Bethel/Danebo <br />The Bethel/Danebo planning sub-area is currently served by only three community parks. The Bethel <br />Community Park, a 33-acre multi-facility park, is co-located with Meadowview K-8 School and located <br />south of Barger Drive, west of Terry Street. The Shasta Ballfields Park, which consists of four ball fields <br />and a soccer field on 15 acres, is co-located with Shasta Middle School and Clear Lake Elementary School <br />and is located south of Barger Drive, east of Terry and west of Randy Pape Beltline. Petersen Park, a 19- <br />acre park that includes the Petersen Barn Community Center, is located south of Barger and east of <br />Randy Pape Beltline. Each of these parks is approximately three-fourths of a mile from the next <br />community park within the sub-area. All three of the existing community parks in the Bethel/Danebo <br />area are located south of Barger Drive, which is a minor arterial. The residential area north of Barger <br />Drive does not have a community park. <br />The PROS Project and Priority Plan identifies the need for two community parks within the <br />Bethel/Danebo park planning sub-area (Table 1: Proposed Projects & Priorities for Parks, Open Space <br />and Recreation Facilities for Bethel Danebo). Both new community parks are identified to serve specific <br />geographical areas that are currently underserved by recreational opportunities. The projects to meet <br />the area's needs are identified in the plan as follows: <br />• Acquire 100+ acres surrounding Golden Gardens ponds for community park (Priority 1&2) <br />• Develop Golden Gardens and acquired property as community park with significant natural area <br />components and trails (Priority 2 & 3) <br />• Acquire portion of Union Pacific area for a neighborhood and community park, including <br />improved connections, recreation and open space. (Priority 4) <br />The first is identified to be located in the area of Golden Gardens ponds, which is north of Barger Drive <br />and west of Beltline. There is land both inside and outside the UGB in this area, which is evaluated in <br />future sections. <br />The second needed community park for Bethel/Danebo is identified to be located in the Union Pacific <br />area (between the Northwest Expressway and Highway 99 in the vicinity of the railroad tracks). Because <br />the Union Pacific area is fully within the current urban growth boundary, development of an urban <br />community park would not necessitate an urban growth boundary expansion. Therefore, it will not be <br />addressed any further as part of this study. <br />River Road / Santa Clara <br />The River Road/Santa Clara planning sub-area does not contain any community parks. Within this park <br />planning sub-area, the PROS Project and Priority Plan identifies the need for one new community park <br />(Table 1: Proposed Projects & Priorities for Parks, Open Space and Recreation Facilities for River <br />Road/Santa Clara). The needed park is specifically intended to serve the Santa Clara area, which is <br />located north of Randy Pape Beltline. (Although the River Road area (south of Beltline) is also not served <br />by a community park, it does contain Emerald Park, which is a River Road Park and Recreation District <br />facility that serves as a community park for this area.) The needed project is identified in the plan as <br />follows: <br />Appendix C to Findings May 2017 Page 3 <br />