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<br />City of Santa Ana Planning Commission <br />November 9, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />supports the prioritization of parkland dedication over parkland impact fee collection. <br />However, the Open Space Element does not fully explain how prioritization would occur <br />for projects of fewer than 100 residential units. Implementation Action OS-1.16 indicates <br />that the City should “[d]evelop an incentives program that encourages private <br />development and public agencies to provide park and recreation facilities beyond the <br />minimum requirements.” Rise Up Willowick supports the creation of such incentives. <br />However, the Open Space Element does not explain how the incentives program might <br />operate or provide criteria to guide its implementation. The Open Space Element should <br />be revised to further clarify these measures. <br />Implementation Action OS-1.6 calls for the City to “[e]stablish land use <br />provisions in the Municipal Code that prevent a net loss of parkland in the city” and <br />“[r]equire at least a 1:1 replacement if there is any loss of public parkland due to <br />development.” We support the City’s adoption of a “no net loss of parkland” requirement <br />in the Municipal Code. However, we urge the City to clearly define what constitutes <br />“parkland” for purposes of this requirement. The “no net loss of parkland” requirement <br />should not impede the redevelopment of golf courses to include a mix of public parkland <br />and affordable housing. As outlined in our October 6 letter to the City, The Trust for <br />Public Land, the California Coastal Conservancy, and Clifford Beers Housing have <br />submitted a proposal to the City of Garden Grove to develop most of the Willowick Golf <br />Course site into a public park and to construct affordable housing on the remainder. The <br />“no net loss of parkland” policy should not create barriers to projects such as the <br />Willowick proposal that would create affordable housing and other community benefits <br />in addition to public parkland. <br />Implementation Action OS-1.151 calls for the City to “[a]mend the <br />Residential Development Fee in the Municipal Code (Chapter 35, Article IV) to reflect <br />requirements for Larger Residential Projects (100+ units, residential only or mixed-use) <br />to provide two acres of new public parkland concurrent with the completion of and within <br />a 10-minute walking radius of the new residential project.” It also calls for the City to <br />work with “new development projects within the Focus Areas” to encourage developers <br />to provide more parkland than the Code requires. Similarly, Implementation Action OS- <br />1.8 calls for the City to update the Acquisition and Development Ordinance to increase <br />dedication and fee requirements and ensure that parkland is acquired near projects <br />creating demand. Rise Up Willowick supports these changes, and urges the City to ensure <br /> <br />1 The City’s responses to comments in the Final EIR label this action as OS-1.14, but the <br />Open Space Element of the revised Update identifies this action as OS-1.15.
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