02-04-08 PTRC Guidelines for Park Development

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• 10. A picnic area with degree of development depending on neigh- borhood needs and space available. These facilities should have a high priority and be installed as soon as possible. At least one park In each neighborhood will contain these facilities. Two neighborhoods, the North Josephine Area and the Village Hall Area, contain two relatively widely separated parks, each of which will contain these type of facilities. Onl-. one In each area, however, wlIV have a warming house associated with the general skating area. 2. Baseball and softball fields are to be of four types, as follows: a. Regulation Baseball Fields - With five baseball fields available in the community (Mounds View High School , Johanna Middle School (2) Northwestern and Bethel Colleges) we are not recommending new base- ball facilities within the next ten years. b. Adult Softball Fields - Six fields suitable for adult softball are now in existence (Mounds View High School (2), and Perry Park (4). At present, Arden Hills' based teams are: using approximately 41 game/practice time slots per four-day week. With two time slots available per day, this indicates a capacity use of over five fields at preseni . We are recommending a field of this size at Cumm..1ngs Park to accommodate the anticipated increase in industrial teams, contingent upon determination of Council policy toward provision of • fasilities. for industrial teams. Location for this site was chosen to make use of existing parking at Control Data (negotiation has not been undertaken for its use as yet). Although serving future Mutual Services teams might the desirable, nearby Hunter's Park is not sultatle for a recut ation-sized fields and could accommodate an informal neighborhood field only. c. School Softball Fields - Four fields suitable `or youth league softball carves now Exist in Arden Hilts or imr-ediately outside its boundarles, (Middle School (2), Valentine gills School (2). The condition of these fle-ids I imit their use priciari ly to youth games and praci"i ces. d. Neighborhood Park Fields - Currently neighborhood park fields exist at Arden Manor Park, Floral Park, Valentine Park, Freeway Triangle and Ingerson Park. Ir order to fulfill the sTated goal of an area suitable for at least informa! games in each neighbornood, we recommend areas of this type be graded at Hun-,-ers, Cu,-nnings, Hazelnut to d North Snelling Park w:thin the next few years. 3. Football-Soccer (Multipurposs Fie!ds) Currently, multipurpose fields suitable for footba: i , soccer or other games exist at Floral and Ferry Parks. Three other fields (Mounds View High School (2) and Johanna Middle School ) within the city are available at times. We z,re recommending ihrt the softball f ;eids at Cummings and Hazelnut Pzrks be situeted and graded in such a way that they could • be used for for:tball or soccer. Other than that, no new fields are recommended within i-he next ten years.