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~ ~HILLS TCAAP Community Dialogue: Natural Resources and Parks Focus Questionnaire Responses July 16,2002 7:00 p.m. Prepared by the Design Center for American Urban Landscape . Splitting wildlife corridors. Critical habitat being destroyed. . That there be input from all stakeholders. . Short term goals may not be good for long term preservation. Money may play too important of a role. · That an athletic/soccer complex won't make the cut. 3. How can development fit within the natural resources o/the site? . Keep native species of trees Ino more exotics. (there are a lot of exotics) . Arboretum ofMN trees? Like UCLA arboretum. . Double use/shared parking for different uses. . Principles of Aldo Leopold . Land use restrictions might be added to developed areas - requiring preference to maintain trees, wild grass lands, wetlands on evcn developed lands. . Let citizens decide - not developers. Limit development to the west edge and use best management practices as much as possible. . "Brick & Mortar" development should be kept to the already degraded western third of the site. . Use buffer zones of active recreation to protect natural resources. . The less development the better. . There is room for all. . As part of a buffer. 4. How should parks fit within the development and open spaces? . This is one of our last chances for a community park . We need a nature interpretive center like at RosevilJe (birders. butterfly folks). Build it into a hill? Second floor viewing area'! . Soccer fields should have some native plants - not just fertilized grass, plus direct drainage into holding ponds . Need underpasses, need more places/open spaces to go to . Need continuous green spaces for kids to travel along . Need hockey arena . Do we need more soccer fields? Yes. Current ones are busy. . Need local soccer field . Need 6-lane competitive pool . Parks with greater public use should be on edges of wildlife open space as buffers to development areas. . Open space does not mean athletic fields. Development of "parks" can be as destructive as pavement. . Ball fields should be kept ont of the Vento Plan Corridor and the Kame area as they will not allow movement of wildlife. Walking paths should avoid sensitive areas such as the loose sand at the top of the Kame. . Buffer zones should be developed prior to residential and industrial. Page 2 of 3 . . .