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Parks Comparison continued Page 2 <br />METROPOLITAN PARKS <br />No standards exist for metropolitan park acres. They may occur wherever <br />unique and special topographic and /or natural features exist that the <br />community wishes to preserve. Much of the area is purchased with the <br />intention of leaving it substantially in its natural state. <br />Bethel Willak. Central Univ. S.West WillowC S.East South <br />Acres 36.80 402.20 162.27 178.12 12.08 0 675.33 25.88 <br />COMMENTS: <br />The needs shown on the preceding page should be greater in some cases due to <br />the fact that some parks listed as "neighborhood" are substantially oversized <br />when compared to the recommended 3 minimum. Examples are Tugman (16.67 acres, <br />SE), Bond Lane (7.6 acres, Willak.), and Candlelight (12.00 acres, Bethel). <br />Having neighborhood park acres concentrated in single locations skews then <br />need based on numbers along. The true need has more to do with location and <br />the effective service radius of the park, which can only be determined by a <br />graphic analysis. To discount any area over 5 acres before calculating needs <br />would yield a more realistic figure for acreage needed. <br />In several instances, the dividing line between planning areas is located such <br />that it doesn't allow one district to acknowledge that it is being served by a <br />park in an adjacent district. An example is Westmoreland Park (South) which <br />serves an adjacent area in the Central district. The Central District shows <br />no community park acreage, but it is nevertheless served to a great degree by <br />Westmoreland Park. <br />There are currently two oversized neighborhood parks staff are working on to <br />divide and redistribute to smaller sites in locations that more effectively <br />cover a larger area. When that is accomplished, the need basis on more area <br />being served by smaller parks will reduce the need based on area served. <br />The presence of community or metropolitan parks in some instances fulfills the <br />function of a neighborhood park for the immediate community. If you factor in <br />the idea that 3 acres of Amazon Park functions as a neighborhood park the <br />acres needed values could be reduced by 3 acres. The same applies to Skinner <br />Butte and Maurie Jacobs Parks, which provide park and recreation amenities at <br />the neighborhood level. <br />Community parks are viewed as being entirely developable with athletic fields, <br />tennis courts, swimming pool, community center, group picnic facilities, etc., <br />with associated parking. In the case of the University district, showing both <br />a current and projected surplus, acreage is included which will never be <br />developed for the activities associated with community parks. Such park land <br />is normally listed as metropolitan park land (e.g. Spencer Butte, Hendricks, <br />and Delta Ponds). If the area of the Amazon Channel, the woods and protected <br />