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THE PLAN <br /> <br />A Park and Open Space Plan must address the need of acquiring more <br />public land where it is available, plus a method of making the existing <br />facilities more functional. The Park and Open Space Plan should identify <br />the desired improvements, a method for accomplishing the improvements, plus <br />the Governmental Agency responsible for implementation. <br /> <br />First, the entire responsibility for providing additional public lands <br />along the river should not be viewed exclusively as a County or State <br />responsibility. Although it is not necessary to maintain public access <br />or ownership of all undeveloped riverfront property, the following standards <br />should be applied in these areas: <br /> <br />Areas which, because of steep slopes, susceptibility to flooding, high <br />ground water ievels, etc., are not suitable for development, and <br />should be acquired as public open space. <br /> <br />Easements along the river will be required when plats are filed <br />with the City. Easements may constitute part of a developers <br />park dedication requirement. A Developer may give an easement <br />for property, other than that along the river as long as there <br />is a view of the river from the easement, or the alternate offers <br />some other visual amenity. Easements must maintain continuity from <br />one plat to the next. <br /> <br />Champlin, Anoka and Ramsey all have existing Comprehensive Park Plans, and <br />these documents have been used as a basis for this Plan. Only those park <br />facilities whic~ need special explainationare found in the text of the report, <br />with the remainder of the recommendations listed in Table 7. <br /> <br />43 <br /> <br /> <br />