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<br />Due to the small population and size of Centerville, conventional park facility <br />standards cannot be practically applied toward mapping out the City's park facility <br />needs. As an alternative, the City could simply survey the residents and prepare a <br />list of the facilities most desired by the community and rank them in order of <br />demand. The City could then concentrate itts efforts toward providing as many of <br />these basic facilities as possible to satisfy current needs. The most practical <br />solution to providing for the short term needs would most likely be to develop these <br />fa<!ilities in one major City park. <br /> <br />As. Centerville's residential area grows, both in population and geographic size, <br />additional parks will have to be developed. These .parks should then fit in~o a <br />logical system. Each park should be located in close proximity to. the residentS <br />whom the park is intended to serve, and should be of adequate size to support the <br />facilities recom mended for it. Table 6 has been provided as a general guide to help. <br />the City in locating, sizing and designating facilities for future parks and should be <br />used in cooperation with Figure 3 Parks and Open Space Plan. <br /> <br />'RECOMMENDA TlONS <br /> <br />Develop a City Park <br /> <br />The initial City park should (in addition to providing for current facility needs) be <br />sized large enough to serve as a Community Playfield/Community Park in the <br />future. When additional neighborhood parks are developed in new residential areas <br />there will be a need for a "central" Community park which offers facilities not <br />available in the smaller neighborhood parks. It should also be centrally located in <br />order to serve as a City focal point for major community functions. <br /> <br />This one large park could combine playfields, open play areas, (softball, baseball, <br />football, soccer), playlot equipment, picnic areas, group outing areas and passive <br />recreation areas. It would then be augmented by smaller 4 to 8 acre neighborhood <br />parks in residential areas to fulfill walking neighb~rhood needs. <br /> <br />Clearwa tel" Creek <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Clearwater Creek adds an additional element of the park system plan. By <br />preserving the land immediately adjacent to both sides of the creek, the City can <br />assure for future use, the opportunities which the creek offers. <br /> <br />trail potential . <br />passive recreation as lineal park <br />wildlife habitat <br />aesthetically pleasing landscape element <br /> <br />24 <br />