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65 <br />PARK RECOMMENDATIONS <br />1. Provide access to parks for all residents to foster <br />community connectedness, health, and wellbeing <br />• 1.1 - Ensure all residents have safe and convenient access to a <br />great park within a 10 to 15 minute walk from their home (1/2 <br />mile to 3/4 mile radius) <br /> »1.1.1 - Work to fill the park access gap in the southeast and <br />north central areas of the city when development occurs <br /> »1.1.2 - Plan for future park integration by: <br />* Adding parks as the community grows <br />* Requiring the dedication of parkland in strategic locations <br />that aligns with the long term goals for park size, access <br />and amenities <br />* Locating parks with at least one side along a public road <br />* Planning for the inclusion of off-street parking areas <br /> »1.1.3 - Connect parks to neighborhoods, destinations, and other <br />parks by adding trail and sidewalk connections that link to a <br />greater trail network <br /> »1.1.4 - Collaborate with school districts on shared amenities <br />* Work with Stillwater Area Public Schools on the <br />partnership at Oak-Land Middle School (including the <br />tennis courts and the 3.7 acres at the NE corner of the <br />school property at the SW corner of the intersection of <br />Manning Ave N. and 10th St N.). <br />• 1.2 - Provide a distributed network of neighborhood parks that <br />meet resident’s current and future day-to-day needs <br /> »1.2.1 - Ensure every neighborhood park has a playground or <br />play feature, a flex field for informal play and recreation, and a <br />special or distinctive feature to distinguish it from other parks <br /> »1.2.2 - Ensure every neighborhood park has a seating option, <br />picnic table, bike rack, shade (trees or structure), trash and <br />recycling receptacles, and park identification sign. <br /> »1.2.3 - Classify Hidden Knoll and Pilot Park as neighborhood <br />parks, and Reclassify Firefly and Hammes from a Natural <br />Resource Protection Area to a neighborhood park <br />• 1.3 - Provide a network of special use parks that provide <br />residents access to unique features and special places <br /> »1.3.1 - Reclassify Goose Lake Park to special use, providing <br />visitors with access to Goose Lake <br />Figure 5.3: The mature oak trees and <br />forested backdrop at Kleis Park distinguish <br />it from other neighborhood parks <br />Figure 5.5: Off-street parking areas in city <br />parks provide easy and safe access to <br />park facilities and amenities <br />Figure 5.4: Public art can be a defining, <br />functional feature that sets a park apart