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Policy Statement Regarding Park and Recreation Needs <br />Redevelopment of Former Ramsey Municipal Center Located at 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW <br />February 2015 <br />Policy Statement: <br />It is the policy of the City of Ramsey to confirm the City's existing Master Parks and Trail Plan and not add additional park <br />spaces with the redevelopment of the former municipal center. The area is well served by existing parks with active spaces as <br />well as more passive open spaces, all well connected through a series of pedestrian trail connections. <br />Background: <br />Over the course of the last decade, as new single family homes and townhome developments have been platted near the <br />former Municipal Center, the Park and Recreation Commission has examined the need for recreational amenities and <br />associated trail connections. Finding that there is adequate recreation and open space in the larger vicinity of the former <br />Municipal Center, the City has focused on trail development — and indeed, this part of Ramsey now has the most <br />comprehensive trail and connected trail system within the entire City. <br />A summary of park amenities includes two community park's of Elmcrest and Alpine; and play equipment at Alpine, <br />Woodland Green, Solstice and the school. Athletic fields at Alpine, Elmcrest, the school, Solstice, Woodland Green and Bear <br />Park. Open space at all of the above, plus Sunfish Lake Park and the scout camp as well as other city -owned lands. In <br />addition to the common recreational ammenities at these parks, at Alpine there is a concrete skate park, free canoes and kayaks <br />at Sunfish Lake, and ice skating and a warming house at the 60 -acre Ramsey Elementary immediately west of the former <br />Municipal Center. <br />Quick Facts <br />• Nearby Community Parks: Elmcrest Park, Alpine Park <br />• Nearby Parks with Play Equipment: Alpine Park, Woodland Green Park, Bear Park <br />• Nearby Parks with Open Space: Elmcrest Park, Alpine Park, Woodland Green Park, Bear Park, Sunfish Lake Park <br />Existing Parks <br />City of Ramsey <br />2012 Park and Trail <br />User Map <br />MN <br />=Er II <br />111 <br />emu <br />-UI nwa m m=1. _� <br />'!�■Ills a <br />11 mmw& •1 <br />Policy Statement: Parks and Recreation Needs <br />Former Municipal Center (15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW) <br />DRAFT: February 4, 2015 <br />