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City Park System Memo 70/77/79 Page 3 race, social and/or economic status. 3. The Mounds View Parks and Recreation Comnission should 6e aware of the i�ortance of a harmonious relationship between man and nature with an equally important objective being to conserve nature> and make natural beauty paramount. To this end, the Commission should do everything within its power to encourage the residents of hbunds Uiew to enjoy, appreciate, protect and strengthen their ties with the natural environment. 4. Praper attention should be given to the individual needs of the Mounds residents to ensure that their privacy and solitude is maintained. 5. The primary focus should be upon leisure opportunities that ensure the full personality development of ail residents including the handicapped, retarded, mal- adjusted, une�loyable, and the culturally deprived. 6. The Park Coianission must also realize their role within the regionat, state, and county park systerts as weli as their role with related agencies such as housing, health, businesses, political, spiritual, and educational comnunities. To this end, the City of hbunds View should seek to cooperate and assess all related interests to ensure that a comprehensive system is developed. In the establishment of a Comprehensive Parks and Open Space StuQy, basic planning principles should be adhered to> such as the following: 1. The comprehensive plan should reflect past, present, and future needs and be based on an evaluation of existing conditions as weil as the projecffid future requirements. Therefore, the comprehensive plan must be continually updated, evalu- ated, and revised as the City develops and changes in the months and years ahead. In addition, the Comprehensive Parks and Open Space Study must be integrated with not only the master plan for the City, but also the total Metropolitan area. 2. Each type of park facility serves different purposes and they must relate to one another in both function, quantity, and location. 3. The Mounds View Parks and Recreation plan should e�ryhasize a decentrallzed plan to meet the individual needs and interests of each neighborhood to encourage and solicit local residential involvemtnt.