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OBJECTIVES The City's present policy towards acquiring public open space, play- grounds and parks is to require developers to dedicate seven percent of their subdivided property for parks and open space, or ten percent of the cash value for the subdivided land in lieu of. Since there is no precise location of parks in any comprehensive plan, there is a tendency for the park dedication to be of inadequate size or of marginal use or poorly located or tOo costly to develop at this time. This study then has the following objectives: 1. To develop planning principles and standards to guide the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council with future development of park and recreation facilities. 2. To assess all existing park and playground sites in relation to their assets and liabilities for serving their assigned functions and to make recommendations for changes as seen fit. 3. To better determine the amount of park and recreation space which would more fully serve the majority of community inter- ests based on population projections and updated recreational standards. 4. The selection of specific sites for park and recreation functions. 5. To determine, on a priority basis, the need for facilities for the park type agreed on. 6. To establish standards for the percentage of park land within the city as a whole, neighborhood regional areas and single neighborhoods. 7. To review all citizen input. 8. To cooperate with all units of government in providing fa- cilities which are complementary to each other. 9. To develop municipal park land for future and present, and to provide services in accordance with park type, location and size. -5-