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■ and Trail System Plan City)Lino Lakes Park Plate No.: 1 Park Name: M-1 (Sunset Oaks Park) Park Type: Mini Park Surrounding DevelopmentjBasis for Park Need Benches, picnic tables and grills, trash containers, Address: 7401 Leonard Avenue game tables, drinking fountains, pedestrian level Status: Existing Park The park's service area consists primarily of 1 to 2 lighting,etc.are also appropriate and recommended Park Size: 2.1 Acres acre lots which results in a relatively light overall site amenities. housing and population density. Given the Existing Site Features/[Amenities circumstances, there is little justification for Connecting the park to the city-wide trail system increasing the size of the park at this time. should also be considered an integral part of its # Description However, should this area of the community be re- overall design to help provide safe access to the 1 Old wooden play structure area w/timber edger subdivided in the future, reevaluation of the park's park from throughout its service area. and sand base. acreage and facilities needs will be required. 2 Small parking pad. Since the park is quite small, design detail is very 3 Generally open area with some mowed grass and Future Development Issues: important because users of the park have a much rough grasses and scattered trees, primarily smaller visual field on which their eye can focus. upland species. Generally speaking, the park is in need of This is particularly true with respect to the planting redevelopment. As it currently exists, the park program, where both overstory trees and a variety Existing Natural FeaturesLSite Conditions provides only limited recreational opportunities for of shrubs should be used to improve the overall youths and even less for adults.The play equipment aesthetic quality of the park. Topography. very little elevation change across the is showing the wear-and-tear of time and needs to entire site. be replaced or at least upgraded. As with all future park developments, residents - living within the park's service area should be Soils/Drainage: given the lack of elevation change, Given its current state,redesign and redevelopment involved in determining which facilities would best drainage patterns are generally undefined.Since the of the park is both appropriate and necessary for it serve their specific recreational needs and desires. soils are sandy,much of the runoff is absorbed into to contribute to the overall park system. the subsoils. Existing Functional Classi6ca6ons Future development should provide recreational Conservation Q°fQ Ornamental QjQ Reserve 90176 Vegetation: scattered secondary growth of Siberian opportunities for park users of all ages. Cultural Q ffi Recreation QIQ Elm can be found on the west end of the site, with a few larger mixed upland species on the east end Future Development Post-Development Functional Classifications .. near the play structure.Otherwise,most of the site Conservation Q%Ornamental 25° Reserve 10176 is covered with mowed grasses. One or more of the following facilities would be Cultural 1° Recreation appropriate for this park: Pedestrian Access: is limited to the adjacent residential streets. No trails currently link the park - small informal playfield to adjacent developments. - hardcourt and hardsurface games area (i.e., _ basketball, hopscotch,four square, etc.) Vehicle Access:is extensive and available from both - volleyball (grass) Leonard Ave. and Bradley St., although parking is - games such as shuffleboard, tetherball, _ limited to the small parking lot. horseshoes, etc. - play structure - a small parking lot 6-26 ,.