Citywide Parks Need Assessment
Summary
SCH Number
2025010906
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Citywide Parks Need Assessment
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/28/2025
Document Description
The proposed project consists of a citywide Park Needs Assessment (PNA). This study will evaluate the present and future recreational needs of the residents within the City of Los Angeles. The PNA will heavily rely on community outreach, gathering feedback from residents across socioeconomic levels throughout the City through various outreach methods, including but not limited to stakeholder meetings, public workshops, focus groups, and surveys. Outreach methods will emphasize equity, inclusion, and ensuring that a diverse range of voices are heard over the course of the PNA. To achieve its goals the PNA requires the creation of a model of future population growth based on the most current certifiable Citywide data available. From this model, the PNA will perform region-specific scenarios to project if current RAP service levels would be sustainable for the city growing population. Additional components will include the consideration of climate change, environmental justice and other environmental factors as well as the appraisal of past park investment, growth, and development over the last 25 years. This will help inform the PNA's Decision Making Framework, as well as any park planning efforts that may be undertaken in the future. The expected outcome of the PNA would be to develop a Decision Making Framework to objectively inform how the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) should be prioritizing overall park investment, including future capital improvement projects, and to allocate RAP resources to meet the needs identified in the community outreach process that emphasizes inclusivity, accessibility, and transparency. The assessment is not meant to produce a list of projects or commitments to build in the future and will not have a legally binding effect on later activities.
Beneficiaries of the project are the patrons of the park.
Contact Information
Name
Elena Maggioni
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
Job Title
Environmental Supervisor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Other Location Info
Multiple Locations throughout the City of Los Angeles
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CCR Title 14, Chapter 3 Section 15286
Reasons for Exemption
The propose Board's action consists of awarding the Park Needs Assessment for the City of Los Angeles to Olin Partnership , LTD. The final result of this effort is a planning study that highlights the needs for parks and recreation structures in the City of Los Angeles and a decision making framework that will support future planning, taking into account climate change, environmental justice and other environmental factors. The assessment is not meant to produce a list of projects or commitments to build in the future and will not have a legally binding effect on later activities.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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