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CHAPTER 6 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 135 The northwest corner of the Citv bounded by Stinson Boulevard, County Road H, Silver Lake and Rice Creek Roads, and divided by Rice Creek and railroad tracks is the only remaining neighborhood not served by a neighborhood park. Facilities in certain of the existing park areas are only partially developed and thus, serve only a particular age or recreational interest group within the total population. Most development during the last four years has emphasized facilities for school-age boys engaged in active, organized sports, as a result, these needs are provided for whereas the remaining population groups are not totally served. Ramsey County and New Brighton are jointly developing and operating a regional park in the Rush Lake/Long Lake/Rice Creek area'. In addition to its regional function, this park will also play an important role in the City's park system by providing various special use facilities such as a swimming beach, group camping area, and nature study center, in addition to the large, pleasant open space area. Many of our sites originally became available for park use because they were unsuitable for development; today they are to fulfill a dual purpose of providing recreation open space while preserving or managing the use of certain natural drainageways, wetlands, floodplains, erodible slopes, forest and soils which have severe limitation for development, need protection and wise management to allow the natural ecological systems.(especially hydrological cycle) to function normally. The lakes, streams, ditches, floodplains and wetlands are integral parts; the others are related in that they are affect by or affect the hydrological cycle. This natural function must be considered as a basis on which development, landscaping and maintenance plans are made. The continued maintenance and renewal of trees and grounds on a systematic basis must be done on a high priority basis with the enhancement of parks by formal plantings as a lower priority. GOAL: PARK AND RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE 1. To provide adequate park and recreation open space and facilities to provide for the needs of the estimated saturation population projected for the City. OBJECTIVES: PARK AND RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE 1. Provide a park and recreation system of sufficient size to meet the national standard of 1 to 1112, acres of recreation open space per 100 population. 2. Provide a recreation open space within walking access of every resident.