Tigard Park System Master Plan - City of Tigard

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TIGARD PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN UPDATESummary of NeedThe 1999 plan did not adopt a standard. A standard is proposed dueto the opportunities in meeting recreation needs for residents andto mitigate the decrease in the neighborhood park standards.If 1.25 for Linear Parks and 2.5 for neighborhood parks iscombined, a total of 3.75 acres of parkland is designated to meetresidents’ local park needs in Tigard neighborhoods. This is actuallymore local park emphasis than the 1999 plan.Not all linear park corridors are appropriate for furtherdevelopment. Site conditions and local need should be considered.In order to substitute for a neighborhood park, linear parks shouldinclude all of the essential local park amenities.OPEN SPACEStandards AnalysisTigard has 55 public open space sites containing a total of 197.15 acres.This results in a current LOS of 4.22 acres/1,000 residents. This is belowthe standard proposed in the 1999 Master Plan of 5.0 acres/1,000. To meetthis standard, Tigard needs an additional 36.42 acres of open space land.Looking forward to the 2028 planning horizon, using the 1999 ParkSystem Master plan recommendation, the City would need to provide anadditional 118.06 acres of public open space.Summary of Need The 1999 adopted standard for open space was based on a largerplanning area, including much more potential open space land. Inthe intervening 10 years, Tigard has emphasized open spaceacquisition with the help of Metro. As the community builds out itscurrent growth area, this pace of land acquisition is not sustainabledue to the limits of remaining land.Additional consideration for reducing the standard is based onpotentially reclassifying some open space property. Open space sitescould have basic park amenities added to serve local residents.Currently, several open space sites are located in areas that are notserved by neighborhood or linear parks. The identified open spacearound the Senn property, Tigard House and the linear open spacearound the Pathfinder and Genesis trail systems total about 23 acres36 CHAPTER 4 NEEDS ANALYSIS
TIGARD PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN UPDATEand are opportunity sites. Reclassifying these sites would reduce thecurrent level of service for this category by shifting it toneighborhood or linear parks.The term open space has served as a catch-all category that hasincluded lands called greenspaces and greenways as well asundeveloped park land that is intended for other uses. Thedefinitions of these categories should be reexamined for clarity andrelevance. This examination may lead to a reclassification of somepark sites and redistribution of acreage.With these factors in mind, a more realistic standard for open spacealone would be 4.25 acres/1,000 residents.SUMMARY OF PARKLAND NEEDSBased on the proposed standards, guidelines and geographic analysis, theacreage needed currently (2008) and at the end of the planning horizon(2028) can be determined. The ‘total acres to meet adjusted standard’category is the total amount of parkland acreage that City of Tigardshould have. This only applies to park types with an adjusted standard.Table 1 summarizes the LOS and total acres needed by park type based onthe adjusted standard.Table 4.1. Summary of Parkland NeedsADDITIONAL ACRES NEEDEDPROPOSEDCURRENTPOPULATION2028POPULATIONSTANDARD 46,715 63,042TOTALACREAGEEXISTING LEVELOF SERVICE1999STANDARDPARK TYPECommunity Park 104.65 ac 2.24 acres/1,000 3.5 3 35.5 84.48Neighborhood Park 35.95 ac 0.77acres/1,000 2.5 1.5 34.12 58.61Linear Park 47.26 ac 1.01 acres/1,000 No Standard 1.25 11.13 31.54Pocket Park 0.78 ac .02 acres/1,000 No Standard No Standard - -Special Use Area 2.79 ac .06 acres/1,000 No Standard No Standard - -Open Space 197.15 ac 4.22 acres/1,000 5 4.25 1.39 70.78TOTAL 388.58 8.32acres/1,000 11 10 82.14 245.41The analysis identified a need for 82 acres of total new parkland to meetthe adjusted standard today and 245 acres total to meet the standards in2028. The adjustments to the 1999 standards reflect an approach aimed atproviding local access to basic park amenities using neighborhood,community and linear parks.CHAPTER 4 NEEDS ANALYSIS 37
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