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Memo to City of Santa Ana Planning Commission September 15, 2021 Page 11 provide two acres of park area per 1,000 people residing in the subdivision. The Quimby Act, Government Code section 66477, authorizes more than that, allowing cities to require that subdivisions dedicate parkland sufficient to provide up to three acres of park area per 1,000 subdivision residents. We propose modifying Implementation Action OS-1.7 to use all the authority the Quimby Act gives the City. It should require that subdivision dedications of parkland be sufficient to achieve a standard of three acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. In addition, we suggest modifying Action OS-1.7 to require that new> 80%market-rate, non- subdivision developments of 100 or more units dedicate three acres of new public parkland, and that> 80%market-rate non-subdivision developments of 50 to 99 units dedicate two acres of public parkland. These changes will help to address the City's parkland deficit, meet the General Plan's parkland standard, and promote equitable park access. We also suggest changing the limit on the location of dedicated parkland from a "10-minute walking radius" of the development, a subjective measure that varies depending on a pedestrian's physical capabilities, to a 0.5-mile walking radius, a more objective metric. The revised Implementation Action would read as follows: Implementation Action OS-1.7. Public parklands requirements feflafger- disc nee f the r fesidential r eets. Amend Municipal Code Chapter 34, Article VIII to require that subdivision map approvals for residential subdivisions of more than 50 parcels dedicate parkland sufficient to provide three acres of park area per 1,000 people residing in the subdivision, consistent with Policy OS-1.3. Amend Municipal Code Chapter 35, Article IV to require that projects including 100+ residential units that are 80 percent market-rate or more and do not require a subdivision dedicate three acres of new public parkland concurrent with the completion of and within a 0.5-mile walking radius of the new residential project, and to require non-subdivision projects of 50 to 99 residential units that are 80 percent market-rate or more to dedicate two acres of public parkland concurrent with the completion of and within a 0.5 mile walking radius of the project. Establish provisions that allow these projects to reduce all onsite private and common open space requirements by 50 percent if new public parkland is provided within a 0.5-mile walking radius and by 80 percent if the new public parkland is immediately adjacent to or on the residential project property. To the greatest extent possible, parkland created via this dedication process shall be located in park-deficient neighborhoods and environmental justice areas. Incentivize the creation of public