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GATEWAY <br />�EPARTMENTOFPqRKS. <br />REGREATION AND FORESTRv <br />August 23, 1978 <br />Cif of �ou��s�eu� <br />� RqMSEYCOUNTV,MINNE50TA <br />2601 HIGMWAV 10 <br />MOUNOS VIEW, MINN.5511'1 <br />MEMO T0: Parks and Recreation Commissioners <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 32oad on the <br />West and Ardan Avenue or. the South. <br />2. The site has two holding ponds, 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. Rrdan 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 proximity to three neighborhood parks. <br />c. Highway 10. <br />d. Lack of a passive recreation site <br />6. Staff foresees the following facilities: <br />a. Formal plantings <br />b. Creative play area <br />c. Trail network <br />