Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.13 Public ServicesImpact PS-5Development facilitated by the Project would increase thedemand for park facilities due to an increase of populationwithin the Project Area. However, implementation of currentCity programs to develop new parks as needed would reduceimpacts to a Class III, less than significant, level.The Project Area currently includes about 18 acres of public parkland for active recreation in theFritz Huntzinger Youth Sports Complex. Assuming a population of 5,744 residents, b thecurrent ratio of neighborhood parks per 1,000 population within the Project Area is currentlywell above the two acres per 1,000 resident City standard (18 acres per 5,750 residents). Withdevelopment facilitated by the Project, the Project Area population would grow to about 10,455residents. To achieve the desired ratio of neighborhood parks to population of two acres per1,000 population, an additional three acres of parklands will be needed to serve the ProjectArea.As the Project Area develops over time, dedication of parklands for new development andcontinued payment of required park fees to purchase lands that could be converted intoparklands would help offset the demand in new parklands. The adopted UC Hansen TrustSpecific Plan will provide approximately six acres of public parks. With development of the UCHansen Specific Plan, the Project would achieve the desired ratio of neighborhood parks topopulation. The proposed Parklands Specific Plan, if adopted, would also add approximatelyfive acres of active recreational parks, approximately two acres of passive recreational parks,and three acres of sensitive habitat reserves. In addition, the Ventura City Council concurredwith the Project’s facilitated park acreages and found them to meet the City’s NeighborhoodPark Standard for the projected population of the Project (City of Ventura, March 2008).The Community Plan includes policies and actions that would further promote the addition ofparklands into the citywide inventory.Policy 11NAction 11.6.1Develop a rich and interconnected palette of public open spaces in aninspirational manner that facilitates social interaction and a sense ofcommunity, and provides ecoservices such as planned sub-basin drainageand storage.Require new smaller open spaces, including public plazas, fountains, andpocket parks on portions of blocks to supplement larger public openspaces and to diversify the built environment.Action 11.6.10 Create a neighborhood park as a transition element between the NorthBank project and the existing housing tract to the north.Action 11.6.11 Create multi-functional parks and open space that benefit people and theenvironment by protecting and enhancing water supplies, and providingflood and storm water management services.b Population based on 2,235 existing units X 2.57 persons per household (Department of Finance, 2008)4.13-16City of Ventura