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Section 3-Governing Policies City of Lino Lakes <br /> • To implement the Comprehensive Park Plan and • Major review and updating of the Objectives: <br /> Development Guide for the purpose of guiding Comprehensive Park Plan and Development <br /> parks and recreational facility development in Guide shall be undertaken at intervals not To enhance the quality of life for city residents <br /> the forthcoming years. exceeding ten years or when conditions within by acquiring and developing adequate parks and <br /> the community have changed to a degree open spaces to fulfill their present and future <br /> • To develop a means for ongoing and systematic whereby the Parks & Recreation Board, City physical and psychological needs and desires. <br /> evaluation of the various park system Council, and city staff determine updating is <br /> components, thus allowing for actual and warranted. To use the parks, open spaces, and <br /> perceived changes in the community's interconnecting trail corridors as significant <br /> development and recreational needs to be The Comprehensive Park Plan and Development factors in shaping the way in which Lino Lakes <br /> reflected in the park system and implementation Guide shall be officially adopted by the City develops and grows in the future. <br /> plan. Council.The Guide shall be represented through <br /> reference in the Comprehensive Guide Plan for To preserve significant natural resources, lake <br /> • To enhance the community's and public bodies' Lino Lakes. shoreline, drainageways, pond areas, and <br /> understanding of the Park System and wetlands as open space and important <br /> development objectives. Residents shall be given the opportunity to components of the overall park system.Preserve <br /> participate in the planning process(i.e., through the water quality of the natural water systems. <br /> • To develop a handbook by which incoming Park needs assessment studies, neighborhood <br /> &Recreation Board members(and other public meetings, etc.) to ensure that their needs are • To maintain and enhance the character or charm <br /> bodies) can readily understand the purpose and understood and acted upon. of the community. <br /> direction of the park system. <br /> • Copies of the Executive Summary for the • To encourage a compact urban form which <br /> Policy Statements: Comprehensive Park Plan and Development emphasizes an orderly and sequential growth <br /> Guide shall be made available to community pattern that is capable of being efficiently and <br /> • The Comprehensive Park Plan and Development residents upon request. Copies of the complete economically served by public services and allows <br /> Guide shall be used for the purpose of guiding Guide shall be available for review and/or for open space to remain for as long as possible. <br /> future park development within Lino Lakes.All purchase (at cost) by interested residents upon <br /> aspects of future park development shall be request. Policy Statements: <br /> undertaken in a manner which is consistent with <br /> the park system framework, development • Park land dedication policies and ordinances <br /> criteria,and general principles as defined in the Parks/Open Space Acquisition/Development shall be adopted by the city which require each <br /> Comprehensive Park Plan and Development and Preservation of Significant developer(of all land use categories) to dedicate <br /> Guide. Natural Resources land or, at the discretion of the city, an <br /> equivalent cash value contribution for parks and <br /> • Periodic(yearly or as per the Park&Recreation recreational use in accordance with the <br /> Board's recommendation) review of the Goal:- Comprehensive Park Plan and Development <br /> Comprehensive Park Plan and Development Guide. <br /> Guide by the Parks&Recreation Board and city To provide city residents with parks and open space <br /> staff shall be undertaken.The principle objective for recreational uses and as a visual/physical Parks,natural open spaces,and city recreational <br /> of the periodic reviews shall be to determine if diversion from the hard surfacing of urban areas/facilities shall be acquired and developed <br /> adjustments are necessary or appropriate based development as well as providing for the by Lino Lakes in accordance with the <br /> on perceived changes in community needs/ preservation and conservation of limited natural Comprehensive Park Plan and Development <br /> conditions, unique special or unforeseen resources and maintaining the character,small town Guide for the purpose of shaping future <br /> " conditions arising, or changes in overall ambience, rural (open space) appearance, and community development and establishing an <br /> recreation needs. historical elements of the cgr^munity. image of balance between urbaniz( and <br /> nature. <br /> z 3-3 <br />