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I Park & Recreation Commission Minutes of February 26, 2003 Page 4 , I to Council. Discussion was centered on number of park acres per 1000 people, what would be the goal and how to obtain that goal. Commissioner Swope brought up the issue that developers should be required to put a certain number of acres of park land aside when buildings are put in. Commissioners Yapp and Davis commented that they agreed, but felt it was not up to the Park and Recreation Commission to set developer requirements and felt it should come trom the Plamúng Commission. Commissioner Swope said that this plan should feed into the Open Space Element and the City's General Plan. Commissioner Davis said that we should think about including all school fields, regardless if we maintain them or not, into the overall commUIÚty inventory to detennine how much more we need. Superintendent Hover said that is what staff struggled with, but that it made more sense to study what the City currently maintains for comparison purposes. Commissioner Morton asked if the City has a Parks and Recreation Element in the General Plan and if we could put the Strategic Plan into the Open Space Element. Director Centeno responded that there currently is no Parks and Recreation Element and that the Strategic Plan would help create one, as well as update the Open Space Element. Director Centeno also asked the Commission what action steps would be involved here. She also stated that staff could start writing the process, expectations in the plan, and . strategies and also asked if there was anything missing. The following is the list that Director Centeno put together while the discussions were . goIng on: . Set goal of where we want to be - City 1 0 0 O/ac re . Developer requirements . We need to make sure that we have intrastructure to maintain parks - Grow what we can maintain . Connect with General Plan for more land use and open space . Open Space/Recreation Element - Financial Support . Missing Quantifying Costs . Leave off History process in the Executive Summary Commissioner Morton commented that he liked what Director Centeno has done with Executive Summary. Commissioner Davis commented that the 6 pages could be turned into 3 pages if we leave off the history portion in the summary. Director Centeno reviewed the People, Parks and Programs sections of the Summary, including the review of the strategies and why.