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City of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT (PTOS) Plan in 2002. The PTOS Plan analyzed the City's current parks and recreation system facilities and developed a long-term vision for the City's parks and recreation system. In order to realize the City's vision, the PTOS Plan recommended jmprovements to increase efficiency and achieve the 10nR-term _ parks and recreation vision and priorities for the City. The vision and goals in the 2002 PTOS Plan were updated by the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee and adopted by the City Council in 2006. ,Erogress has been made on implementing the 2002 PTOS Plan,. Since the PTOS Plan was intended to guide programs, improvements. and decision- making through 2020, this chapter largely reflects the content in the 2002 PTOS Plan and the 2006 update to the PTOS plan. As part of the 2002 PTOS planning process, the City identified long-term trends to help determine future park, trail, and recreation needs. Recreation interests and participation are influenced by a number of factors, including, age, access to facilities, income, available leisure time, interest in the environment, new recreation technology, and social trends. In general, people are iooking for quality recreation that is close to home, but they are willing to travel to obtain higher quality or more specialized activities or environments. , 9.2 Regional Park and Recreation System Although the Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan focuses on local needs, the community recognizes that Arden Hills is connected to and participates in a larger, regional network of parks, pathways, and open spaces. The Metropolitan Council's regional park system includes 48 regional parks and six special recreation areas that cover more than 52,000 acres. The regional system also boasts 22 regional trails that span 170 miles. Arden Hills is linked to three regional trails and is home to one regional park (map)_ The Highway 96 Regional Trail crosses the City from east to west adjacent to Highway 96. The trail is primarily on the south side of the highway; however, it remains incomplete between Highway 10 in Arden Hills and old County Road 8 in the City of New Brighton. The proposed reconstruction of Highway 10 and 96 includes completing this trail, which would connect Arden Hills to Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton. Completion of this trail is supported by the City. The Lexington Parkway Regional Trail spans the entire length of the Shoreview and Arden Hills border on the eastern side of the City. While the trail is complete on the Shoreview side of Lexington Avenue, it is only extends from Tanglewood DRAFT 5/15/2008 r::--..----.--.----.-- 1 Deleted: set _n"...........................""_".."___."'.._..........._"________~ l'-Dele~d: a framework f;~fu~'d;~'~:------'i ?P.:!.~~~~.~"~.~?......"....""..,,.........~_._----------___,,) {E~!~~~~~.h.!~~P~~~:.:~~~..:: t Deleted: , much remains to be don~ Deleted: The PTOS Plan identified the following recreational trends in the Twin Cities in recentyears:~ Trail use has boomed for all types of activities (walking, running, biking, in- line skating, etc);1[ Non-contact recreation activities are growing;1! Interest in arts and natural areas is growing;lI Participation in many team sports has plateaued or in some cases declined;~ More youth are specializing in one ' I sport and training year-round;1! Soccer participation has increased;l1 Golf popularity has increased;l1 Woman's sports have increased;l1 Off-leash dog parks are growing in popularity; -< Deleted: 11 While this ~st is not intended to be all- ! inclusive or unchanging, it does . provide insight into likely future needs ! in Arden Hills and can help the City , set programming and funding ~p.riorities.1! """ _~.~,,_,,__________ 52