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WOODLAND GREEN PARK DEVELOPMENT By: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator CASE Background: On Thursday, j[une~l 1, 1992 the C~ty held a joint City Council/Park and Recreation Commission meeting. The foeu~l of the meeting seemed to be neighborhood park development. At the meeting, eight persona from ~ve properties in Reilley Estates and Stanhope River Hills were present. They requested'pafi~ development of the dedicated property at 155th Lane N.W. and Roanoke Street N.W. (Reilley East Park). Accordin£ to the C~mprehensive Parks and Open Space Plan dated April 4, 1991, the City has 38 park area~in e s3. ~ ~ ~ yStem. Six parks (Central, Titterud, River's Bend, Autumn Heights, Traprock Commons arid?the Ramsey Elementary School) are developed beyond playground equipment. Seven otherS, inch~ding Woodland Green Park, have playground equipment. Twenty-five are undeveloped, ~ The neighborh0od~outh of the Boy Scout Camp, east of Highway #47 and north of River's Bend, currently eo~iS~ts 0~f 265 lots in eight subdivisions. There are also 49 unplatted parcels, one of which is the pr0pos~c120 lot River Bluffs Addition. Within thesa ~ubdivisions are two dedicated developable parks (Reilley East and Woodland Green). A ~tty owned drainage area (Reflley West Park) and an outlet along the Rum River (Stanhope Riv~ Hills Park) are public passive recreation areas. Currently, the five~ere Woodland Green Park is the only park in the area with any development. It can only beiaceassed from 155th Lane N.W. east of Barium Street N.W. A drainage swale exists off 156t[1 Lafie N.W. just west of Yakima Street N.W., but due to foliage and erosion, it is inaccessible through) this area. It is apparent that if the drainage swale was cleared to a ten foot width and pardi, ihe neighborhood would have access to this park. Staff is of the opinion that clearing/pa~,iii~ th~ swale and completing the balance of a trail connecting 156th Lane N.W. to 155th Lane lq,W. i~ far superior to initiating any development of other parks in the neighborhood. Grading of R¢illeY East Park doesn't provide much improvement, will create increased demand for services andi ¢~tpil ii outlay, would be redundant of Woodland Green Park (which is in close proximity) arid access to Worx of the projectil border and fll maintenance!p projects in oUr, .ther ffore would not receive Staff support for improvement at this time. Improving [lanr Green Park is Iow cost and low maintenance. We have also proposed, as pan iml :oving the playground area by reformatting the equipment, placing a timber ing ~,ith pea rock. This second portion of the project will be conducted by our erso ariel and addresses the department goal of completing two to three similar ~ark~ each year. Estimated project costs are as follows: t Contract or Staff Hours Material CO$~; 1) Clearance of north 300 foot swale 12 (plus loader) N/A 2) Site work for 1,050 foot trail 24 (plus grader, loader N/A (From !56tll Lane N.W. to 155th Lane N.W.) and track) 3) Trail paving (handicap accessible) $4,450 (1,050 feet of Class V)