OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM

OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM

People who live closer to parks report better metal health eve if they do t actually exercise there. This may be particularly true for parks with a lot of trees, grass, ad other atural features, as studies show that exposure to ature ca reduce stress ad promote relaxatio. Time spet i gree outdoor spaces has also bee show to boost focus ad cocetratio i both adults ad childre. Trust for Public Lad 8 Ways That Parks Improve Your Health 2013 10 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN

OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM Brookly Park has a well-developed parks system (see Figure 5). Our parks system is comprised of 63 parks, more tha 1,300 acres of park lad ad evirometal areas, 53 miles of paved trails, more tha 400 ameities such as park shelters, playgrouds, ad athletic fields, ad icludes the followig specialized facilities: Ediburgh USA Golf Course Commuity Activity Ceter Zaewood Recreatio Ceter Eidem Farm Brooklad Golf Park Other otable ad uique features iclude: The first ad oly dedicated competitive wheelchair softball field i the five-state area that icludes a adjacet all-iclusive playgroud 53 miles of paved trails ad trail corridors meader thought eighborhoods ad coectios to sigificat atural areas withi commuity Skate park Dog parks Commuity gardes Disc golf Fishig pod Prior plaig ad commuity foresight resulted i a park system that esures that all residets have coveiet access to parks, as 95 percet of eighborhoods are withi 1/2 mile (approx. 10-miute walk) of a park. The Mississippi River, a vital ecological feature o a global, atioal, ad regioal scale, forms the easter border of our City. This portio of the Mississippi River is withi the Mississippi Flyway (see Figure 4), a sigificat migratory bird corridor, ad is part of the Mississippi Natioal River Recreatio Area (MNRRA) maaged by the Natioal Park Service. Figure 4 Mississippi Flyway OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 11

E N EXISTING PARK FACILITIES Champli +, 169 THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT W I N N E T K A A V E N #33 NORTHWOODS PARK #35 OAK GROVE PARK THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT #43 SCHREIBER WOODS PARK THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT D O U G L A S D R N T R I V E R R D #36 ORCHARD TRAIL PARK N Coo Rapids #32 NORTHERN TRAIL PARK THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT #16 EIDEM HISTORICAL FARM #18 ENVIRONMENTAL #20 FOUNDERS PARK NATURE AREA COON RAPIDS DAM REGIONAL PARK #57 WILLOWS OF ASPEN PARK C O O?A610 #31 NOBLE SPORTS PARK?A610 Osseo #21 GREENHAVEN PARK C O U N T Y R O A D 8 1 W E S T B R O A D W A Y #38 PARK LAWN PARK 9 3 R D A V E N #50 TESSMAN ACRES PARK #11 COLLEGE PARK #51 TESSMAN PARK #23 HARTKOPF PARK #4 BROOKLYN ACRES PARK #60 ZANE SPORTS PARK Z A N E A V E N #22 HAMILTON PARK 8 5 T H A V E N #12 COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER #48 SUNNY ACRES PARK #52 TRINITY GARDENS PARK B R O O K L Y N B L V D N O B L E P K W Y N #2 BIRCH GROVE PARK #5 BROOKLYN BLVD PARK #55 WAITE PARK WEST #3 BROOKDALE PARK #54 WAITE PARK EAST #53 VILLAGE CREEK PARK #59 ZANE COURT PARK #39 PINEBROOK PARK #8 CENTRAL PARK / BROOKLAND GOLF PARK #27 MAITLAND PARK #13 COTTONWOOD PARK #25 LAD PARK #42 ROYAL OAKS PARK #58 WILLOWSTONE PA #45 STRATFORD CROSSING PARK #15 EDINBROOK PARK #34 NORWOOD PARK #37 PALMER LAKE?A252 #24 JEWELL PARK #6 BROOK OAKS PARK #40 QUEEN PARK #56 WES #17 WOO #47 SUNKIST P #10 CITY PAR #29 MEADOWWOOD L A K E L A N D A V #61 ZANEWOOD PARK #1 BASS CREEK PARK 6 8 T H A V E N #26 LAKELAND PARK 6 9 T H A V E N #46 STRIEFEL PARK #19 FAIR OAKS PARK "# 94 Brookly Ceter Figure 5 Existig Park System Map #44 SOUTHBROOK PARK LEGEND CITY PARK ACTIVITY BUILDING VOLLEYBALL GOLF COURSE DOG PARK SKATE PAR THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT SOFTBALL/BASEBALL FIELDS TENNIS COURT FOOTGOLF COURSE COMMUNITY GARDEN RESTROOM BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL ALIGNMENT PLAYGROUND BASKETBALL COURT HORSESHOE COURTS ARCHERY RANGE PICKLE BAL BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL STATION NATURE PLAY FOOTBALL FIELD SOCCER FIELDS GAME COURT MULTIUSE F SCHOOL HOCKEY RINK SLIDING HILL DISC GOLF SKATING RINK PICNIC SHELTER BOAT LAUNCH 12 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN CRICKET PITCH LACROSSE

