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<br />REVISED DRAFT APRIL 9, 2012 <br />Note that while trails are an integral part of a park and <br />recreation system, they are an equally important part of the <br />Table 2.1, Existing Parks <br />City’s non-vehicular mobility system, and as such, will be <br />Neighborhood Parks <br />discussed in Chapter 4, Community Mobility. <br />Parks Acres <br />th <br />14 Street Park 2.40 The City Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for the <br />operation and maintenance of all parks and recreational <br />Bay Oaks Park 1.20 <br />facilities. Their ultimate goal is to “to provide and manage <br />Brookglen Park 2.0 <br />superior parks and recreational facilities, innovative programs, <br />Central Park 4.60 <br />and services that will provide our customers with pleasure and <br />Creekmont Park 3.50 <br />enrichment.” <br />Glen Meadows 8.13 <br /> <br />Ohio Street 0.93 <br />Existing Park Inventory <br />The foundation for establishing an adequate park and recreation <br />Pete Gilliam 1.20 <br />system is the availability and condition of the existing parks and <br />Pfeiffer 1.20 <br />recreation areas. To assess the projected future need for <br />Pine Bluff 0.11 <br />additional land, facilities, and improvements, it is essential to <br />Seabreeze 3.13 <br />first determine the level of service provided by the existing parks <br />Spencer Landing 3.99 <br />and recreation system. Subsequently, the level of sufficiency or <br />deficiency of the existing system can be determined to assess <br />Spenwick 0.50 <br />the current need prior to projecting the future parks and <br />Tom Brown 0.57 <br />recreation system needs. <br />Woodfalls 8.30 <br /> <br />Neighborhood Park <br />37.7741.76 <br />Currently, the Department is responsible for 210 neighborhood <br />Subtotal <br />and community parks (comprising over 150 acresalmost 200 <br />Community Parks <br />acres), two special use parks (i.e., Five Points Town Plaza and the <br />Bayforest Golf Course), and eleven miles of trails (see Table 2.1, <br />Parks Acres <br />Existing Parks and Map 2.3, Park Inventory). Overall, the City <br />Fairmont Park 17.70 <br />has a total of 22 23 parks and recreation facilities comprised of <br />Little Cedar Bayou 34.70 <br />playgrounds and playscapes; picnic amenities; baseball, softball, <br />Lomax 10.00 <br />soccer, football fields; basketball and other sports courts; <br />Northside Park 2.70 <br />bicycle/pedestrian/exercise/nature trails; a senior center; a <br />Northwest 25.00 <br />Special Populations Center; two bayside parks; two fishing piers; <br />a rodeo/open riding arena; three neighborhood pools and one <br />Pecan Park 33.00 <br />sprayground/playground; and other amenities. Over the past 21 <br />Community Park <br />123.10 <br />years, the City has spent close to $18 million on its parks and <br />Subtotal <br />recreation system. <br />Total 160.87164.86 <br /> <br /> <br />Source: City of La Porte. <br />In addition to the parks and recreation areas owned and <br />managed by the City, there are five school playgrounds located <br />at the elementary schools that provide additional recreation and open space <br />that is available to residents and visitors of the La Porte area. The school <br />playgrounds are displayed in Table 2.2, School Playgrounds, and tThe City <br />and the La Porte Independent School District (LPISD) have a cooperative <br />agreement that allows joint use of City and School recreations facilities. As <br />displayed in Table 2.23, Private Parks, there are also five park facilities and <br />2.20 <br /> <br />Chapter 2 <br /> <br />