buildings) for. 1975 in Red\~ood City Communi tyll~ IINeighbor11obd Recreation Areas II - Sub-committee recommendatip.ns and Comment 81 (1'~Jinans) - not included in this minutes.. . ************* Excerpts: ,- san- ,Ma1:.e5>. .ç5>un.~ _resour-~es: ... .An August 1965 analysis by one of the Regional Planning Sub-Committees indicates that Redwood city ranks. fou,:-th among the 17 ci ties of the County in the number of acres (21. 8) set aside for neighborhood recJ~eat'ipn centers. In order to me~t a . guiding standard of 6.44 acres according to population density, the city would require~118.0 ac~es. Acreage for community r~creation . parks was reported as 75.0 acres,' close to the standard of 82.5 acres, and ranked Redwood City as third among~a11 the cities in the County. .. The Recreation" Element of a City P1an:.~...~1e park and recreation plan, comprised of a text and a map, serves as a policy guide-.;.,not. as a 1~ or MdiM~~-d~scrThi~ ilie f~~e relatioo~ips be~en people and their n~ed for park' and recreàtion-aréas, facilities and p~ograrns.....ObJeëtives of this plan are:- To establish a set of recreation park planning guides which will se17ve as minimum gOals for 1975 and for necessary adjustments in the future; To-analyse the Redwood City area, neighborhood by neighborhood and community by communi ty, t'ö determine rec!'eat-ion space needs in the light, of existing areas: and To present a balance plan of park and recreation areas as a goal for 1975......11. liThe Neighborhood Recrea'tion Center II 7 . . . . .Ai though the term, neigh- borhood, is nota precise one it usually refers to an area served by an elementary school and with boundaries comprising principal streets or p:Ob1ic transportation routes or unusual geographical features'. The neig11borhood recreatìon center, in a manner simi¡ar to the elementary school, is preferably located within walking dis- tance of home in the neighborhood. WheTever it is located, it is planned to serve children from approximately five to fourteen years of age' and family groups. Usually an area for pre...schoo1 age child- ren is included in its facilities (Table" V, page 17). ~fuen located adjacent to an elementary school the neighborhood recreation center becomes a combination school and recreation park providing space fo~ Otltàoor and indoor -recreation acti vI tiès "lhichat'ee'i they:- direct- ly Stlper:vised. A mutual interchange in use of 'facilities of the school and the recreation center for education or. for public re- creation has obviOt1s advantages........ -. . . . " IICOIfu11t1ni ty Recreation Park II . . . planned p.rimar-i ly for r young. peop'le - '. '. . . and adul ts, gene,ra1ly pro~!J.des outC\oor and ~ndoor fac1i1 t1es to meet ... a much wider range of recreation interests than the neighborhood recreation center {Table VI, page 22). It serves à section or dis- trict of a city ~lithin approximately one mile of the city and a population f'~om 15, 00-0 to 35, 000. Because of the variety and- size ~-_..~~ -_._~ ~ ,"-- ~ "~~. ~ .,