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• Table 3 Park Type Standard Range Existing Park Acres Mini Park 0.25 - 0.5 ac /1000 3.76 to 7.5 acres 12.8 acres Neighborhood Park 2.5 - 3.5 ac /1000 37.5 to 52.5 87.5 acres Community Park 5 - 8 ac /1000 75 to 120 acres 66 acres Athletic Complex 2.5 ac /1000 37.5 acres 67 acres Total 233.3 acres City Staff was requested to evaluate the 1992 Comprehensive Park and Trails Plan to identify areas where the plan has or should be modified to accommodate changing community needs. Based upon City Staff input, the following modifications to the Park Plan were incorporated into this analysis. 1. 2.2 miles of trails were deleted from the plan on the basis that the segments were no longer needed or impractical to construct/implement. 2. 130.9 acres of future parkland were deleted from the plan on the basis that existing development precludes further acquisition or is impractical based upon physical constraints. The specific park and land areas affected are identified as follows: ■ 6.0 acres deleted from Highland Meadows Park • 0.9 acres deleted from Behm's Century Farm' • 4.5 acres deleted from Birch Park ;. • 3.0 acres deleted from the Woods of Baldwin Lake Park • 4.5 acres deleted from Clearwater Creek Park • 36 acre C -2 future Community Park deleted • 50 acre A -3 future Athletic Complex deleted • 10 acre JU -4 Joint Use Park deleted • 36 acres deleted from A -1, City Hall Athletic Complex 3. The resulting park plan calls for development of 294.3 acres of community parkland including the 67 -acre Community Athletic Complex and the addition of 61 acres of land indicated as follows: • 3.0 acres for park M -4 (Future mini park south of Ward's Lake) • 8.0 acres for park N -1 (Future neighborhood park East of Lake Drive and North of Evergreen Trail) ■ 7.0 acre addition to N -3 Arena Acres Park • 8.0 acres for park N -4 (Future neighborhood park on Bluebill Lane North of Main) ■ 1.5 acre addition to N -8 Rice Lake Estates Park • 4.5 acre addition to N -13 Brandywood Park • 9.0 acre addition to C -1 Country Lakes Park • 20.0 acres for future park N -16 Future Molitor Park 7 of 14