Our park system is also coected to sigificat regioal facilities (see Figure 6) that are maaged by Three Rivers Park District (TRPD). The Rush Creek Regioal Trail provides a critical east-west coectio to the Mississippi River o the City s orth side. This trail exteds to the west to Elm Creek Park Reserve ad there are plas to evetually exted this trail to Crow-Hassa Park Reserve. Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park is i the ortheast quadrat of the City alog the Mississippi River ad is the termius of the Rush Creek River Regioal Trail. The City s partership with TRPD o the Joit Master Pla for the Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park ad the City s Evirometal Nature Area Park, provides opportuity for a sigature park withi the commuity; allowig for coectios to the Mississippi River ad spledor of the atural areas withi the park. The curret pla ca be foud i Appedix A ad a lik to the pla is i Appedix B. RELATIONSHIP TO OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE The Recreatio ad Parks Departmet provided the directio ad oversight for the plaig, developmet of the park system, alog with the day-to-day operatios ad maiteace for Special Use Facilities withi the Parks ad Recreatio system. The day-to-day maiteace of the parks falls withi the resposibility of the Operatios ad Maiteace Departmet of the City. Other TRPD facilities iclude the Shigle Creek Regioal Trail ad the future Crystal Lake Regioal Trail. The Shigle Creek Regioal Trail begis at its coectio with the Rush Creek Regioal Trail i Brookly Park ad heads south through Brookly Ceter, where it coects to the Shigle Creek Parkway ad trails i Mieapolis. Future developmet of the Crystal Lake Trail will exted orth-south adjacet to the Blue Lie LRT ad evetually provide a coectio betwee the Medicie Lake Regioal Trail ad the Rush Creek Regioal Trail. Together the parks, trail system, specialized facilities, regioal ameities, ad proximity to the Mississippi River add to the uique character ad richess of our parks system that exists today. Our parks system is good, but it could be eve better. There are still trail gaps withi the system, parks facilities that are i declie, special use facility eeds to stay relevat, ad equity issues to be addressed. To move the system from good-to-great requires that the City reivest i our parks ad facilities, addressig chagig eeds ad treds, addig to the quality ifrastructure of the commuity ad creatig a sese of pride ad place withi. OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 13

L A K E L A N D A V W E N +, 169 W I N N E T K A A V E N D O U G L A S D R N V E R R D RUSH CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL N Coo Rapids C O O N COON RAPIDS DAM REGIONAL PARK R A P I D S F O L E Y B L V D N W B LV D N W +, 10?A610?A610 Osseo W E S T B R O A D W A Y 9 3 R D A V E N Z A N E A V E N 8 5 T H A V E N L E P K W Y N N O B SHINGLE CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL?A252 E A S T R I V E R R D N W 8 5 T H A V E N W Fridley C O U N T Y R O A D 8 1 CRYSTAL LAKE REGIONAL TRAIL B R O O K L Y N B L V D E A S T R I V E R R D N E 6 8 T H A V E N 6 9 T H A V E N "# 94 Brookly Ceter aple rove "# 694 LEGEND New Hope E S T B R O Crystal?A100 REGIONAL TRAILS BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL ALIGNMENT CITY PARK BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL STATION THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT Figure 6 SCHOOL AREAS OF MAJORITY PEOPLE OF COLOR & LOWER INCOME Regioal Facilities Map 14 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN

