2008/10/15 Council Agenda Packet

CITY OF EVERETT FISCAL ANNEXATION ANALYSIS Exhibit 24 Parks Level of Service: City of Everett and Potential Annexation Scenarios 3 & 4 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 City of Everett Eastmonn Hilton Eastmont Hilton Lake, Lake,Rugg's Lake Rugg's Lake,Lanmer INVENTORY(acres) Neighborhood Parks 75.3 3.0 3.0 Community Parks 84.6 0.0 0.0 CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL (acres/1,000 population) Neighborhood Parks 0.7 0.3 0.1 Community Parks 0.8 0.0 0.0 ACRES NEEDED TO BRING UP TO CITY CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL (in addition to existing inventory) Neighborhood Parks N/A 4.2 11.1 Community Parks N/A 8.2 16.2 ACRES NEEDED TO BRING UP TO CITY ADOPTED SERVICE LEVEL (in addition to existing inventory) Neighborhood Parks 77.5 12.3 27.3 Community Parks 119.0 20.4 40.4 Source:City of Everett Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan,2007;Berk and Associates,2007 If one compares current park facilities in Everett with current park facilities in the annexation area, one can argue that the annexation area is under-served. The City currently has about 0.7 acres of neighborhood parks per 1,000 city residents. Scenarios 3 and 4, in contrast, have only about 0.3 and 0.1 acres per 1,000 residents, respectively. Community parks have an even larger discrepancy. Given the deficiencies in parks, for Scenarios 3 and 4, the City would need to procure a significant amount of parks land to bring these areas up to both the City's current and adopted levels of service. As the area is mostly residential, there are very few large acre parcels that could be available for park land purchase. Parks acquisition is generally a policy-level question for the City, especially considering the neighborhood and community parks deficiencies within the current City boundaries. These policy decisions would have capital and operating implications of bringing the annexation areas up to the higher level of service. Estimates of capital expenditures for initial parkland purchase are not included in this analysis. Eel Final Report:October 2008 Page 46