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<br />Memo to City of Santa Ana Planning Commission <br />September 15, 2021 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br /> <br />which parkland dedication exceeds minimum requirements. For example, a development <br />would receive a 90% reduction in the onsite open space requirement if it dedicates 0.5 <br />acres more than the required amount of parkland and a 100% reduction if it dedicates 1 <br />acre more parkland than required. <br />10. Proposed Changes to the Open Space Element’s Funding Policies <br />The Open Space Element currently includes the following policy: <br />Policy OS-1.11: Funding Sources: Explore and pursue all available funding, <br />including nontraditional funding sources, for park acquisition, facility <br />development, programming, and maintenance of existing and new parks. Set aside <br />park funding to have monies on hand to acquire and develop parkland when <br />opportunities arise and to leverage grant options. <br />Open Space Element at 6. <br /> We commend the City’s commitment to pursue all available funding <br />sources for parks. Given the current park deficiency in the City, the City should set an <br />explicit goal to obtain enough funding for new park development to meet a park standard <br />of three acres per 1,000 residents (see proposed changes to Policy OS-1.3 above). We <br />propose modifying Policy OS-1.11 as follows: <br />Policy OS-1.11: Funding Sources: Explore and pursue all available funding, <br />including nontraditional funding sources, for park acquisition, facility <br />development, programming, and maintenance of existing and new parks, in order <br />to increase park investment per resident and meet the City’s Park Standard of three <br />acres per 1,000 residents (Policy OS-1.3). Set aside park funding to have monies <br />on hand to acquire and develop parkland when opportunities arise and to leverage <br />grant options. <br />In addition, the City should aim to increase per-resident investment in parks, <br />including maintenance and improvement of existing parks as well as new park <br />development. We propose the addition of an “increased per-resident parks investment” <br />policy in the Open Space Element: <br />Policy OS-1.15: Park Investment Per Resident. Increase per-resident investment in <br />park maintenance and upgrades in order to ensure equitable access to well- <br />maintained neighborhood parks for all City residents, and increase per-resident <br />investment on new park acquisition and development to a level sufficient to <br />achieve the City’s Park Standard of three acres per 1,000 residents (Policy OS- <br />1.3).