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Page 7 of 12 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />The Redwood Oaks Neighborhood is served by Fleischman and Linden Parks and enjoys just 1.05 acres per <br />1,000 residents. <br />The Mt Carmel, Edgewood and Eagle Hill Neighborhoods are served by active amenity parks such as <br />Dove Beeger and Stafford Park. The combined neighborhood associations have just .266 acres per 1,000 <br />residents. <br />The Canyon Neighborhood association is served by Garrett Park. Residents enjoy roughly 3.65 acres per <br />1,000 residents but when combined with neighboring unincorporated areas that ratio drops to 1.7 acres <br />per 1,000 residents. <br />Redwood Shores have over 5 acres per 1,000 residents. <br /> <br />Stakeholder Engagement <br />On May 13 and May 26, 2021, staff held information sessions on the proposed non-residential fees and <br />the proposed residential fee increase. Past and current development applicants, including nonprofit <br />housing providers, were invited to participate in these sessions and the City had eleven attendees. <br />Additionally, in advance of tonight’s meeting, City staff published public hearing notices regarding the <br />proposed amendments to the Redwood City Quimby Act Implementation Ordinance and Parks Impact Fee <br />Ordinance <br />Exemptions from park impact fees for affordable housing projects are currently considered in the existing <br />ordinance and staff does not currently anticipate recommending changes to those exemptions. Affordable <br />housing projects at the low income levels are exempt from fees. Projects at the moderate-income level <br />receive a 50% reduction in the per-unit cost of fees. <br />Credits for recreational amenities built as part of a project are allowed under the City’s ordinance if the <br />space meets the following criteria: <br />1. The open space is at least 1.0 acres in size; <br />2. At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the space is developed with amenities that permit active <br />recreation that may include, but is not limited to, swimming pools, basketball, soccer, baseball, <br />volleyball, tennis, football or similar courts, and playground equipment; and <br />3. At least fifty percent (50%) of the open space area consists of smooth grass spaces with a grade <br />of no more than one-foot rise in twenty-five feet (25′) that can be divided into rectangles each of <br />no less than five hundred (500) square feet, with the shorter side of each rectangle being no less <br />than twenty feet (20′) wide. <br />The value of the dedication is calculated by a formula outlined in the ordinance and based on an appraised <br />value. The dedication amount is credited as follows: <br />i. One hundred percent (100%) credit for space open to the public during normal City Park hours. <br />ii. Twenty-five percent (25%) credit for space open to the residents of the subdivision only. <br /> <br />7.A. - Page 7 of 66 <br />119