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Clarifications to the August 2021 Draft General Plan November 1, 2021 <br /> OPEN SPACE ELEMENT <br /> - POLICY OS-1.2 PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM* <br /> Provide and support a comprehensive and integrated network of parks, recreation facilities, <br /> trails, and open space that is diverse, with a variety of active and passive recreational <br /> opportunities. <br /> - POLICY OS-1.3 PARK STANDARD* <br /> Establish and maintain public parks, open space, and recreation requirements for new <br /> residential and nonresidential development to provide sufficient opportunities for Santa Ana <br /> residents and visitors.Attain a minimum of two acres of land per 1,000 persons residing in the City <br /> of Santa Ana. <br /> - POLICY OS 1.4 PARK DISTRIBUTION* <br /> Ensure the City residents have access to public or private parks, recreation facilities, or <br /> trails in the City of Santa Ana, within 10-minute walking and biking distance of home. <br /> Prioritize provision, programs, and partnerships in park deficient an environmental justice <br /> areas. [Policy OS-1.4 was left out of the August 2021 draft due to an editing error and <br /> showed up as a duplicate of Policy OS-1.5.] <br /> Implementation Action 1.7 <br /> - Public parkland requirements for residential projects. Update the Residential Development Fee <br /> Ordinance for Larger Residential Projects to require public parkland within City limits and a 10- <br /> minute walking distance of the new residential projects. Allow developers a reduction in on-site <br /> open space by giving credits for the provision of park land for public use. Establish a process and <br /> program to incentivize publicly accessible open space through the coordination between two or <br /> more residential projects (of any size)to create public park land and open space, such as <br /> exploring housing density bonus options . <br /> Implementation Action 1.16[new action] <br /> - Acquisitions to meet park standard. Using the Park Master Plan as guidance, identify and <br /> acquire property within the City for park and open space use which will focus on bringing the <br /> park and recreation system to 2 acres of land per 1,000 residents with a plan to keep pace with <br /> future urban growth. <br /> Agency/Time Frame: PRCSA 2022 &ongoing <br /> Table OS-1, Open Space Resources <br /> - The table (listing and acreage) was updated to recategorize Roosevelt Community Center from a <br /> Neighborhood Park to as a joint-use facility and a part of the Roosevelt Community Center Park. <br /> - The table (listing and acreage)was updated to remove Griset Park and Neal Machander Tennis <br /> Center as both facilities are school facilities without joint-use agreements. <br /> - The table (listing and acreage)was updated to rename "Willard Intermediate Park" to "Willard <br /> Intermediate Playlot", with the acreage figure update to reflect more accurate boundaries. <br /> City Council 2 32 — 234 1/18/2022 <br />