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Y l Request for Action River To Item Number Parks and Recreation Commission 7.1 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Discussion Items May 13,2015 Chris Leeseberg,Park Planner-Planner Item Description Reviewed by Review Open/Park Space on 191 '/a Avenue (75- Michael Hecker,Parks and Recreation Director 432-0101) Reviewed by Action Requested Provide direction on maintaining ownership or releasing the city owned property (75-432-0101) Background/Discussion The City Council reviewed this at their May 4,2015 worksession. They directed staff to get confirmation on what recommendation the Parks and Recreation Commission have for the subject parcel. Peter Rohlf approached the Mayor and city staff to see if the city would be interested in selling the subject parcel on 191 '/a Avenue so he can expand his mini-storage facility that is located directly east of the property. The city purchased the tax forfeited property in 1992 to provide open space in a high density residential area. The City Council and City Administrator thought it was appropriate to purchase the property to provide some type of play area or tot park for children. It has been vacant since. The state deed for the conveyance of forfeited lands has a restriction on it stating it shall be used exclusively for open space/park. This is why the city obtained the property in 1992. Staff and the City Attorney are researching if we can release the property and if so,what happens to it. Staff will provide an update at the meeting. Park Master Plan The Neighborhood Park Service Area Overlap section of Chapter 3 states: Some small parks with overlapping service areas may be redundant. In addition, some of these parks have difficult maintenance access issues, lack real public access, are undeveloped, and/or are prohibitively small for park use. These parks include: • Baldwin • Meadow • North Terrace • Elk Hills Green Space • Property south of Ridgewood East on 191 1/2 Avenue (75-432-0101) [ DIEM 1 NATURE