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Uny of MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DATE: JULY 21, 1997 SUBJECT: UPDATE TO THE MASTER PARK PLAN/P.H. BACKGROUND: The original Park and Recreation Plan was adopted as an addendum to the City of Elk River's Growth Management Plan in 1990. The current process of updating the Master Park and Recreation Plan began in the fall of 1993. The Elk River Planning Commission reviewed the update of the Master Park and Recreation Plan on February 15, 1996 (minutes attached). The Update to the Master Park and Recreation Plan was tabled by the Elk River City Council in March of 1996. A citizen survey, which included questions pertaining to parks, was conducted by Decision Resources Ltd. in April and May of 1997. REVIEW: The Council received the Park and Recreation Commission's recommended update to the Master Park and Recreation Plan in last week's packet. That recommended plan reflects a great deal of research that will, hopefully, make it a more useable document than the original plan. The major components of the plan include: Neighborhood Parks - These parks are planned to be strategically positioned in the city's planned urban service area. Spacing of these parks is a function population, travel distance to the parks and physical barriers. Most additional neighborhood parks will be acquired through park dedications when property develops. However, it may be desirable to purchase neighborhood parks in intensely populated areas where development proposals are unlikely in the near future, i.e. east of Highway 169. \\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\b&z\stever\parkcc.doc 130§$ Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425