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VUI l..1 l..l DRAFT Background City of Centervllle 2030 Comprehensive Plen Natural Resources, Parks and Trails As of the 1997 Comprehensive Plan, the City of Centerville owned and operated six City parks, with plans to expand the park system as development occurred. Nearly 10% of the ecreage of Centerville (149 acres) is within the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve, which provides a variety of recreation opportunities, as well as .passlve. natural areas intended for the preservation of wildlife habitat. Metropolitan Council requires that all regional parks have 80% of their land preserved In a natural state. Centerville also has a sidewalk and trail system intended to connect the city's parks and serve as a transportation system. Figure 5 shows the city's existing and planned parks, trails and sidewalks. Centerville's current land use plan also shows areas guided for Mure park land. These areas are generally located near vacant or agricultural land In the city that may in the near Mure develop to residential uses. Planned park and trail systems Include: . A bituminous trail from the eastem boundary to the westem boundary along Main Avenue. Additional sidewalk is also planned along portions of this route. . A bituminous trail along the northern boundary of the city parkland on the western edge of the city from laMotte Drive to Centerville Road. . A park near the developing area east of Dupre Road. . An addition to the park on the westem edge of the city north of Hunters Trail. The comprehensive plan update process will include a review of these planned improvements and any necessary revisions. Realonal Trails and Metrooolltan Council Reaulrements The system statement provided by the Metropolitan Council in preparation for Centerville's Comprehensive Plan update Identifies two regional trails that are planned to pass through Centerville. Both trails have a planned general alignment, and the Metropolitan Council requires that these alignments be acknowledged in the City's updated Comprehensive Plan. The regional trails include: . Central Anoka County Regional Trail. This trail Is an east-west trail that Is located in the central part of the county. In Centerville it will connect Rice Creek Chain of Lakes on the west with the Hardwood Creek Regional Trail In Washington County to the east. . Rica Creek Chain of Lakes - Bald Eagle Regional Trail. This trail will connect Bald Eagle Regional Park with Rice Creek Chain of lekes Regional Park. In Centerville it will run near the right-of-way of Centerville Road and connect to the east-west Anoka County Regional Trail near Main Avenue. Both of these planned trail alignments are shown in Figure 5. The Metropolitan Council also requires the boundary of the Rice Creek Chain of lakes Regional Park to be 18