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r-`/ <br /> \44- <br /> ty of Item# 7.b. (2) <br /> �lk River MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Park and Recreation Commission <br /> FROM: Stephen Wensman, Planning Intern y� <br /> DATE: May 13, 1998 <br /> SUBJECT: Deerfield 2nd Addition Park <br /> Classification <br /> Conservancy Park <br /> Description <br /> Deerfield is approximately 20 acres of rolling, wooded Maple and Oak forest <br /> with a large healthy wetland. The large wetland bisects the park leaving the <br /> North half nearly inaccessible. The site is bound by large lot residences on <br /> • the South, East and West, and a farm to the North. The farm site is zoned <br /> R1-a and is likely to be developed residential in the future. This parcel may <br /> be important to provide access to the North half of the park. Access to the <br /> southern portion of the park is through a 60 foot finger of land that extends <br /> from 197th Avenue. Hillside 5th trail corridor is approximately 350 feet to the <br /> East along the gas line easement. <br /> Site Issues <br /> • Access / Entry issues <br /> • Defining boundaries <br /> • Preservation of woods and wetland <br /> Concept A <br /> This concept considers Deerfield two parks inaccessible to each other. Public <br /> access to the North half of Deerfield is dependent on access through future <br /> subdivision of the farm to the North. Otherwise, the northern park will be <br /> contained in private land with no access. This concept recommends <br /> extending the northern park further to the North to contain all of the Oak <br /> • woods and the gas line corridor. An entrance trail or possibly a parking lot <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD&Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425 <br />