9.5. SR 05-18-2015 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

43 City of Elk River - Parks and Recreation Master Plan Chapter 5: How We Get There 4. Continue to provide recreation opportunities that appeal across generations. Strategies: • Provide safe, accessible walking, jogging, running, and biking loops within parks and throughout the entire trail network. • Continue to provide hiking access to high quality natural areas. • Improve access to water-oriented recreation with beaches, docks, boat launches, fishing opportunities, etc. • Incorporate fitness opportunities into parental observation areas around playgrounds. • Promote activities that can be done with friends and/or family. • Explore opportunities to provide affordable golf within the city. 5. Design for universal accessibility. Strategies: • Meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for buildings and recreational facilities. • Consider adding a miracle field to the system. • Where feasible, provide accessibility that goes beyond ADA requirements by providing facilities such as accessible beach and boat access, accessible recreational trails, and programs for adaptive recreation. 6. Increase access to indoor recreation. Strategies: • Support the efforts of partners such as the school district, athletic organizations, and others for a field house and/or domed artificial turf fields. • Partner with the school district to provide access to indoor gymnasium space. • Work with the Y to expand the partnership for indoor aquatics, fitness classes, and recreational sports. • Conduct a Comprehensive Recreation Facilities Study to evaluate the Activity Center, The Ice Arena, and Lions Park Center to determine if they should be renovated, replaced on their current site, or consolidated into a centrally located facility. ▶Lion John Weicht Park is a potential location for an Arena. ▶If the Arena is to be relocated, consider the old Arena site for a new Community Center and Activity Center (+55).