Agenda Item Name:
Title
Discussion of Potential Locations for Future Pocket Parks
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Presenter:
Charlie Houder
Description:
Staff has established an initial set of criteria to use in the screening of properties to locate potential locations for future pocket parks.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Discuss and provide direction to staff on locating future pocket parks.
Prior Board Motions:
March 26, 2019
Direct staff to research opportunities for parks throughout the County similar to the SWAG Park as part of the recreational master plan update and bring it back to the Board during the budget process. The focus would be on multifamily rental neighborhoods or pockets of poverty.
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
NA
Background:
Charlie Houder met with Ivy Bell on 4/10/19 to discuss a methodology. Ms. Bell enlisted the assistance of Bobby Jensen and Jeff Hayes who used GIS to generate a first cut on potential locations for “SWAG-like” pocket parks. They first selected undeveloped lots in the urban cluster that are at least 0.25 acres in size. They then selected lots located in a Census Tract with above 10% poverty, a just value of the adjacent parcel of below $100K, and the distance to the nearest park of over a half mile. The result is a set of candidate parcels indicated with an “X” on the web map that can be found here: <http://acgm.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c4c224eaffa141d9b30fbe4bf0564eb6>. (You may need to copy and paste the link into your browser.)