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City of Mounds View 12040 Comprehensive Plan Goal 3: Improve connections between local trails and regional trail systems. • Complete the City's trail and sidewalk master plan with connections to trails/sidewalks in adjacent cities. Coordinate with Ramsey County and DNR for improvements to the Rice Creek Water trail and the regional trail system. Goal 4: Conduct inventory and needs analysis of park facilities to address if parks are addressing the needs of the immediate neighborhood and the larger community. • Identify gaps in facilities, and program improvements through the CIP and annual budget. • Consider repurposing of under-utilized properties in a manner that achieves the highest and best use and increases the value (not limited to monetary) to the community while mitigating impacts on surrounding neighborhoods. • Study park dedication fees and how they are handled by other municipalities. Goal 5: Create a pollinator friendly community. • Encourage pollinator friendly practices in private gardens. • Partner with local schools. Goal 6: Maintain, repair, and improve the City's stormwater system infrastructure as necessary. EXISTING PARKS AND TRAIL NETWORK Parks and open space areas in Mounds View include municipally owned and operated neighborhood and community parks and special use facilities. There are nine neighborhood parks, three community parks, and one special use park. These publicly owned parcels are highlighted in Figure 4-1. The City owns several properties that do not have a designated use. Many of these are not publicly accessible or consist of wetlands and flood plain. The City intends to consider the land's highest and best use, which may be leaving it as open space. City trails and sidewalks are identified in Figure 4-2. The City plans to complete a trail segment along Mounds View Boulevard, with connections to the Rice Creek North Regional Trail (east), and planned trails in Spring Lake Park (west). The City has added sidewalks as part of its street reconstruction program. It is the intent that every household be within a'/4 mile of a sidewalk or trail, and that all busy roads have a sidewalk or trail. MOUNDS VIEW Rice Creek North Regional Trail Master Plan The 14-mile Rice Creek Regional Trail extends from the Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve in Lino Lakes (5,500 acres), to the Mississippi River in Fridley. Within Ramsey County, the trail passes through a wildlife corridor adjacent to the Arden Hills Army Training Site, and through Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton (217 acres). Anoka and Ramsey counties are conducting a trail master plan. The main activity center will be in and around Building 189 in Arden Hills. Within Mounds View, planned improvements include: Trails for hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing, east of and adjacent to Irondale HS. • Redevelopment of the parking lot at Old Hwy 8 to include improved water trail access, fishing area, restrooms, increased parking. • Overflow parking at Edgewood Middle School. (Below) Proposed Development (south section). Mounds View is highlighted in yellow. Chapter 4: Parks, Trails, and Community Facilities 14-2