HOW DO WE COMPARE? No two Park Systems are alike, but bechmarkig provides isights ito the services provided by similarly situated commuities. For may commuities, ours icluded, parks are more tha a veue for recreatio; they offer a sese of idetity ad quality of life for the commuity ad they are a sigificat factor i attractig ad retaiig residets. We must tailor our services to respod to the eeds ad demads of our commuity. Bechmarkig, via direct comparisos to similar commuities ad park systems, helps i assessig the relative level of ivestmets i a Park System ad the ways a System serves its commuity. While may commuities have a strog Park System, a compariso to commuities that are similarly situated i terms of developmet patters ad demographics, as well as adjacet locatio, allow us to form more reasoable comparisos. Ultimately, six commuities were chose for compariso purposes. Iformatio used i this assessmet cosiders a combiatio of operatig metrics that factor budgets, staffig levels, ad ivetory of ameities. I some istaces, the iformatio was ot tracked or ot available. Due to differeces i how each system collects, maitais ad reports data, variaces exist. These variatios have a impact o the per capita ad percetage allocatios withi the budget, ad the overall compariso must be viewed with this i mid. AGENCY BROOKLYN PARK MAPLE GROVE COON RAPIDS BLAINE PLYMOUTH EAGAN WOODBURY POPULATION 78,278 66,401 62,240 64,188 75,907 66,633 68,349 NUMBER OF PARKS 63 78 57 65 75 56 55 TOTAL PARKLAND 1,377 1,485 1,385 638 1,672 1,282 3,300 ACREAGE TOTAL ACRES PER 17.59 22.36 12.21 9.94 22.03 20.96 48.28 1,000 RESIDENTS TOTAL MILES OF 53 55 43.9 50 167.9 161 143 TRAILS TRAIL MILES PER 0.68 0.83 0.71 0.78 2.21 2.42 5.5 1,000 RESIDENTS NUMBER OF - 1 - AQUATICS FACILITIES (INDOOR WATER PARK, WADING POOLS) NUMBER OF - 1 1* OPENING 1-1* PLANNED 1 SPLASH PADS OR INTERACTIVE FOUNTAINS SUMMER 2018 FOR 2018 TOTAL FTES TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD FTES PER 10,000 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD RESIDENTS TOTAL LEVY TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD LEVY PER RESIDENT TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD CAPITAL BUDGET TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 5-YEAR AVERAGE Table 1 Compariso of Peer Commuities FTEs, Levy, ad Capital Budget data is still beig gathered OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 15

C O U N T Y R O A D 8 1 W E S T E N E A S T R I V E R R D N W E A S T CURRENT PLANNING EFFORTS As part of the 2012 Recreatio ad Parks Master Pla process, the commuity idetified six priority strategies for the parks ad recreatio system. Oe of the priorities was that the commuity showed a strog iterest i developmet of uique ad sigature parks ad facilities Champli W E S T R I V E R R D N that ca serve as a catalyst for commercial ad residetial developmet ad redevelopmet, ad brig a sese of pride for the commuity. Over the past two years, City staff has bee workig to address this iterest ad has egaged the commuity i visioig for these parks, icludig the followig iitiatives. W I N N E T K A A V E N D O U G L A S D R N ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE AREA C O O N Coo Rapids R A P I D S B L V D N W F O L E Y B L V D N W FUTURE SIGNATURE EVENT AREA NOBLE SPORTS PARK N O B L E P K W Y N EIDEM HISTORICAL FARM 7 T H S T N 9 3 R D A V E N 8 5 T H A V E N W Osseo W E S T B R O A D W A Y Z A N E A V E N 8 5 T H A V E N Fridley 7 7 T H A V E N B R O O K L Y N B L V D L A K E L A N D A V R I V E R R D N E 6 8 T H A V E N 6 9 T H A V E N Brookly Ceter Maple Grove Plymouth New Hope LEGEND CURRENT PLANNING EFFORTS CITY PARK THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT B R O A D W A Y A V E Crystal BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL ALIGNMENT BLUE LINE LIGHT RAIL STATION SCHOOL Figure 7 Curretly Plaed Parks 16 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN

Sigature Evet Area (SEA) Park The commuity has raised cocers over the lack of ay parks withi the city that ca accommodate large groups (300+) to gather ad allow the use of amplified soud. I respose to these cocers, the City Coucil created a Task Force to idetify potetial locatios withi Brookly Park for a Sigature Evet Area (SEA) Park that would serve these eeds. The SEA Task Force idetified park goals ad reviewed 10 potetial sites withi the City (publicly owed ad/or private). Potetial SEA Park locatios were reviewed o their ability to accommodate large group gatherigs ad evets (icludig festivals, cocerts ad music, family gatherigs, ad cultural group evets ad specialty programs), provide ample parkig, ad iclude space for picic areas. The curret park system does ot fulfill this eed, or ca a majority of eighborhood or commuity parks effectively accommodate for amplified soud. The existig udeveloped 33 acres of park lad located i orther Brookly Park ear the ed of the Blue Lie LRT route, adjacet to the Target corporate headquarters, was idetified to best accommodate this expaded eed for the commuity. Rush Creek Regioal Trail 22 25 4 12 20 19 21 4 4 23 16 24 Xylo Aveue N 26 17 2 W Broadway Aveue 4 15 8 7 27 14 5 Loop Road 6 10 13 3 4 9 1 11 12 Figure 8 SEA Park Cocept Pla Oak Grove Parkway OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 17

