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1 <br />I <br />I-I <br />J <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />1 <br />PARKS <br />oO 1 JUNE, 1980 <br />the city is pursuing m) active program for park and open space improvements. <br />Bearwood and Hackberry Parks and in completion of key J® J ^ <br />Boaments The City Council and Park Commission are currently involved in <br />a major city-wide park improvement poll of neighborhood needs that may <br />alter current improvement plans. <br />The City is not currently planning for the acquisition of any additional <br />oark^laJ^d because of the fact that there is already a large amount of <br />Tnl opln space areas in the City and that the City is. expected to <br />only a modest increase in population. Rather, the ma3or ^ <br />and'^Open Space Plan will be on the protection of passive recreation amenitie <br />such as wetlands, woodlands and other private open space. and on the <br />physical improvement of the existing public park facilities. <br />THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PARKS ARE PLANNED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE <br />SCOPE OF THIS PARK AND OPEN SPACE PLAN: <br />1.BEDERWOOD PARK - Scheduled for construction of a Babe Ruth <br />size ball field, improvement of an off-street parking area <br />and additional landscaping in 1900. <br />LUCE LINE TRAIL ACCESS - The City and DNR are cooperating in <br />development of a parking area and trail access point at <br />HcCulley Road; expected for improvement in 1980 or 1981. <br />NAVARRE AREA MINI-PARK - Existing playground equipment is located <br />in the City commercial parking lot. Newly acquired tax forfeit <br />land in the residential area has been cleared. The City will <br />relocate the playground equipment and improve the land for park <br />purposes between 1980 and 1985 so as to improve access, safety, <br />usability and aesthetics of the facility. <br />4 .CRYSTAL 6ay MINI-PARK _ Existing playground equipment is located <br />on the private grounds of the Minnetonka Art Center as a carryover <br />from when this facility was a public school. The City will work <br />toward moving the equipment to city-owned property in coordination <br />with consolidation and improvement of the City administrative <br />center in the neighborhood. <br />5.BIKE-HIKE TRAILS _ The City will continue working toward completion <br />of the total bike-hike trail network on all City streets, and <br />will encourage Hennepin County to complete the segments located | <br />along several County roads. ^ <br />CMP 8-17