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• • Park Name Arena Acres Park Behm's Park Birch Park Clearwater Creek Park Country Lakes Park Highland Meadows Park Rice Lake Estates Park Woods of Baldwin Lake Park Total Reduction 1992 Plan 8 acres 7 acres 10 acres 10 acres 31 acres 10 acres 2.5 acres 6 acres 2004 Plan Reduction 3 acres 5 acres 6.1 acres .9 acres 5.5 acres 4.5 acres 5.5 acres 4.5 acres 22 acres 9 acres 4 acres 6 acres 1 acre 1.5 acres 3 acres 3 acres 34.4 acres • To date, approximately 20 miles of trails have been constructed in the City. The Parks, Natural Open Space \Greenways and Trail System Plan envisions an additional 32 to 43 miles of new trails at a cost of $4.8 million - $7.0 million. Since many proposed trails are located outside of the Growth 1 and Growth 2 Stage Areas, only 25 miles of future trails are included in this study. PARK DEDICATION ANALYSIS Staff compiled a summary of existing and planned park facilities and trails which were used to establish the value of the existing parks \trail system and identify estimated costs to complete the future parks and trail system. Part of the park system analysis included a land use review to determine the service areas for the existing parks and to identify the proportion of existing and future development that will impact the system. Some of the existing parks are located in areas of the community where future development will occur and as such, a proportion of the park infrastructure should be borne by new development. Conversely, in fully developed areas, improvements to existing parks should be fully borne by current residents within the service area of the specific park facility. The Parks and Trails System Inventory indicates the percentage of each planned park service area that existing and future development impact. The cost estimates for future park facility improvements were divided based upon the proportion of the improvements to be made for by existing development and the proportion of the improvements to be paid for by future development. The Parks and Trails System Inventory identifies each existing park site as well as future park sites pursuant to the 2004 Parks, Natural Open Space \Greenways and Trail System Plan. The name of each park including existing and future acres, facilities and values are identified. Trail values were determined based upon a rate of $150,000 per mile. The existing parks and trails system (through 2020) is valued at approximately $11,532,000. Page 2 of 3