AgdaPkt 2022.03.07 Joint SA PFA_Amended

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PARKS, RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES NEEDS ASSESSMENT | 29 Level of Service: Parkland Acreage As of 2018, the City of Redwood City owns and manages 185.56 acres of parkland. The City also has joint use agreements with the Redwood City School District to use some District fi elds and playgrounds for City programs and public recreation. Including school-owned parkland, the total park acreage is 229.95 acres. The City is not meeting the Quimby standard of 3 acres per 1,000 residents with or without the inclusion of school parks. Calculating the Quimby standard both with and without school parks is important because school parks are limited in their availability to the public and the School District must balance competing needs for its recreational land. The City is also home to businesses and institutions that together employed almost 45,000 people in 2016. While Quimby standards do not consider employees, they are park users and were considered in this Needs Assessment. Even with the inclusion of school parks, the level of service falls further below 3 acres per 1,000 residents for Redwood City’s projected 2035 population. The City’s Quimby standards for 2016 and 2035 are available in Figure 12. The City will need to identify, acquire or develop partnership arrangements to meet the needs of its growing population. Figure 12. Parkland Level of Service (Acre/1,000 residents) CITY-OWNED ACTIVE PARKLAND ONLY WITH SCHOOL PARKS INCLUDED Population Level of Service (acres per 1,000 residents) Additional Parkland needed to meet 3 acres/1,000 Level of Service (acres per 1,000 residents) Additional Parkland needed to meet 3 acres/1,000 82,595 (2016) 2.25 62.26 2.78 18.77 96,200 (2035) 1.93 103.07 2.39 58.68 Sources: American Community Survey 2016 5-year estimates and Association of Bay Area Governments PARK NEEDS N EEDS 7.A. - Page 47 of 66 159