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COMPONENT PUBLIC FACILITIES ELEMENT People look to the public sector to provide basic services such as roads, parks, and utilities. The discussion of each one of these subjects includes both an inventory and the plan. PARKS AND OPEN SPACE INVENTORY Before an assessment can be made of the recreational needs of Champlin, Anoka and Ramsey, the existing parks and open space facilities must be identified. Those items which were examined were: parks, trails, existing public rights-of-way which have access to the river, and water uses. With a variety of parks and recreational facilities, it is im- portant to have a clearly understood functional classification system. For this reason the Metropolitan Council's classification system was selected to assist in catagorizing existing parks as well as help de- fine future park needs (See Table 5). TABLE 5 METROPOLITAN RECREATION OPEN SPACE SYSTEM USE 5pec~a'i~-i~b'~ t-~ serve a concentrated or limited population or specific group such as tots or senior citizens; may be in locations such as apartment complexes, town- house developments, or commerical centers. SERVICE AREA SITE SiTE ATTRIBUTES Less than 1/4 Less than mile 1 acre SITE LOCATION NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PLAYGROUND Area for intense recreational activ/tes such as field games. court games, crafts, apparatus area, skating, neighborhood center~. 1/4 to 1/2 mile 10-25 Physiography radius to serve acres suited for a population of intense develop- 4,000 to 5,000 ment. (neighborhood) Proximity to ele- mentary schools. COMMUNITY PLAYFIELD Area for intense recreational facilities such as athletic fields and swimming pools; could include neighborhood Use. 3-5 neighborhoods 25-50 Physiography (community*) acres suited for intense development. Proximity to second- ary school and other public facilities. COMMUNITY PARK Area of natural or ornamental quality for outdoor recreation such as walking, viewing, sitting, picnicking; could have · ome field and court games. 3-5 neighborhoods 25-50 Affords natural (community') acres features with varied physio- graphic interest. Proximity to commu- nity facilities & where resources are available. REGIONAL PARK Area of natural or ornamental quality for nature,oriented outdoor recreation such as picnicking, boating, fishing, swimming, skiing, hiking, & camping. 3-5 communities' 39 200-500 Complete natural acres setting contiguous (1 IX) acre to water bodies or minimum) water courses where possible. Where natural re- source occurs - particularly water-