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Item# 9. <br /> ity of MEMORANDUM <br /> 1R1iver TO: Park and Recreation Commission <br /> FROM: Stephen Wensman, Planner <br /> DATE: April 14, 1999 <br /> SUBJECT: Park of the Month, Lion's Park <br /> Classification <br /> Community Park <br /> Overview <br /> The Commission directed staff to prepare a concept plan for Lion's Park to <br /> determine what potential there may be for further improvements and <br /> additions to the park. When staff met with Harold Gramsted and Jim <br /> Mulroy of the Lion's to determine what issues or concerns they have <br /> regarding the park. At that time the main issue had to do with maintenance. <br /> A few of the shelters and the band shell had shingles missing from <br /> vandalism, some of the lights were not working. Jim Mulroy spoke about the <br /> need for a baseball back stop west of the lake. <br /> Attachments <br /> • Parks Master Plan <br /> • Lion's Park Concept Plan <br /> Site Analysis <br /> Accessibility The park is accessible from Jackson Avenue and from School <br /> Street. Both accesses are poorly marked and the park is set back from the <br /> roads behind other properties. The visibility from Jackson Ave will likely <br /> worsen if and when development occurs along Jackson Street in front of the <br /> park. The School Street access is tucked behind apartment buildings and a <br /> church. The apartment buildings appear to be using this parking lot as it was <br /> full on a spring day with no one using the park. <br /> Screening The park vegetation is immature and does not screen the adjacent <br /> • apartments, or industrial uses surrounding it. <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD &Phone: (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425 <br />