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• Parks, Community Facilities and Services Draft 2 -July/August, 2007 Parks and Open Spaces Falcon Heights has four developed parks totaling 24.32 acres, equivalent to approximately 4.9 acres per 1,000 population. Of the 24.32 acres, the City owns less than 2.0 acres of park property. The City leases 16.5 acres of land for park use from the University of Minnesota. Falcon Heights Elementary School provides an additiona16.25 acres of park land. (Acreages to be verified/corrected.) Of the four existing parks, one is classified as a community park, two as neighborhood parks and one as amini-neighborhood park. Curtiss Field, which serves one of the largest neighborhoods, underwent expansion and major renovation during the summer of 2004, when a portion of the former Snelling Drive frontage road was incorporated into the park. There are no existing or proposed metropolitan park facilities within Falcon Heights. The City does, however, embrace the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, the University of Minnesota agricultural fields and the public University Golf Course, none of which are included in the calculation of park needs. The City completed a Comprehensive Park and Recreation Plan in 1989 and is undergoing a similar process in 2007, parallel to, but independent of, this Comprehensive Plan. • [Table: parks] [Map: parks] City Ha1UCommunity Room The City has a staff of eight full-time employees and one part time employee housed in a 15,104 square foot City Hall/Community Center located on Larpenteur Avenue just east of Cleveland Avenue. Departments at City Hall include Administration (5 employees), Public Works (3 employees), and Parks (1 employee). The structure was built in 1982 and contains a large multi-purpose meeting room which functions both as a community room and a Council Chambers. There are currently no plans for expansion; the existing facility is considered sufficient to serve the population growth forecast to 2030. Unless substantial residential growth occurs on University of Minnesota property north of Larpenteur, there will be no need to do more than maintain and remodel the present facility. Technical Services The City contracts with the City of Roseville for engineering and information technology services. The City's staff computers and Internet-based telephone are connected by cable modem to a network that covers 141oca1 units of government, managed by the City of Roseville. The City is represented on the North Suburban Communications Commission, .7 Assembled Elements, Draft 1 FH Comp Plan 2007 Page 33 of 42