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2. Project Understanding and Approach 2.a. Understanding... It is understood that the City of Sunny Isles Beach desires to meet the recreational needs of the residents and visitors (2.75-acres of local park and recreational facility per thousand population) and has actively pursued the identification and acquisition of appropriate areas for recreation, and identified and pursued the acquisition of available recreational development funds, Both of these items, appropriate available recreational lands and recreational development funding, are difficult to acquire with the built-out nature of the valuable waterside nature of the City, and the current aggressive competition for any funding, The City innovatively acquired the surface parking area for an adjacent oceanfront hotel and condominium, and committed to meet the parking needs in a vertical structure, a parking garage that will have a smaller footprint than the existing surface parking allowing the balance of the site to be developed as a park, It is understood that the lower level of the parking structure is to be for park users and those wishing to access the adjacent beach area, with the balance being available as valet parking to meet the parking needs of the adjacent hotel and condominium, To the immediate East of the park there are two access paths to the beach, Ellen M, Wynne and William "Bill" Lone which give the City the opportunity to further their Comprehensive Plan's Recreation and Open Space Goal's Objective 1, "Provide for public access to and interaction with the City's beach area", and follow the related Policy 1A, "Maintain and improve the City's existing beach access points and adjacent vehicular parking areas," The park site is also located at the entrance to Ocean View, one of the Comprehensive Plan's proposed Urban Villages. The Comprehensive Plan's Vision Statement describes the Urban Village Strategy as combining, "... small changes in the City's development pattern with: a system of defined neighborhood entrances and gateways that reflect local history, natural features of each village, cultural symbols and other sources of village pride;.., the provision of safe, neighborhood scaled public spaces and recreational facilities within walking distance of residences, especially play and interactive space for children., ," City of Sunny Isles Beach RFQ # 07-08-01 Page 3 of 11 ARC HIT E C T S .. I N T ERN A T ION A L ..