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Standards and Needs Analyses <br />Park I and <br />Level of Service Standards <br />Establishing standards and using them to measure strengths and weaknesses has been a <br />common practice for many years. Today, many communities, like San Marcos, strive for <br />connectivity within their park system as well as to other uses and communities. Standards aid <br />in measuring quantities of park types and determining where deficits, if any, occur. <br />Organizations, such as the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), have established <br />recommendations for use as a nationwide guide (See Table 4.1). <br />Based on the national recommendations, Regional parks should be provided at an average of 5- <br />10 acres per 1,000 people served. San Marcos should provide 5 acres per 1,000 people. <br />Currently the City is providing approximately 3.3 acres per 1,000 people. <br />Neighborhood parks are intended to accommodate all the recreational needs that they should <br />provide, but at the same time they need to serve the adjacent neighborhood. It is <br />recommended that a municipality have 1 to 5 acres of neighborhood park land per 1,000 <br />people. San Marcos should provide 3 acres per 1,000 people. Currently the City is providing <br />approximately 1.3 acres per 1,000 people. <br />Greenspace should be provided at an average of 5 -10 acres per 1,000 people served. San <br />Marcos should provide 5 acres per 1,000 people. Currently the City is providing approximately <br />17 acres per 1,000 people. <br />75 <br />