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01/10/2002 14:00 M4ST.ER 9096868091 RHA LANDSCAPE ARCH for Parks and Recreation Facilities PAGE 02 What is the neeor demand for parks and outdoor recreation within the City? What must be done to meet this need? To answer these questions, and others inherent to the issues involved, it is necessary to comprehend changing patterns of urban and suburban life, the directions of future growth in the Cit# and the state of existing park and recreational facilities. We live in a time of increasingly rapid change, which is a significant factor of daily life. The result is a pattein of human settlement which has intensified and that continues to do so, reflecting a more urbanized character with increased affluence and free time. With this dynamic situation have come the growing requirements of government to do its share to meet popular demands for exianded attention to social programs. Chief among these is the need for constructive leisu a and recreation to revive the everyday life. A baster Plan oParks can take many different forms, some much more comprehensive than others. Followin is a discussion of two different forms such a plan might take. The first is a more comprehen ive approach to identifying the overall, longer-term growth patterns/needs and the second is on of identifying existing facilities/needs and focusing on immediate and near term goals for int rovemetns to these or other needed facilities. 1). A masterp n for parks and recreational facilities is designed to act as a comprehensive guide for sustain and orderly acquisition and development of a park system with a broad array of recreational o rtunities based on identified needs for now and the fllture, it can also be expanded to inc a financing strategies and maintenance. To produce a coprehensive master plan of parks that effectively serves these purposes, the following general., objectives might be typical: Established 4ascline level of park and recreation service as a yardstick for measuring park and recreatiol needs for the next decade. . Inventory existing public park and recreation facilities. Study the recreational behavior of Colton residents. Establish a s itable methodology for determining participation rates for major recreational activities. I. • Articulate the (City's park and recreation facility goals, policies, and actions. • Formulate park acquisition, design and development criteria. • Make specifics recommendations concerning the need for major recreation facilities and to determine thejvarious types and sizes needed to accommodate these facilities.