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PARK&JUNE, 1980 <br />THE CITY IS PURSUING AN ACTIVE PROGRAM FOR PARK AND OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS. <br />AS littl* AS four years ago, vary few city facilities were developed to any <br />degree of ieproveraent. Major improvements are well underway at Antoine, <br />Bederwood and HacXberry Parks and in completion of key bike-hike <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 imnrovement 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 />sice 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 />HcCulley Road; expected for improvement in 1980 or 1981. <br />3. 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 BAY 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 savaral County roads. <br />CMP 8-17