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e Section 6-Park and Trail System Plan City of Lino Lakes Park Plate No.: 16 Park Name:N-10 Park Type: Neighborhood Park be subdivided for residential housing. the following facilities would be appropriate: Address:Pine Ridge/Birchwood Acres Subdivisions • informal playfield Status: Proposed Park The park is located to service this area of the city • small picnic shelter Park Size: 10D Acres(5 E6sting/5 Proposed) as efficiently as possible while taking into • multi-purpose building (i.e., warming house, consideration current development patterns and restrooms, storage, etc.). Existing Site Features/Amenities land availability.It is also located to service the area • play structure to its south once the current urban development • games such as shuffleboard, tetherball, Description limits are expanded. Given the extent of the horseshoes, etc. 1 Open, grassy area. wetlands in the area, the park's service area is also • hardcourt and hardsurface games area (i.e., 2 Wetland(w/some limited lowland forest species. somewhat larger than established standards suggest basketball, hopscotch, four square, etc.) 3 Single family residential development (typically - particularly to the east. However, this can be • hockey and skating rink. 1 acre lot size). effectively overcome through the use of the linear. • a moderate-sized parking lot (20 cars). trail corridors, which will allow for relatively easy Frosting Natural Features/Site Conditions movement from the more distant development areas Benches, picnic tables and grills, trash containers, to the park. game tables, a drinking fountain, pedestrian level Topography. very limited elevation change across lighting, etc. are also appropriate and the site.. Future Development Issues recommended. SoMs%Dramage:given the lack of elevation change, The exact park boundaries and its ultimate acreage An internal trail should also be considered an drainage patterns are generally undefined.The soils will be determined through negotiations between integral part of the park's overall design:helping to are generally silty sands, with pockets of organic the city and the developer(s) as acquisition define use areas within the park and establishing a soil found at the edge of the adjacent wetlands. concerns, property ownership, park dedication tie to the linear trail corridors and development Runoff is generally absorbed into the subsoils, concerns, . developmental considerations and areas. although some of it may reach the adjacent projected urban densities become better defined. wetlands. Given the park's expected service area, a ten acre Although the site has some tree coverage around parcel should be adequate to service the its perimeter,a planting program will be important Vegetation: rough grasses and weeds cover much recreational needs of the residents. The land area to add to the site's overall appeal. of the open site, with marsh grasses being found identified for this park was selected in order to: near the wetlands. A•few nice mature hardwoods • define the optimal location for the park, given As with all future park developments,residents that can be found along the west property boundary. its anticipated service area,projected residential will be living within the park's service area should densities,and surrounding development patterns. be involved in determining which facilities would Pedestrian Access: is undefined. The proposed • define and protect the resource before it is lost best serve their spec recreational needs and linear trail corridor is intended to tie into the park to other development. desires. from the east,west, and, ultimately, the south. • define the park's intended contribution to the park system to ensure that an overall balance of Existing Functional Classifications Vehicle Access: is also undefined. parks and recreational facilities is achieved Conservation Ug Ornamental M Reserve ¢ within the community. Cultural 41Q Recreation QjQ SurroundinP Development/Basis for Park Need , Future Development Pr2g;ram Post-Development Functional Classifications The need for this park is based on the expectation Since the park is intended to service the area's Conservation ffg Ornamental=.Reserve that&- —maining developable land in this area will neighborhood recreattonal needs, one or more of Cultural ff2 Recreation M , 6 )6-56