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o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Acquisition of the municipal parks has been achieved almost exclu- <br />sively through the procedure of platting land into residential <br />subdivisions. Currently seven percent of the land area of resi- <br />dential developments is required as dedication of park land by <br />developers. Due to the var.vin~ sizes of developments, the park <br />sites vary in size from 1 acre to 52 acres. Five municipal park <br />sites (including Ramsey Elementary) are developed enough for <br />proper drainage. Excluding county, state and Boy Scout land, <br />Ramsev has 211.0 acres of park land. <br /> <br />Ramsey's topography is generally flat, yet several major physical <br />features stand out as potential recreation areas. These are: <br />Mississippi River, Rum River, Trott Brook, Ford Brook, Eddy Lake, <br />Itasca Lake, Sunfish Lake, and many surface drainage ponds. <br />Future efforts to expand the park system should be concentrated <br />on, to take maximum advantage of these natural areas. Once these <br />areas are developed, the cost for acquiring land for public use <br />would be several times more than at present. <br /> <br />Ramsey's municipal park s.vstem could be ~reatly improved by <br />enlarging and reshaping some park sites. <br /> <br />To enlarge <br /> <br /> #1 Ford Brook <br /> #8 Peltzer Park <br /> #6 Ramsey Terrace <br />#13 Whispering Pines <br /> #5 Woodland Green <br /> <br />To reshape <br /> <br /> #7 Hunters Hill <br /> #8 Peltzer Park <br />#17 Shawn Acres <br /> #5 Woodland Green <br /> <br />No park sites in the city have been selected for elimination; <br />however, a site should be eliminated if it becomes an economic <br />burden, and a more suitable site picked in its place. <br /> <br />It must be remembered that the county and state park facilities <br />will provide, or do provide, for active and passive recreatiQnal <br />use. When acquiring municipal park land, care should be taken <br />to avoid duplicating facilities -- in the near vicinity of the <br />county and state facilities. <br /> <br />Recreation programs will grow in scope and intensity, due to <br />park acquisition and enlargement, and also as additional park <br />department staff and funds grow. <br /> <br />Municipal Facilities <br /> <br />Site #1 - Ford Brook <br /> <br />This site is developed to the extent of a neighborhood playground <br />-- playground equipment, benches, small amount of open area and <br />newly planted tree seedlings. <br /> <br />-13- <br /> <br /> <br />