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CATEWAY � TO TME NORTN <br />DEPARTMENTOFPqRKS, <br />RECREATION �1ND FORESTRV <br />c►f5 �Mau�dsue� <br />RqMSEVCOVNTY,MiNNESOTA <br />2Y01 HIGHWAY 10 <br />MOUN�SVIEW,MINN.56113 <br />August 23, 1978 <br />MEMO T0: Parks and Recreation Commissioness <br />FROM: Staff <br />RE: Ardan Park <br />As per the request of Commissioner Haake to review and update one <br />park site at each month's Commission meeting, staff has reviewed <br />the current Ardan Park master plan and offer their professional <br />design considerations: <br />1. Ardan Park is 8.8 acres in size whose physical boundaries <br />include Trunk Highway 10, on the East, Long Lake Road on the <br />West and Ardan Avenue on the South. <br />2. The site has two holding pon3s, is generally level, vegetation <br />is limited to a band of trees on the East side and soil is <br />generally sandy with silt laminations. <br />3. Ardan Park is within 6 blocks of Greenfield, Groveland <br />and Hillview Parks and Red Oak School. <br />4. The site was originally purchased as a holding pond area for <br />the Northeast quadrant of the City and minimal development <br />has been done to date. � <br />5. Staff envisions the site as a special use facility and not as <br />an active neighborhood park for four reasons: <br />a. The park's location in relationship to the surrounding <br />residential neighborhood. <br />b. Existing praximity to three neighborhood parks. <br />c. Highway 10. <br />d. Lack of a passive recreation site � <br />6. Staff foresees the following facilities: <br />`: <br />a. Formal plantings <br />b. Creative play area <br />c. Trail network <br />� <br />