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MEMD T0: Parks and Recreazion Commissioners <br />FROM: Staff <br />DATE: January 24, 7979 <br />RE: Park and Open Space Plan <br />A carefully constructed co�rehensive parks and open space plan is a road map <br />to the future. It should provide the direction and background r'rom which <br />future park and open space decisions emanate. <br />Each major phase should be properly advertized, publicized, explained and <br />finally reviewe� �t neighborhood public hearings, after which the Commissions <br />(Park and Recreation and Planning) and City Council either adop�s, rejects or <br />requests modification of the plan. Once the plan becooes adopted we can use it <br />as an effective tool to ensure a well balanced and coiryrehensive Park and Open <br />Space system. <br />To be feasible and workable the comprehensive park and open space plan must <br />include several important features: <br />1. It should be balanced in design to meet present and future needs. <br />2. It must be in proportion to the populatien and economic growth of the <br />comnunity. <br />3. It must be in scale with the community's financial resources. <br />I have attached additional information outlining what should or could be <br />included in a comprehensive park and open space plan. <br />It should be noted that in 1976, the Minnesota Legislature passed the Metro- <br />politan Land Planning A=t. This legislation mandates that all local govern- <br />ments prepare a co�rehensive plan and capital improvement program to deal <br />with land use issues for the 1980-1990 period. The comprehensive plans must <br />inciude "a parks and open space plan describing, designating and scheduling <br />the existing and proposed parks and recreation open spaces within the juris- <br />diction" and "a capital irtqrovement program for parks and open space facilities." <br />Staff would recomrend that we "tie" our plan in conjunction with the time line <br />of the City's coirQrehensive plan to ensure continuity. <br />A proposed time line is as follows: <br />February, 1979 - Beyin preparation af neighborhood surveys and begin <br />research as to where data can be reviewed, i.e.: <br />1. Census bureau <br />2. U.S. Oept. of Labor <br />3. State Highway Department <br />4. Soil conservation service <br />5. S.C.O.R.P. Plan <br />6. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation <br />7. Metro Council <br />8. Chamber of Comrerce <br />9. Bank records <br />10. U.S. Geological Survey <br />11. U.S. Corps of Engineers <br />12. State Historical Society <br />