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

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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
e. Pursue other partnerships and cooperation with other communities in the watershed in efforts to protect trout stream resources. f. Keep affected parties, including landowners, informed of the issues. 5. Changing demographics due to the maturation of the City population will impact recreational planning in the future. Projections by the State Demographer suggest that growth in the state’s elderly population and the middle aging of the baby boom generation will push Minnesota median age from 32.5 in 1990 to age 40 in 2020. The number of persons age 45 and older is forecasted to increase 70 percent during this period. These characteristics will influence Lakeville’s future park planning requiring attention to elderly citizens needs. New facilities such as the community center, arts center, and future trail facilities must be designed to address the City’s changing recreational needs. City of Lakeville, Minnesota Chapter Six 2006 Comprehensive Parks, Trails, & Open Space Plan Page 170
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Chapter 2 Community Characteristics
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Socioeconomic Profile Population Ac
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Desirable Size in Acres: Varies by
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Lakeville’s Parks, Trails and Ope
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Policies - Community Parks: 1. The
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senior citizen housing where additi
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and equestrian trails that encourag
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Park Land Areas Compared With Natio
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