Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 10/03/2011

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E. Integration of Parks, Open space, Natural, Historic and Cultural Resources The degree in which these resources are planned around and integrated into the neighborhood II.E.1. Park Dedication is in strict conformance to the Comprehensive Park Systems Plan Purpose: To ensure the realization ofthe City's vision for its parks. Criteria: Points will be awarded for strictly conforming to the Comprehensive Park Systems Plan. 25 points maximum Neighborhood Parks: These sites are usually four to fifteen acres of developable recreation area. Ten acres is a better minimum standard since these parks should support a game field, play equipment, basketball court, tennis court, trails, parking lot, and pleasure skating rinks. Typically, these parks are not scheduled for adult competition; however, may be able to support practice by adults. The service area has approximately on -half mile radius and should not extend beyond major access barriers such as mayor streets, creeks, lakes, etc. Usually, each park service area will receive one neighborhood park. The neighborhood park is the most important and basic unit of the total park system and is expected to serve Maple Grove's residential developments, Neighborhood parks may also exist as shared facilities with school sites. Local Linear Park: This type of park land provides a physical link, between two or more areas. The width ranges from 30 to 75 feet wide. The Local Linear Park may contain no transportation treadways or contain single or multiple transportation trails. These trails may accommodate bicycling, hiking/jogging /walking, and cross country skiing. The width ofthe Local Linear Park is important because the amount of land included in the corridor is intended to reflect a park -like atmosphere as well as a transportation corridor. Trailways: Park access trailways are for the specific purpose of obtaining access between platted properties and the width is enough to essentially accommodate the transportation mode. Trailways are typically 30 feet wide and the treadway dominates the corridor rather than the open space as in Local Linear Parks. Project Points System - 15 - Neighborhood Scale- Parks, Open Space, etc...