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25 City of Elk River - Parks and Recreation Master Plan Chapter 3: The System Today <br />Dave Anderson Athletic Complex (Signature Park) <br />• Upgrade outdated support facilities including concessions, restrooms <br />facilities, trail connections and expanded parking to improve fan/visitor <br />experience. <br />Lion John Weicht Park (Signature Park) <br />• Address wetland/water issues and soils issues. <br />• The amphitheater needs to be removed and possibly rebuilt to address <br />public safety and visibility issues. <br />• The facilities plan will address building problems and the potential for other <br />uses such as an arena. <br />Woodland Trails (Signature Park) <br />• Capitalize on unique assets such as extensive hiking and cross-country ski <br />trail network, natural setting, and connectivity to the Great Northern Trail. <br />• Protect the park as mining occurs. Guide the development of the mining <br />property to ensure a desirable transition from park to other land uses by <br />buffering the park and trails from adjacent land uses and creating trail links <br />to new land uses. <br />• Develop a natural resources management plan. <br />• Continue to maintain prairie areas with prescribed burns. <br />• Explore potential for being classified a regional park. <br />• Strengthen synergy between the Great Northern Trail and Woodland Trails. <br />• Restore central wetland. <br />• Develop a land preservation or acquisition strategy for identified land north <br />of County Road 33. <br />• Develop on-going maintenance strategy that ensures high quality park <br />maintenance, quantifies staffing needs, and recognizes current importance <br />of volunteer labor. <br />Rivers Edge Commons (Signature Park) <br />• Expand performance area, seating, and river access as opportunities allow. <br />Page 93 of 240