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City Park System Memo 10/17/79 Page 4 A simplification of this planning concept is to refer to it as the "neighborhood theory" with the major objective being to taitar each neighborhood park to the needs of those it serves. 4. The comprehensive plan should include the design of the Mounds Yiew Park System with ingenuity and imagination to ensure a good relationship between the park function and the park landscape. 5. The comprehensive plan should reflect the existing services of our department which specifically are active in nature; such as youth and adult athletics, hiking, biking, picnicing, etc. 6. The comprehensive plan should consider the forces that will shape the future makeup of the City of Mounds View, including the social and economic characteristics, population trends, and future physical development. In addition to that point, we must remertber, "the people who liva here", and our planning must reflect both an identification and understanding of their social values and human needs. 7. Lastly, our planning process must be realistic so that we reflect attain- able standards from both a financial, operational and maintenance standpoSnt. To further assist the City Council and Park Comnission in the development of a Co�rehensive Parks and Open Space Plan, I have included the following standards W help better define what the current status of the Mounds View Park System is. It should be noted that one of the difficulties in developing standards is that through strong community and neighborhood involvement, it is difficult to rationat- ize to them why they cannot have the facilities they request because of pre-set standards. The fTnal appraisal of the hbunds View Parks and Recreation System is that it must be adequate and di�ersSfied enough to serve the recreation needs of the Fbunds Vtew residents and extensive and attractive enough to enhance the aesthetic sodat and ecanomic valurs of the City of Mounds View.