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I I I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I Improvement Program at Community Parks and Playfields CENTRAL PARK - COMMUNITY PLAYFIELDS This 45 acre site was conveyed to the City by Federal Cartridge Company. It is developed as a major multi-use playfield area including six softball fields, a baseball field, hockey, free-skating, football-soccer fields, playground areas, a sand volleyball court, and horseshoe courts. All athletic fields are irrigated. There are three structures in the park, a park center building, warming house and picnic shelter. Future improvements include lighting of ballfields, parking lot paving, development of basketball and tennis courts and additional landscaping. Expansion of this playfield area to the east will be required to meet the demand for developed athletic facilities. Parking areas would be included along with lighting and an irrigation system. Complete development of this community playfield will cost well over a million dollars, but it is designed and being developed so that portions of the area are completely usable during each phase. Additional corporate and private donations would be particularly advantageous for development of this park. This site is outside the planned urbanization area. RAMSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - COMMUNITY PLAYFIELD This 47 acre school site serves as a large scale, community recreation area in the City. Currently, it has two hockey rinks, a warming house, four softball fields and large playground. None of the playfields are irrigated and tend to be in poor condition due to heavy use on the sandy soils. It is proposed that a comprehensive plan of this site be made before expanding any existing recreation facilities. Also proposed is a 3/4 mile all purpose trail following a drainage ditch south from the southwest corner of the Ramsey Elementary site, to the urban neighborhoods. A similar extension of the trail to the north is proposed. The school site itself is presently not used to the best advantages. Comprehensive planning to include better designed and maintainable fields in conjunction with areas specifically for smaller children (play equipment) is the long-term goal. Planning and development expenses should be shared between the School District and the City under a formal written agreement. 29