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F r Park and Recreation Commission Minutes of August 24, 2005 Page 2 ITEM 1 - ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY . PARKLAND STANDARDS Director Centeno stated that letters were sent to more than 90 developers in an effort to explain the process the City was following to establish a parkland standard for Redwood City and to invite them to this evening's meeting. She announced that once the Commission approved a recommended community parkland standard, it would go to Council for approval. Sharon McNamee of MIG, Inc. spoke about how the recommendation for community parkland standards was part of the park goals in the. Commission's Strategic Plan. She explained the process of classifying the parkland into mi.ni-parks, neighborhood parks, community parks, special use areas, and school district outdoor recreation spaces. Ms. McNamee also discussed how having an established park acreage standard for the City would help guide future development and would insure community needs were addressed. . Superintendent Hover explained that Redwood City has 186.64 acres of active community parkland. Using a population figure of 75,402 obtained from the 2000 census data, Redwood City has 2.48 acres per 1,000 residents. Ms. McNamee confirmed that the State-wide average is 3 to 7 acres per 1,000. She noted that after the Council approves the community parkland standard, the next step would be to perform a Nexus study. Commissioner Swope felt that the 2.48 acre figure should be increased to 3.0 acres per 1,000 since Redwood City was below the average for the State, and this would bring us to the bottom of the range. Superintendent Hover spoke about the 2.48 figure being a defendable standard, and that depending on the results of the Nexus Study, a new standard would be developed. M/S Swope/Joseph: To approve the Parkland Facilities Inventory and recommend that the City Council establish a Parkland Standard of 3.0 acres per 1,000 population ratio for the City of Redwood City. . The Commissioners discussed various reasons for using the 2.48 or 3.0 acre figure and being able to explain the reasons why the Commission would recommend the higher figure to the Council in their report. Motion passed unanimously. ITEM 2 - UPDATES -Fleishman Park . Superintendent Hover stated the second public meeting was held at the park on August 6 and a priority list was developed by the park neighbors. The