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09/22/99 WED 11:14 FAX 16125955773 ON 9 004 r ` • .A broad distribution of citizens will characterize the k community. r Land development pressure will increase. The demand will increase for all types of recreational facilities including trails, neighborhood and community parks, natural areas and opens spaces, and a civic plaza. Brown's Creek Watershed will buy flooded homes for conversion to park facilities on Plaisted Lake. Big Marine Regional Park will be completed in 5-10 years. f Community parks will include: Rice Creek, Rixtoric Hugo School, Clearwater Creek Preserve, and Plaisted Lake. Guiding Principles Purchase large tracts of land for the parks system as they can '04 be acquired, even if development must be delayed. Leave open spaces and natural areas for the parks system. P: The civic plaza should be within one mile of the intersection of Minnesota Highway'61 and Washington County Road 8 and should be developed in multiple phases_ The City of Hugo will complete its components of the trails system simultaneously with private development. The City of Hugo will generally not acquire land for trails other than where the City has the right-of-way and in post- development areas that lack trail linkages. Objectives The Parks Commission has identified and formulated the following strategic bbjectives that it deems necessary to create a "big picture" and to guide the City of Hugo in achieving its vision for a parks system. 1. Identify, articulate, and document the features characterizing neighborhood and conaaunity parks including locations, functions, and facilities, etc. 2. Identify the factors, criteria, and standards that make parcels of land desirable for acquisition for park developments examples include, but are not limited to, accessibility, development costs, safety, MUSA location, planned road changes, existence of natural resources. -3-