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The Parks, Open Space, and Recreation Plan is the primary chapter of the Comprehensive Plan that guides future development and improvements to the City's park, open space and recreation system. This chapter contains the following elements: • Introduction • Goals and policies • Parks classification system • Designations of individual park, open space and recreation facilities • Park, open space and recreation system maps • Discussion of future park system issues and potential improvements Parks, open spaces and recreation facilities serve a number of important functions in Roseville. Parks provide citizens with attractive and convenient opportunities for recreation that ultimately enhances M, the living environment of the City's neighborhoods and the community as a whole. Access to high quality recreational facilities can enhance the physical, social and economic health of the community. Parks also serve as neighborhood and community gathering places and often provide a major focal point and sense of identity for individual neighborhoods. Park and open space land contribute to the environmental health of the community. $yproperly locating and designing parks and open spaces, these areas can also help control flooding, improve the quality of surface water, replenish the ground water supply, reduce air pollution and preserve significant natural resources. The parks, open spaces and recreation system can also function as connection and transition areas within the community. The system of recreation areas, including the pathways system, is intended to connect neighborhoods with other neighborhoods and major community destinations, particularly schools, civic facilities, and shopping areas. Parks and open spaces can also be used effectively to create a "buffer" 2030 Coy nlrirenl-iieu7 i°Iran (('Ilam [IlRcMew Draft 43 d4k.hdyHk 'arks, OIreiii tlblrace, auiiiIlRrnrxeala °ioui I 9r'J