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CHAPTER 6 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 136 3. Develop park facilities to meet the needs of various user groups. 4. Preserve and enhance the aesthetic qualities of parks and open space. 5. Promote and encourage cooperative development of park and recreation activities and facilities between the City and other governmental units. 6. There should be continued citizen participation in the planning, development and evaluation of park and recreation open space facilities and activities. 7. Acquisition and/or development of additional recreation open space should emphasize location. 8. Where feasible, obstacles which isolate a neighborhood from a park site should be avoided. 9. Local schools, both public and private, should be encouraged to develop their recreational facilities and environmental study areas in coordination with County and City plans. 10. The private sector should be encouraged to provide play areas, and to give public easements for pathways and trails when land is to be developed. 11. Park development should continue to provide a balance of facilities among the population age groups and between active and passive recreation. 12. The protection and wise management of natural resources should be an integral and basic part of all park development plans,. 13. Plans for development of roads, utilities and other public and private uses which would encroach upon or be adjacent to park areas should be compatible with the park plans. 14. Park shelters should maintain a consistent building design provided such design is compatible with the site and neighborhood. POLICIES: PARK AND RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE 1. Allocate sufficient funds in the annual operating budget to include planting and increased maintenance and renewal of trees and grounds. 2. Expand cooperative agreements with other units of government and School.Districts 282 and 621 to utilize fully available recreation open space facilities and services.