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'v <br />---- <br />G1ITEWAY <br />DEPARiM11ENT Oi PARKS, <br />11EC11EATIOV 4ND FOP'c3THV ' <br />September 11, 1979 <br />Peg Mountin <br />8287 Red Oak Drive <br />Mounds View, [�P7 55432 <br />Dear Peg: <br />C►t of �au��s���� <br />� RqMSEYCODUiv,MiVNE50TN <br />1601 XIGNWAV 10 <br />MOUNOi V IEW. MINN 55112 <br />]66�]OSS <br />In response to our phone conversation on Tuesday, September 11, <br />1979, concerning the looation of a campfire ring within the Mounds <br />View Park System, I would like to outline the following planning <br />considerationsfor your review: � <br />1. A aampfire or fire council ring would be defined as a"special <br />use" facility because of its single purpose and seasonal usaqe. <br />2. A campEire ring would be used on a limited basis and should be <br />located in a"special use" park facilxty. <br />3. A camofire ring is most often associated with oicnic or large <br />group activities which are currently looated at the City Hall <br />Park. <br />4. Neighborhood parks, on the other hand, are designed to service <br />a one fourth to one half mile radius and serve a population of <br />four to five thousand people. Activities planned for a neiqh- <br />borhood park should include; field games, court games, arta and <br />crafts, apparatus area, tot lots, skating, and a park shelter <br />buildinq. In add3tion, a neighborhood park is designed as a <br />"walk to" facility, eo as not to impact the residential neiqh- <br />borhood with n8ditional vehicular and pedestrian traffic. <br />5. A fire ring is potentially hazardous because of the sparka and <br />heat emisaion that could prove to be an attractive nuisance in <br />a neighborhood park setting. <br />Hecause of the aforementioned consi8erations, it would be my rec�-� <br />mendation that the council fire rinq be located at the City Ha11 <br />Pask site for the following reasons: <br />1. Existing parkinq facilities at City Nall. <br />