Park Maintenance, Stewardship, and Sustainability

Open Space Element

• Goal OS-3: Park Maintenance,  Stewardship, and Sustainability
  Maintain and manage parks, recreation facilities, trails and open space to sustain City assets and support safe use.
• Policy OS-3.1
  Park and Facility Maintenance
  Ensure all parks, recreation facilities and open spaces are well maintained.
  
• Policy OS-3.2
  Maintenance Resources
  Ensure that funding, staffing, and other resources are available to maintain existing parks and facilities, as well as new ones when added to the park and open space system.
  
• Policy OS-3.3
  Asset Management
  Ensure that funding is earmarked for the repair, replacement, and renovation of old or worn amenities, facilities and landscaping in parks when needed or at the end or their lifecycles. This would include deferred maintenance and new capital projects.
  
• Policy OS-3.4
  Protection of Natural, Cultural, and Historic Resources
  Maintain, preserve, and interpret the City’s natural resources, landmarks, urban tree canopy, and designated historical and cultural features.
  
• Policy OS-3.5
  Landscaping 
  Encourage the planting of native and diverse tree species in public and private spaces to reduce heat island effect, reduce energy consumption, and contribute to carbon mitigation.
  
• Policy OS-3.6
  Sustainable Parks and Facilities
  Integrate drought tolerant or native plantings, water-wise irrigation, design and maintenance efficiencies, and sustainable development practices to reduce water use and energy consumption.
  
• Policy OS-3.7
  Urban Forest
  Maintain, preserve, and enhance the City’s urban forest as an environmental, economic, and aesthetic resource to improve residents’ quality of life.
  
• Policy OS-3.8
  Naturalizing the Santa Ana River
  Explore opportunities to reintroduce natural habitat along the Santa Ana River to provide natural habitat and educational and recreational opportunities.
  

Mobility Element

• Policy M-3.1
  Nonmotorized Travelway Network
  Expand and maintain a citywide network of nonmotorized travelways within both the public and private realms that create linkages between neighborhoods, recreational amenities, schools, employment centers, neighborhood serving commercial, and activity centers.
  
• Policy M-3.8
  Santa Ana River and Golden Loop
  Proactively pursue the improvement and restoration of the Santa Ana River natural habitat and the completion of the Golden Loop to serve as a multiuse recreational amenity.
  

Conservation Element

• Policy CN-3.8
  Energy-Efficient Public Facilities
  Promote and encourage efficient use of energy and the conservation of available resources in the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of public facilities, infrastructure, and equipment.
  
• Policy CN-4.1
  Water Use
  Encourage and educate residents, business owners, and operators of public facilities to use water wisely and efficiently.
  
• Policy CN-4.2
  Landscaping
  Encourage public and private property owners to plant native or drought-tolerant vegetation.
  

Urban Design Element

• GOAL UD-3: Attractive Travelways
  Create and maintain safe and attractive travelways through coordinated streetscape design.
• Policy UD-3.1
  Landscaped Travelways
  Promote visually appealing and sustainable landscaping along freeway corridors, roadway medians, and parkways.
  
• Policy UD-3.2
  Activate Paths
  Strengthen and activate the design of paths and adjacent development through enhanced and cohesive streetscapes, architectural themes, and landscaping.
  
• Policy UD-3.6
  Linear Park System
  Support open space improvements along roadways and nonvehicular paths, such as bike or multiuse trails, to create linear open space that connect to a network of parks and activity areas throughout the city.
  
• Policy UD-3.7
  Natural Recreational Amenities
  Enhance natural and recreational features of Santiago Creek and the Santa Ana River corridors and provide linkages throughout the community.