Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/13/2010

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1: Promotin¢ Pleasant Park Paddling 2: Mark Riverblood, Parks Supervisor. mriverblood(a,ci.ramsey.mn.us Phone: 763 238 1733 3: The Land of 10,000 Lakes includes 92,000 miles of streams, with all of the most prominent water bodies in Minnesota touched by state, county, and municipal park and trail systems. And indeed, the oldest trails in what is now Minnesota were vital water routes used by indigenous peoples for millennia -followed later by Europeans leading us into the nineteenth century, and then beyond to the technological age. This project, Promoting Pleasant Park Paddling, bridges the span of time from the oldest mode of human travel to the present -combining ancient technology with the ultra-modern; to promote healthy recreation in a society where time, convenience and cost efficiericy are our most precious commodities or concerns. One of the costs we bear with overscheduled lives is not making enough time for outdoor pursuits and physical activity. The Minnesota Recreation and Park Foundation has an opportunity to address this by investing in the health of its constituents with the Sunfish Lake Park canoe and kayak `self serve' system, as a model for future replication.