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DRAFT - Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 8 Community Amenities and Natural Resources 1. Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Coal 1: Continue development and maintenance of recreational actin ities that serve the identified needs of the community and people of all ages, including,; where possible neighborhood parks, larger multi -use area parks and the regional park. Strategies: 1. Continue to pursue the development of a multi sports complex either on the city -owned property at Birch and Centerville Roads or another suitable site. 2. Foster and maintain cooperation between the city and school districts to facilitate joint use of indoor and outdoor facilities for organized and recreational activities. 3. Utilize the Rice Creek Regional Park as an aesthetic and recreational community amenity with continued sensitivity to the preservation of biosystems and ecosystems within the park. 4. Acquire, reserve and develop sufficient park and open space land to fulfill the identified and projected needs of the present and future population. 5. Continue collaboration with the YMCA and similar organizations to provide recreational facilities for the entire community. 6. Continue, whenever possible, inclusion of neighborhood parks in future developments and planned redevelopments. 7. Direct and manage activities in an appropriate manner by balancing the use of programming activities in the neighborhood parks. Goal 2: Collaborate Regional Park watea y to guarantee and improve public nal use and enjoyment of the commumty Strategies: 1. Identify, develop and maintain new public access points to area lakes so that residents can enjoy these unique recreational opportunities. 2. Ensure the new access points are designed to minimize adverse impacts on lakeshore quality, water quality and adjacent environmental features: i.e. uplands, etc. Goal 3: Develop, maintain. and connect the current and proposed trai and Rice Creek Regional Palk in a manner that preserves and sustain the City of Liar natural envir Strategies: 1. Continue to work with adjacently jurisdictions to achieve interconnectivity among trails. 2. As development occurs, require an interconnected trail system.