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City Park System Memo 10/77/79 Page 6 Comnunity Park The comnunity park is a minimum of two blocks (7.4 acres) in size and is i�tended to provide facilities for people of a71 ages. It is preferable that the park to be centrally located and offer those functions to the total comnunity which cannot be provided in the neighborhood park. Essentially, those developments found in the playlot, playground and neighborhood park are incorporated in this classification and supplemented by such potential facilities as a comnunity recrea- tion center, artificial ice rink, swimning pool and lighted athtetic areas in the abundance and formality needed for more skillful play. Like the neighborhood park, there should be lighted internal walks, that connect the various functions. Open lawn area should be provided for free play with adequate passive and picnic areas for targer community-wide groups. The service area intended for the community park is that of the camnunity as deffned by the area served by a high school. This classification of park may also serve as a neighborhood facility for the imrediate neighborhood in which it is located. Existing Mounds View Parks in this category include: Greenfield Park - 35.5 acres Lakeside Park - 11 acres District Park The district park is a minimum size of two square blocks, it is athleticatly orientated in development> and designed primarily to serve high school ages and above. It usually serves two or three comnunities, normally coterminous, and incorporates a number of softball and baseball diamonds, footbatl fields and winter sports areas. Such facilities are generally lighted. Aritifical ice rinks, swimning pools, etc. if regional in nature, would be incorporated in this type of park. Desirably, interior lighted walks should be attractively designed to connect the various fields. Since its users are capable of traveling greater distances, usually by private or pubiic transportation, its location, although desirable, may not be a central one. Depending upon tts location and size> the district park may incorporate facilStSes of the playlot, neighborhood and/or comnunity park to serve the im�ediate neighborhood or community. Although the primary purpose of the district park is to serve an athletic function, development should embody aesthetic features which provide a pleasing amenity withTn the park and the area in which it is located. Existing hbunds View Parks in this category: Silver View Park - 50 acres City Park The city park is designed to serve a large segment of the urban area and may include several hundred acres. Its function is anticipated to be one of providing reltef from urbanization. It serves a variety of interests including, but not 1lmited to, boating, hiking, bicycling, picnicking,artfestivals, swimming beaches, community celebrations, band concerts, performing arts, political and retigious ceremonies, folk and dance festivals, etc. Characteristicatly, the city park is an area ricb in natural beauty and facilities are normally determined by the naturat assets of the 1and. Such facilities as a zoo, amphitheater, beaches, museum, culturat center, lakes, botanical gardens, marina, ski jump, etc. ma,y be appropriately housed in a city park.