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Parks and Recreation Facilities <br />Taking care of the existing system is the highest community priority. This means reinvesting <br />in and upgrading parks and facilities. Essential is creation and implementation of an asset <br />management plan. This will allow the City to anticipate and prioritize replacement of recreation <br />facilities at the end of their functional life -cycle. <br />Improving basic amenities such as restrooms in community parks and providing shade, <br />benches, and updated signage in all parks is important for creating welcoming parks. <br />Updating the recreation facility mix to reflect community interests is of utmost importance. <br />Community gardens, a tuj lub court, pickelball, and adding a disc golf course are all examples <br />of newer recreation facilities desired by residents. <br />SIGNATURE PARKS CONCEPT <br />Ensuring that high quality, signature parks are located throughout the city is an important goal for the <br />future. The western and southern portions of the city are already well served by Phalen -Keller Regional <br />Park and Battle Creek Regional Park. To provide signature recreation in the central portion of the <br />city, the plan recommends re -investment in three centrally -located parks and one preserve and linking <br />them with trails. Together, Wakefield Park, Veteran's Memorial Park, Gladstone Savanna Community <br />Preserve, and the City Hall Campus will provide a range of community activities. Each park, however, <br />will retain its own character and have unique focus. Art and sustainable design, construction, and <br />maintenance practices will be integrated throughout. <br />Features <br />• Responds to a key <br />finding from the 2014 <br />Parks & Recreation <br />Citizen Survey that <br />residents want a new, <br />large destination park <br />with city-wide amenities <br />Adds signature features <br />and connects four <br />parks/preserves in the <br />heart of Maplewood <br />Focuses on reinvestment <br />for existing parks/ <br />preserves <br />IRohkrhood <br />Park <br />Gladstone <br />Education <br />Flicek Center <br />Park <br />r <br />John Glenn <br />Middle School <br />Conry ad d E — <br />• Fitness loop featuring <br />outdoor exercise <br />equipment <br />• Bike rental and repair <br />station <br />• Skatepark <br />• Natural resource <br />demonstration areas <br />%.1VIA ,kat tli4.111 114. pis aaaa16a.. jilt% A.1.11l1JJPDifisaa,,11.. <br />tw Gladstone Savanna S <br />Preserve '!Wakefield Park <br />r f -Restored oak savanna •Signature splash pecl <br />• Pavecl walking trails • Picnic grounds/shelters <br />• play equipment 1 • Winter recreation <br />destination - skating, <br />hockey, snowshoeing, <br />sledding <br />• Rentable, multi-purpose <br />building <br />• Stormwater <br />clemonstration and <br />shoreline buffer <br />plantings <br />Gloster <br />Park <br />Legend <br />Sidewalk / trail to be built in 2015 <br />• • Proposed pedestrian/bike connection <br />Existing pedestrian/ bike connection <br />Existing regional trail <br />* • • • u Enhanced landscaping connecting parks <br />Wakefield Lake <br />y <br />City Haa Campus <br />.Maplewood i <br />Community <br />Center <br />testa` <br />GtyHall ,sa951 <br />to` <br />•Amphitheater <br />• Veterans memorial <br />• Playground with <br />universally accessible <br />a play equipment <br />• Picnic shelters <br />• • Restrooms <br />we • Athletic fields <br />Ramsey County <br />Services S' <br />• Veteran's <br />▪ Memorial Park <br />AI • <br />a <br />Woodland <br />Hills Churdr <br />Parks & Recreation System Plan Summary <br />4 Executive Summary <br />