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<br />City of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT <br /> <br />. Sampson Park - Add landscapino within the park to provide interest and <br />improve aesthetics. Replace the parkino lot surface of the basketball court <br />with a colored. bituminous surface. <br /> <br />. Valentine Park - Complete drainaoe study and drainaoe improvements for <br />the future of the park. Future Improvements are continoent upon the results <br />of the study: Consider reconfiourino parkino iot to detach park features from <br />the parkino lot pavement. Replace the plav structure. Add a new warmino <br />house/picnic shelter. Move or improve the surface of the half basketball court. <br /> <br />9.4.2 Recreation <br /> <br />The City currently has an extensive youth recreation program. While the <br />programs hava been primarily focused on youth and adolescent activities, an <br />increased need for teen, adult, and senior activities was identified in the 2002 <br />PTOS Plan as well as the community meetings held for the 2008 Comprehensive <br />Plan update.~To help inform the recreation program developmentprocess, the <br />City may consider creatino advisorv~groups for seniors, teens, children, and other <br />interested groups~, <br /> <br />9.4.3 Pathway Expansion and Upgrades <br /> <br />A number of neighborhoods in Arden Hills have pathways; however, in order to <br />provide a connected and complete pathway system in Arden Hills, additional <br />arterial and neighborhood paths are needed. While paths are very popular for <br />recreational purposes, there is also a growing demand for utilitarian pathways <br />that connect residential areas to destinations such as commercial areas, offices, <br />parks, and other popular places. Providing multiple destinations on a pathway <br />system can increase use, promote physicai activity, and reduce motorized travel. <br /> <br />This Plan includes the followino recommendations for pathway expansions and <br />uporades; <br /> <br />DRAFT <br />5/15/2008 <br /> <br />Deleted: has <br /> <br />I Deleted: A study should be i <br />I undertaken to determine the demand !, <br />for such program, the types of i <br />i program that are needed, potential i <br />I funding sources, and the possibility of i <br />i collaborating with other public and i <br />\, private organizations. J <br /> <br />r Deleted: advisory 1 <br />\_---------------~--) <br />,__________m___..._________________......_________________________________~. <br />i Deleted: should be formed or <br />j consulted_ <br /> <br />(-----------------------------------------------'. <br />l Deleted: e 2002 PTOS Plan and the i <br />community have called for paths to be I <br />constructed or for unofficial paths to i <br />be upgraded at the following locations) <br /> <br />56 <br />