08-30-12 Special Called Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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activities), and interconnected (to the community), while trying part of a park and recreation system, they are an equally import -vehicular mobility system, and as such, will be discussed in Chapter 4, Community Mobility. The City Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for the and maintenance of all parks and recreational facilities. Their , innovative programs, and services that will provide our customer Existing Park Inventory The foundation for establishing an adequate park and recreation Table 2.2, School Playgrounds system is the availability and condition of the existing parks a School Playgrounds recreation areas. To assess the projected future need for additi land, facilities, and improvements, it is essential to first det Parks Acres the level of service provided by the existing parks and recreati Lomax Elementary 2.25 system. Subsequently, the level of sufficiency or deficiency of Jennie Reid Elementary 0.35 existing system can be determined to assess the current need pri Rizzuto Elementary 1.06 to projecting the future parks and recreation system needs. La Porte Elementary 7.06 Currently, the Department is responsible for 21 neighborhood and Bayshore Elementary 2.62 community parks (comprising over 150 acres), two special use par th Grade Baker 6 Campus 1.00 (i.e., Five Points Town Plaza and the Bayforest Golf Course), an La Porte High School 5.00 eleven miles of trails (see Table 2.1, Existing Parks and Map 2.3, Park Total 19.34 Inventory). Overall, the City has a total of 23 parks and recreation facilities comprised of playgrounds and playscapes; picnic ameni Source: Google Earth baseball, softball, soccer, football fields; basketball and othe courts; bicycle/pedestrian/exercise/nature trails; a senior cent Table 2.3, Private Parks Special Populations Center; two bayside parks; two fishing piers rodeo/open riding arena; three neighborhood pools and one Private Parks sprayground/playground; and other amenities. Over the past 21 Parks Acres years, the City has spent close to $18 million on its parks and Bayside Terrace Park 0.49 recreation system. Bay Colony Park 0.75 In addition to the parks and recreation areas owned and managed Fairmont East 2.00 the City, there are five school playgrounds located at the eleme Fairmont West 1.18 schools that provide additional recreation and open space that i Shady Lane 2.59 available to residents and visitors of the La Porte area. The sc Shady River 2.35 playgrounds are displayed in Table 2.2, School Playgrounds. As Total 9.36 displayed in Table 2.3, Private Parks, there are also six park facilities and one neighborhood pool that are owned and maintained by the . 2.19 2. t| Adopted July 20, 2009