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/ ' VII-6 D. PARK PLAN It is the City's desire to provide a variety of passive and active recreational activities and opportunities for its citizens. Therefore, the City desires to improve the existing parks and develop new parks consistent with future overall growth patterns. Priority items identified by the City include: 1) Neighborhood parks and community parks 0 located to effectively serve the recreational needs of the population(see Table 7-A for classification for criteria of Parks). 2)An integrated trail system which effectively ties together existing and proposed human activity centers. PThe long range parks and trails plan(Figure 7-B)was developed by overlaying a series of maps depicting natural features and existing development (refer to Background I Information Section). Features considered favorable for park land include: forested areas,wetlands, shoreland of lakes, streams and rivers, abandoned railroad beds, and ,, areas of poor soil quality. 0 1. Neighborhood Parks. These are areas of intense recreational activities such as field games, court games, playground equipment, skating rinks, and neighborhood centers. �4� Typically,these recreation areas have a service radius of a half mile to a mile and serve of 2 000 to 5 000 in an urbanized area. Typical size ranges from 10-25 a population YP g acres. The location of neighborhood parks is coordinated with the location of community sr` parks to provide appropriate geographic distribution of recreational opportunities to the city's residents. 2 Community Parks. These are areas of intense recreational facilities such as athletic fields and swimming pools. These parks should also include many of the same types of facilities as neighborhood parks because the geographic distribution of all parks requires a community park to serve a neighborhood function as well Community parks are designated for Lions Park and Orono Park. • 3. Area Wide Parks. These are areas of natural or ornamental quality for -' nature-oriented outdoor recreation such as picnicking, boating, fishing, swimming, biking,camping,and trail use These parks are intended to serve the recreational needs of Elk River and surrounding area There are four such areas of varying size designated for area wide parks. They include: a. The river front area immediately south of the central business district. This land lies within the floodplain and is currently undeveloped. b. A 160 acre parcel adjacent to and north of the Elk River Golf Course. The land is currently undeveloped and has substantial tree stands.