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! •*.» 1 <br />1 <br />a <br />I <br />1 <br />1 <br />j <br />1 <br />(i <br />a <br />f <br />I <br />I <br />3 <br />! <br />1 <br />} <br />1 <br />PARKS JUNE, 1980 4 <br />THE CITY IS PURSUING AN ACTIVE PROGRAM FOR PARK AND OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS <br />AS little as four years ago, very few city facilities were developed to any* <br />degree of improvement. Major improvements are well underway at Antoine <br />Bederwood and Hackberry Parks and in completion of key bike-hike trail <br />segments. 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 />park land because of the fact that there is already a large amount of parks <br />and open space areas in the City and that the City is expected to experience <br />only a modest increase in population. Rather, the major focus of the Parks <br />and Open Space Plan will be on the protection of passive recreation amenities <br />such as wetlands, woodlands and other private open space, and on the <br />physical improvement of the existing public park facilities. <br />scopfo“?«s improvements within the <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 1980. <br />2.LUCE LINE TRAIL ACCESS - The City and DNR are cooperating in <br />development of a parking area and trail access point at <br />McCulley Road; expected for improvement in 1980 or 1981. <br />3.NAVARRE AREA MINI-PARK - Existing playground equipment is located <br />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 9AY 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