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Item #: 3. <br /> fifty of <br /> ElkRiver MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Park and Recreation Commission <br /> FROM: Michele McPherson, Director of Planning <br /> DATE: December 27, 1999 <br /> SUBJECT: Planning Retreat— Master Park Plan Review <br /> Process <br /> Request <br /> The Commission is asked to discuss the process by which the Master Park Plan will be <br /> reviewed. <br /> Attachments <br /> • Existing Facilities Matrix <br /> • Proposed Facilities Matrix <br /> • <br /> • Draft 2000 Work Plan <br /> Analysis <br /> Staff has been compiling information from the Master Park Plan into two matrices for <br /> the Commission to discuss. Now that the "urban" portion of the City is more developed, <br /> it may be appropriate to review the park service areas and make some critical decisions <br /> about the parks we have acquired to date and those that will be acquired in the future. <br /> Specifically, items that the Commission may want to discuss are: <br /> ❖ Does every park need every facility? Would it be better to identify larger <br /> neighborhood parks for large playgrounds than have small, playgrounds at every <br /> park? <br /> ❖ What is needed in each park? <br /> ❖ What is a realistic walking distance between neighborhood parks? What should <br /> the barriers be to walking? <br /> ❖ Are there parks that are too small to be realistically developed? If so, what are <br /> our options for these parks? (Open space, sell for development, vest-pocket <br /> park) <br /> ❖ What projects could be completed by volunteers, Eagle Scouts, neighborhood <br /> groups? <br /> 4111 <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD&Phone: (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425 <br />