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EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE The City of Santa Ana currently provides Santa s park LOS can be parkland at a level of service of 1.1 acres per compared • cities of 1,000 residents. This standard is significantly less than the 3 acres per 1,000 recommended population by • 2021 in the revised General Plan or the higher level Park Metricsdata provided by of service desired by residents. Santa Ana's the Recreation parkland is also far less than typically provided Association (NRPA). Santa Ana is by cities of a comparable size. well below the lower quartile for Most cities in California strive to provide park agencies serving a minimum of 3 acres per 1,000 residents, of • - than 250,000 in the as advised in the California's Quimby Act. United States. The Quimby Act allows cities to require that developers set aside 3 acres of land per 1,000 residents for neighborhood and community parks. The requirement typically applies when land is subdivided for new residential development. Since Santa Ana is already built out, and it currently has substantially less parkland, it would be very difficult and may be cost-prohibitive to increase its LOS standard to 3 acres per 1,000 residents in the next 10 years. MedianAgencies _ rving A phased approach over a longer timeline 1 111+ residents: should be considered to pursue that goal. 10.6 acres per 111 residents Santa Ana is not the only city in Orange County that is deficient in parkland. In March Upper Quartileof Agencies 2022, an informal email survey was conducted Serving 1 1 11+ residents: by Community Services Directors to compare 17.5 acres per 1 1 1 residents LOS across neighboring Orange County cities. The result shows Santa Ana below the average of neighboring communities (Figure 5-1). S A N T A A N A PARKS MASTER PLAN