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Exhibit 1 CITYWIDE PARKS Citywide Parks Parks are Santa Ana's largest parks that provide major recreation facilities, cultural venues and natural areas that serve as citywide destinations for events, programs and activities, attracting visitors from across the entire city and beyond. Typical facilities and features include recreation centers, amphitheaters, swimming pools, sports courts and fields, skate parks, lakes, trails and trailheads, destination playgrounds and group picnic areas. In addition to a variety of support facilities, city parks may also include concessions, reservable facilities or other revenue -generating activities and infrastructure. SITE CHARACTER & ADJACENCIES • Parks are designed to reflect city identity and culture • Parks along busy streets should include a buffer to support safety and mitigate noise • Maintain sight lines into parks from adjacent streets • Site design should encourage interaction with the surrounding uses SIZE & CONFIGURATION • Typically 15 - 100 acres in size • At least 50% of the site should be relatively level and developable for recreation uses • Contiguous, non -linear usable shape ACCESS • Accessible by auto, bus, bicycle or foot • Should be located on a Class I or Class IV trail • Has parking suitable for specialized and sport facilities • Should be located on a transit/bus line • Should have wide paths so all areas of the park are accessible to emergency vehicles • Frontage on a collector or arterial street PRIORITIZED RECREATION ELEMENTS • Major recreation facilities • Athletic facilities, sports fields and courts • Natural features • Trail rest stop/trailhead • Loop trail or other pathway system • Destination or universal, all-inclusive playground • Covered group picnic shelters (large) with barbecues, water, and food prep area • Concessions, reservable facilities or other revenue generating facilities • Specialized or major facilities such as swimming pools, amphitheaters, gardens, dog parks, recreation/community centers and senior centers that support programming • Large group event space with utilities • Art, cultural or historical interpretive features ADDITIONAL RECREATION ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER • Additional group picnic shelters or areas (large, medium, and small) PRIORITIZED SUPPORT AMENITIES • Permanent restrooms • Off-street parking • Facility access paths • Tables, seating, drinking fountain, bike racks, trash receptacles, and dog waste stations • Shade (trees, shelters, canopies, sails) • Park identification signage near main parking lot, street entry, or visible frontage • Wayfinding and interpretive signs • Pedestrian -scale lighting throughout, plus facility lighting • Maintenance/storage facilities LANDSCAPING & VEGETATION • Low -to -medium maintenance plantings, functional landscaping for most of the site • Manicured sports field grass or synthetic turf • Manicured lawn areas for informal play • Trees for shade, habitat, and seasonal interest (evergreen and deciduous) • Drought -tolerant landscaping with drip irrigation, in accordance with WELO (California's Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance). • Bioswales for stormwater filtration ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 4 None • Parks should be highly accessible, emphasizing May also be accessible via on -street bike paths • Additional specialized facilities • universal acces Ci y Council walkers 14 — 161 5/17/2022 0 SANTA ANA PARKS MASTER PLAN APPENDICES