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6.F. - Page 3 of 6 In 2018, the Parks, Recreation & Community Services (PRCS) Department initiated the process to consider updating the Park Impact and Quimby Act Fees. The required steps to do this included updating the 2008 Park Needs Assessment to determine community needs for recreational amenities and services and complete a new Nexus Study. This involved: • Conducting a number of stakeholder interviews— including non-profit organizations; youth sports entities; neighborhood associations; school district administrators; City staff and commissioners; LatinX community members; and local businesses contacted through the Chamber of Commerce (completed in spring of 2018) • Conducting the general community online survey and hard copies distributed through the North Fair Oaks community in Spanish. We received 681 online responses and 30 hard copy responses. (Completed in August 2018) • Analyzing the "10 minute walkability index' for residents to access parks and recreational amenities from their home (completed in October 2018) • Finalizing the new Park Needs Assessment (March 2019). • Finalizing the Nexus Study using all data points (MIG, the City's consultant, provided the report), providing maximum fee amount calculations for residential and commercial uses. The Nexus Study also includes the benchmark comparison of all impact fees from other cities. The recent residential building boom has further set Redwood City back on its adopted ratio of 3 acres per 1,000 residents. Redwood Shores continues to enjoy a high ratio of over 5 acres per 1,000 residents. The rest of Redwood City has just over 2 acres per 1,000 residents. If school sites are removed from the calculations that ratio drops to just over 1.75 acres per 1,000. In the 2008 Park Needs Assessment, it was estimated the City would have to add 23.5 acres of parkland to accommodate the estimated additional residents by 2020 (83,247). That estimate is actually 3,000 residents less than where we actually find ourselves in 2020 (86,200). The 2019 Park Needs Assessment Study used the 2016 American Community Survey for population figures. Using that population and the 2018 ratio of parkland per capita of 2.25 (averaged over the entire City), Redwood City would have to add 62.26 acres to get to the adopted ratio of 3 acres per 1,000. In November 2019, staff and representatives from MIG presented the full Park Needs Assessment; Nexus Study, and benchmark report to the PRCS Commission. The PRCS Commission unanimously recommended that staff proceed with the process of updating the Residential Park Impact Fee and Park in Lieu Fee and introducing a new Commercial Park Impact Fee consistent with the nexus findings and benchmark analysis. Page 3 of 6 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 146