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6.3.A. - Page 2 In 2007, following the completion of the nexus study, the Planning Commission accepted the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission's recommended park standard of 3 acres per 1,000 residents, and adopted a Negative Declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Active Community Parkland Standard. Subsequently, the City Council incorporated this standard into the Open Space Element of the new General Plan. ANALYSIS Since the adoption of the Parks Impact Fee ordinance, the PRCS Department prepared and adopted a "Parks and Facilities Needs Assessment Study" in 2008 which identifies the City's needs for future parks and facilities improvement projects. The City has collected the following fees since 2007 and deposited them in the Parks Impact Fund, despite the relatively slow accumulation of funds due to the downturn in the economy: FY 07 -08: $29,994 FY 08 -09: $9,998 FY 09 -10: $47,634 FY 10 -11: $20,466 To guide future expenditure of these funds, Section 18.257 of the Parks Impact Fee ordinance requires that a "Parks Impact Fee Project List" be approved by Resolution of the City Council. An initial Project List was adopted by the City Council on September 10, 2007 based on the "Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Preliminary Needs Assessment," dated July 2007, which identified the City's needs for future parks and facilities improvement projects. The Parks Needs Assessment was subsequently finalized and approved by the Commission in October 2008; and findings were incorporated into the City's new General Plan that was adopted by the City Council on October 11, 2010. As funds have begun to accumulate in the Park Impact Fund, the Commission considered updating the Parks Impact Fee Project List at its June 22 2011 meeting. The following guidelines were the basis for the Commission's selection of projects for the Project List: 1. Revenues from park impact fees shall be used for the installation, acquisition, construction and improvement of park improvements listed on the Impact Fee Project List and shall not be used for routine maintenance of facilities. 2. If it is determined that there are insufficient funds available for the outright acquisition of parkland, then Staff is directed to select other specific projects from the Parks Impact Fee Project List. 3. When appropriate, the PRCS Department's Parks and Facilities Needs Assessment Study shall be used as a guideline for selection of projects.