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ANALYSIS OF EXISTING RECREATIONAL SITES <br />The following section is a detailed analysis of all Park and Open Space <br />sites within the City of Ramsey. This will include municipal parks, <br />county parks, state parks, school property and Boy Scout campground.* <br />Each site is evaluated on the basis of: (1) adequate location for <br />servicing people (2) size of the site; (3) access to area; (4) physical <br />characteristics of the site; (5) the function of the site; •(6) existing <br />improvements; (7) the number of persons served; (8) relationship to <br />surrounding land uses; (9) future improvement potential. <br />Findings <br />1. Twenty -five individual park sites with a total of 929.54 <br />acres make up the comprehensive system available to the City <br />of Ramsey. <br />No. of sites Acres % of total <br />City of Ramsey 20 263.8 28.3 <br />Anoka County 2 429.5 46.2 <br />State of Minnesota 1 18.0 2.0 <br />School District #1 1 47.0 5.0 <br />Boy Scouts 1 171.0 18.4 <br />25 929.5 100.0% <br />Ownership <br />* Note - Not available to the public <br />11 <br />Function <br />Ci <br />Community <br />Boy* <br />Scout Private <br />amp <br />2. Nine (9) of the eighteen (18) City owned park sites function as <br />neighborhood parks or mini - playgrounds -- these parks having <br />playground equipment. Ramsey Elementary is the only park with <br />athletic facilities, so this could be considered as a small <br />community park. <br />