UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale

REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPACTS
4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
4.14. RECREATION
The Program EIR defines impacts on park and recreation facilities as the following:
"Impacts on recreation facilities are considered significant if the project creates
a demand for recreation services which substantially exceeds the existing ratio
of 1.22 acres of developed parkland per 1,000 permanent residents. Recreation
impacts are also significant ifa project forecloses important opportunities to meet
recreation needs or substantially interferes with attainment of recreation
goals... 101
The Glendale Parks and Recreation Division operates thirty-three (33) developed park
and recreation sites in the City. While the City goal is to provide two acres of developed park
space per 1,000 permanent residents, the current ratio is 1.22. To remedy this deficiency, the
1990 Recreation Plan identifies the need to develop 11 new parks, two of which are planned
in the Redevelopment Area.
The Redevelopment Plan activities will increase the demand for park and recreation
facilities by increasing the permanent population from both employee generated households and
new dwelling units. 102 While this demand is considered an adverse impact, based on City
standards, it is reduced to below a significant level by additional park acreage to be provided
with implementation of the Redevelopment Plan.
PROJECT IMPACTS
As stated in Section 4.8, Population/Housing, the DreamWorks Animation Campus is
conservatively expected to result in 140 new permanent residents in the City of Glendale due
entirely to employment growth. The pennanent population growth will result in an increased
101 Program EIR. Final EIR Volume. page 3.14-3.
102 Ibid.
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DreamWorks Animation Campus Addendum EIR
June 1996