2006 Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan - City of Lakeville

Special Use Facilities
The park classifications and policies identify special use facilities as containing single
use functions, unusual facility requirements, or distinct natural characteristic
requirements. The following service characteristics are described for special use parks.
Service Area: Community-Wide
Per Capita Standard: Variable
Desirable Size in Acres:
Varies by function and facility type.
Since the last Park, Trail and Open Space plan update in 1999, the City has developed
special use facilities including the Lakeville Area Arts Center and Lakeville Senior
Center, in addition to on-going improvements and maintenance of existing facilities. In
looking to the future, the following special use facilities have been identified for the City:
1. A larger and improved environmental interpretive center is proposed within the
Ritter Farm Park Master Plan. Future recommendations include a 10,000 square
foot interpretive center and all associated amenities that are typically part of
nature study programs.
2. The 2005 community survey indicates continued support by residents for a
community center being developed through public/private partnership. A
community center would include indoor recreation and meeting rooms.
Supporters of the community center emphasizes that the facility must be first
class is design and quality construction.
3. Discussion with the athletic associations revealed a desire for a field house to
accommodate indoor practices and instructional seminars for the various sports
in the off seasons.
4. Trout have been inventoried in South Creek, east of Cedar Avenue. The City will
pursue monitoring, management and protection of South Creek as a trout stream
resource. Consistent with this goal, the City supports the following efforts:
a. Consistent with current shoreland management regulations, the City will
promote Best Management Practices (BMPs) on new development within
the tributary watershed including infiltration ponds, buffer strips, plantings
along stream beds, and ponds adjacent to the stream.
b. Encourage the identification and evaluation of additional BMPs.
c. Continue to monitor South Creek for long term effects of development and
BMP effectiveness.
d. Enlist the assistance of the DNR and Trout Unlimited in monitoring of the
stream and installation of BMPs for protection of the stream.
City of Lakeville, Minnesota
Chapter Six
2006 Comprehensive Parks, Trails, & Open Space Plan Page 169