06-21-12 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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existing facilities including planned improvements or expansions, and relate them to planning standards for desirable levels of service. In addition, it is necessary to consider forecasts in future population to determine future needs and to identify deficiencies to address the needs of the system. As such, the park and recreation system would have to be expanded to 4 accommodate a 2030 projected population of 49,927 persons. Based upon these parameters and displayed in Table 2.45, Parks and Recreation Needs, the City would have to add approximately 12.16 acres of new neighborhood parks and 26.68 acres of new community parks to meet the needs of the projected future population. Table 2.45, Parks and Recreation Needs 4 2010 (Population 33,800) 2030 (Population 49,927) % of % of Park Classification Needed Needed Recommended Actual Need Recommended Actual Need Acres Acres Met Met Neighborhood Parks (1.0 ac./ 1,000 33.80 37.77 -3.97 105% 49.93 37.77 12.16 75.6% persons) Community Parks (3.0 ac./1,000 101.40 123.10 -21.7 121% 149.78 123.10 26.68 82.1% persons) Total 135.20 160.87 -25.67 -- 399.42 160.87 38.84 -- Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. TEMPORARY NOTE: Both the original 2001 Comprehensive Plan and the 2003 Parks and Open Space Master Plan both utilized the mid-point of the NRPA recommended acreage range (i.e., 1 .5 acres/1,000 person for neighborhood parks and 6.5 acres/1,000 persons for community parks) to determine the existing acreage deficiencies and future acreage needs to satisfy future population growth. We are recommending that the acreage per population standards be reduced to 1.0 acre /1,000 persons for neighborhood parks and 3.0 acres/1,000 persons for community parks for the following reasons: 1)The City is not planning on expanding its City limits and thus the remaining acreage to accommodate future population growth is also finite. 2) accommodate H- 3) As we proceed through this Comprehensive Plan process and decisions are made as to the predicted locations of each Future Land Use area, we will be better able to forecast what the true 2030 population might look like and at that time, the above recommended 4 Population projections are based off of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H- GAC) 2035 Forecast Data. See Demographic Snapshot in Chapter 1, Plan Context for more information. 2.23 LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT 2.Řř Adopted July 20, 2009