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Exhibit A <br />Study Criteria and Standards <br />A. Properly authenticated documents shall be provided by the City evidencing its desire to substitute <br />land of equivalent fair market and recreational value. <br />B. Appraisal reports must be prepared for all parcels. Replacement property must be of at least equal <br />fair market value and recreational utility and cannot have been previously used as a public park, and if <br />already owned by the City, it must not have been purchased for the purpose of making it a public park. The <br />appraisals must be reviewed and accepted by GSA (or the military, if it is a BRAC disposal property) and <br />NPS, and must be done according to Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; <br />C. Justification including assessment of public recreational utility of the land proposed for exchange and <br />its replacement. In general, the replacement property must provide greater public park and recreational utility <br />than the parcel you would like to use for another purpose. This analysis should include an assessment of <br />public need and demographics, similar to that provided in the original public benefit application. It should <br />also reference City, State or other local comprehensive outdoor recreation plans in its statement of need; <br />D. Environmental assessment of substitute property indicating it is environmentally safe and not latently <br />contaminated. <br />E. Assessment of environmental effects of proposed release of park and recreation use covenants on <br />former surplus property. A public process and environmental impact analysis must be conducted by the City - <br />at least equivalent to an Environmental Assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act, and an <br />Environmental Impact Statement if indicated by the EA. <br />F. A copy of the State, city, or county recreation map or plan showing the present park land in <br />relationship to the proposed substitute land. <br />G. A copy of the legal description, the Program of Utilization, and a development schedule for each <br />property proposed for substitution. <br />H. An official acknowledgement of willingness to apply, in perpetuity, to the new property, all <br />restrictions contained in the deed of conveyance of the surplus property <br />4