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<br />City of Mounds View | 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />DRAFT May 8April 17, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 4: Parks, Trails, and Community Facilities | 4-2 <br /> <br />• Support partnerships between the City and community organizations, <br />and for-profit organizations and local entrepreneurs, for the joint-use <br />of City facilities. <br />• Investigate market demands for the Community Center, and consider <br />re-allocating space and/or expansion to meet the needs of the <br />community and the adjacent City Hall Park. <br />• Explore opportunities for studying access to healthy food. <br />Goal 3: Improve connections between local trails and regional trail systems. <br /> <br />• Complete the City’s trail and sidewalk master plan with connections <br />to trails/sidewalks in adjacent cities. <br />Coordinate with Ramsey County and DNR for improvements to the Rice Creek <br />Water trail and the regional trail system.Goal 4: Conduct inventory and needs <br />analysis of park facilities to address if parks are addressing the needs of the <br />immediate neighborhood and the larger community. <br />• Identify gaps in facilities, and program improvements through the <br />CIP and annual budget. <br />• Consider repurposing of under-utilized properties in a manner that <br />achieves the highest and best use and increases the value (not <br />limited to monetary) to the community while mitigating impacts on <br />surrounding neighborhoods. <br />• Study park dedication fees and how they are handled by other <br />municipalities. <br />Goal 5: Create a pollinator friendly corridor along Mounds View Boulevard, <br />and investigate feasibility along CR-I through coordination with utility <br />owners/operators, including the City of St. Paul (Board of Water <br />Commissioners) and Metropolitan Council Environmental Servicescommunity. <br />• Encourage pollinator friendly practices in private gardens. <br />• Partner with local schools. <br />Goal 6: Maintain the City’s storm water infiltration system and coordinate with <br />RCWD to optimize their efficiencies, and repair or re-purpose inefficient <br />systems. <br />Goal 7: Improve major and minor gateway entrances of the city to include <br />improved signage and attractive landscaping (where space permits). <br />EXISTING PARKS AND TRAIL NETWORK <br />Parks and open space areas in Mound View include municipally owned <br />and operated neighborhood and community parks and special use facilities. <br />Rice Creek North Regional Trail <br />Master Plan <br />The 14-mile Rice Creek Regional Trail <br />extends from the Chain of Lakes <br />Regional Park Reserve in Lino Lakes <br />(5,500 acres), to the Mississippi River <br />in Fridley. Within Ramsey County, the <br />trail passes through a wildlife corridor <br />adjacent to the Arden Hills Army <br />Training Site, and through Long Lake <br />Regional Park in New Brighton (217 <br />acres). <br />Anoka and Ramsey counties are <br />conducting a trail master plan. The <br />main activity center will be in and <br />around Building 189 in Arden Hills. <br />Within Mounds View, planned <br />improvements include: <br />•Trails for hiking, mountain biking, <br />and cross country skiing, east of <br />and adjacent to Irondale HS. <br />•Redevelopment of the parking lot <br />at Old Hwy 8 to include improved <br />water trail access, fishing area, <br />restrooms, increased parking. <br />•Overflow parking at Edgewood <br />Middle School. <br />(Below) Proposed Development (south <br />section). Mounds View is highlighted <br />in yellow. <br />Commented [PJ1]: Sent to Transportation Chapter