Future Park System

FUTURE PARKS & RECREATION SYSTEM

City of Midville

PARKS & RECREATION MASTER PLAN

Section 4

FUTURE PARKS & RECREATION MASTER PLAN

focus: How individual parks will function within the system

A Plan to Midville’s

Future Park System

FUTURE PARKS & RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Total of 8 Assessment Techniques

4 Playgrounds & Tot Lots

Walking Trails

New Community Park

3 Recreation Center

Recreation Programs

Baseball, Softball & Soccer Fields

Natural Areas

New & Improved Neighborhood parks

5

NEIGHBORHOOD PARK (PROTOTYPE)

Multipurpose Open Play Area

Play Structure

Picnic Shelter

Parking (7–14 cars)

Access Control

Picnic Tables

Picnic Shelter

Vita/Bike Path

Multipurpose Courts (unlighted)

NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IMPROVEMENTS

Neighborhood Park City Owned Property (Acreage) Year Planned

Minnetonka Park 7 2002–2003

Lake City Point Park 4.9 2002

Kings Castle Park 2 2004

Fort Midville Park 3 2005

Nature Hill Recreation Center Parks 3 2006

Winfeld Park 8.9 2007

Lake City Beach Park 3.5 2008

Multipurpose Courts

Tennis Courts

Multipurpose Fields (lighted)

Picnic Shelter

Community Center

Play Structure

Walking/Vita Paths

COMMUNITY PARK (PROTOTYPE)

COMMUNITY PARK

Communty Park City Owned Property (Acreage) Year Planned

Community Park at Lake City 10

Land Purchase (2003–2008)

Development: Long Range

Midville Community Park 26

Long Range

COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS

Midville Community Park is at capacity

Community Park at Lake City Purchase land (by 2008)

SUMMARY OF PARK SYSTEM COMPONENTS

Mini-Parks

School Parks

Natural Areas

Special Use Parks

NETWORKING SYSTEM

bike  paths Interconnected

Walkable/Bikeable

signs  &    gateways Confidence

Branding Opportunity

PARK SITE MASTER PLAN PROCESS

STEP 1.

Conceptual Park Plan

STEP 5.

Revisions to Park Plan Based on Public Hearings

STEP 2.

PRAB Public Workshop

STEP 6.

PRAB Review and Recom-mendation

STEP 3

Preliminary Park Plans

STEP 7.

P & Z Review and Recom-mendation

STEP 4.

PRAB Public Hearing

STEP 8.

City Council Action

Nearly 90% of respondents

indicated that recreation

opportunities are “important”

to the overall quality of life.

90%

High Quality of Life

BENEFITS OF PARKS & RECREATION

5%

10%

20%

ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF PARKS & RECREATION

Proximity  Principle Park

Attracts home buyers

Attracts businesses

Increases property values

questions?

EXHIBIT 17

Summary of Future Park System by Acreage

Number of Existing Parks

Number of Future Parks

Acreage +/–

Community Park 1 2 17

Neighborhood Park 5 11 17

Mini-Park 2 2 0

School Park 3 5 5

Natural Area 5 7 2.5

Special Use Park 7 6 (2.1)