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-2- <br /> Priority #7 Plan handicapped usable participant facilities - Suggestions: <br /> - Archery range. <br /> - Bocce ball. <br /> - Fishing/nature observation deck. <br /> - Picnicking. <br /> - Wheelchair tennis/wheelchair basketball. <br /> - Walking pathways for wheelchairs/walking impaired. <br /> Priority #8 Signs (in Braille also) - All signs should also be written in <br /> Braille for the blind. <br /> Availability of these parks facilities for the handicapped would provide for <br /> participation opportunities. The question is how to develop a park system <br /> providing these facilities. <br /> There are two ways to implement this goal. One is to provide handicapped <br /> facilities in every park. The other opnis tthe firstck a optionwforrks thesedreasons: <br /> make <br /> them handicapped usable. I do not suggest <br /> 1. Most Mounds View parks are already developed. To go back and re-do the <br /> parks to provide handicapped useability would be very expensive. <br /> 2. Most neighborhood parks do not offer activity facilities which attract <br /> handicapped participation, i.e. : skating rinks , ball diamonds, sand lot <br /> play areas. <br /> 3. Neighborhood parks do not offer asphalt parking lots pathways manueverable <br /> by wheelchairs. 401 <br /> I do recommend the second option to develop three handicapped accessible/ <br /> usable parks. The three designated handicapped accessible/usable parks <br /> recommended are City Hall, Silver View and Greenfield Parks. Here are reasons <br /> for this recommendation: <br /> 1. Silver View Park is just being developed now and new facilities can be <br /> constructed to provide for the needs of handicapped users. <br /> 2. All three parks have asphalt parking lots, designated handicapped parking <br /> and curb cuts. <br /> 3. Greenfield Park has a trailway accessible by wheelchairs. Silver View has <br /> plans for an asphalt pathway in the park connecting activity sites. The <br /> Silver View master plan offers many activity sites for handicapped <br /> participation. <br /> 4. The three parks offer a southwest, central and northeast location, evenly <br /> distributed in the city and easily accessible. <br /> 5. The city could provide numerous excellent recreational opportunities in <br /> fewer parks, while redevelopment of neighborhood parks would probably <br /> result in a piece-meal offering of single recreation opportunities per <br /> park. <br /> III ' <br />