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City Nursery <br /> <br />Many of the City's parks are relatively devoid of any features including trees. <br />In addition, future development of many of the trails will require screening, <br />buffering and shade. In short, the City will require literally hundreds of trees <br />as the park system is developed. The average cost of material of adequate <br />size to withstand abuse common to park trees ranges from $100 to $150.00 <br />per tree. This cost may be significantly reduced by growing or transplanting <br />trees from City property. In the case of growing stock, these costs may be <br />further reduced if volunteers or trailblazers participate in maintenance of the <br />material. <br /> <br />Task: <br /> <br />The City should give serious consideration to development of a pilot <br />nursery program for growing trees in one of the parks which would <br />otherwise be undevelopable. If properly maintained, these trees could <br />then be transplanted to other City parks and trails as they reach <br />adequate size. In conjunction with this, the City should explore the <br />lease or purchase of a tree spade for transplanting trees from a nursery <br />or from other public lands where suitable trees may be available for <br />transplanting. <br /> <br />Adopt Standards <br /> <br />The current park dedication ordinance requires developers to make certain <br />improvements to property to be dedicated for parks and provides credits for <br />trail development. The trail must meet City standards. The City has also <br />drafted maintenance standards dependent on park facilities and intensity of <br />use. Since these draft standards have not been formally adopted, they <br />currently serve as guidelines. <br /> <br />Task: Trail and maintenance standards should be reviewed and formally <br /> adopted by the City Council to provide a legal basis for development and <br /> maintenance. <br /> <br />Park Acquisition <br /> <br />Community Playfields <br /> <br />The demand for parks, particularly developed athletic facilities is anticipated <br />to continue to outpace the ability of the City to provide the facilities without <br />a significant boost in funding. Compounding the financial constraints is the <br />problem that the City has no large park parcels for future development of <br />additional ballfields. <br /> <br />In order to provide for future needs, the City needs to acquire several parcels <br />which could be developed as community playfields similar to Central Park. It <br />will be particularly important to acquire land near the urban area of the City <br />where population density will be highest. <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br /> <br />