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3. Acquisition of the municipal parks has been achieved almost exclusively through the procedure of platting land into residential subdivisions. Currently ten percent of the land area of resi- dential developments is required as dedication of park land by developers. Due to the varying sizes of developments, the park sites range in size from 1 acre to 52 acres. Five municipal park sites (including Ramsey Elementary) are developed enough for proper drainage. Excluding county, state and Boy Scout land, Ramsey has 211.0 acres of park land. Recent addition of 40 some acres from Federal Cartridge Company for playfield development brings this to approximately 250 acres. . Ramsey's topography is generally flat, yet several major physical features stand out as potential recreation areas. These are: Mississippi River, Rum River, Trott Brook, Ford Brook, Eddy Lake, Itasca Lake, Sunfish Lake, and many surface drainage ponds. When development occurs adjacent to these areas, effort should be made to retain public access via adequate and appro- priate park lands. 5. It must be remembered that the county and state park facilities will provide, or do provide, for active and passive recreational use. When acquiring municipal park land, care should be taken to avoid duplicating facilities -- in the near vicinity of the county and state facilities. 6. Recreation programs should grow in scope and intensity, due to park acquisition and enlargement. Adequate staff and budget must be provided. 12