Joit Master Pla for the Evirometal Nature Area/Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park The City has a 58-acre Evirometal Nature Area across from the Three Rivers Park District (TRPD) operated Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park (CRDRP). TRPD has plas to redevelop CRDRP i 2020 22. City staff approached TRPD to develop a joit master pla for both parks with the itet to create a sigature park withi Brookly Park, which focuses o creatig opportuities to coect the commuity to atural areas ad the Mississippi River. The Master Pla icludes a grade separated trail ad facility lik betwee the two parks. The Master City-owed side Pla of the park Update will be the active use area of the park, to iclude picic ad playgroud area, Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park archery rage, off-leash Dog Park, parkig ad restroom facilities ad coectios to Shigle Creek Regioal Trail. The Parks ad Recreatio Departmet will work closely with TRPD to provide collaborative ature based programs. The city of Brookly Park is still developig the partership agreemet with Three Rivers Park District (TRPD) aroud the Joit Master Pla for the Evirometal Nature Area ad Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park. A fiacial pla for the park will iclude the City s participatio i fiacig the developmet of the City s portio of the park, while leveragig Regioal Park bodig ad possible support from the state of Miesota for the full developmet of the Regioal Park. Recreatio Developmet Cocept Diagram M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r C o o R a p i d s D a m Screeig Educatio ad Welcome Ceter Etrace & Trail Uderpass River Gateway ad Outdoor Learig Lab Rush Creek Regioal Trail Mississippi River Water Play Feature Park Maiteace Facility Nature-Based Play Area Tree Caopy Walk Archery Tree House Observatio Tower Dog Off-leash Area W e s t R i v e r R o a d Wetlad Outdoor Learig Lab L o c a l A c c e s s R o u t e Leged Pod Outdoor Learig Lab Site Boudary Vehicular Access Nature Trail Paved Trail Nature Coectio Poit Vista/Restig Place Parkig Nature Play Area Picic Area Viewsheds W e s t M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r R e g i o a l T r a i l Figure 9 Coo Rapids Dam Regioal Park Cocept Pla 701 Xeia Aveue South, Suite 300 Mieapolis, MN 55416 Tel: (763) 541-4800 Fax: (763) 541-1700 Project # 01595-090 February 22, 2016 N 0 300 600 graphic scale 18 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN

Mississippi River Paddle Share Project I partership with the Natioal Park Service (NPS), two locatios i Brookly Park have bee recetly icluded i the NPS Mississippi River paddle share system. I collaboratio with Three Rivers Park District, paddle share statios (see Figure 10) will be located at both CRDRP ad the City operated River Park. Both locatios provide access dowstream to the earest ladig i North Mississippi Regioal Park, a Mieapolis Park ad Recreatio Board facility. Hometow Ball Field at Noble Sports Park The Noble Sports Park baseball field was built as part of the 1997 Park Bod Referedum. The proposed field was plaed to iclude a high-quality field with dugouts, bullpes, battig cages, stadium seatig, restrooms, ad a cocessio stad. Durig the developmet of the baseball field, the stadium seatig, restrooms ad cocessio facility were removed from the desig to be added i a later phase. I 2017, a Hometow Ballfield Task Force was assembled to work with a cosultat to develop cocept desigs for the visio of a fiished Noble Sports Park Baseball Field. The cocept plas iclude reovated dugouts, stadium seatig for approximately 500 people, restrooms, ad a cocessio stad (see Figure 11). No work is aticipated to be eeded to the playig surface. Figure 10 Paddle Share Statios Figure 11 Hometow Ball Field Cocepts OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 19

Eidem Farm Master Pla The Eidem Homestead historical farm is a 15-acre homestead ad uique commuity gem that is deservig of the commuity s cotiued ivestmet. Staff is itedig to complete a Farm Master Pla i 2018 that icludes: A missio ad visio statemet for Eidem Homestead; A Iterpretive Pla for programs ad self-directed iterpretatio; ad A developmet pla for the 15-acre site that supports the visio, programs, iterpretive pla, ad facilities resultig i ehaced visitor experieces ad to spark ew parterships with public ad private etities, i particular the Brookly Park Historical Society. The facility assessmet ad feasibility pla will give defiitio to future facility eeds such as restrooms, idoor classroom space/demo kitche, office/storage, wayfidig, self-directed iterpretive sigs & exhibits, ature play area, museum space for the Historical Society, iterpretive sigage, ad ew larger moumet sig markig the etrace o Noble Aveue. Eidem Homestead will also udergo a marketig ad bradig assessmet ad aalysis as part of the Master Pla process. Pedestria ad Bicycle Master Pla I 2015, the City of Brookly Park, i partership with Active Livig Heepi Couty, egaged the commuity i review ad feedback o the curret Brookly Park bike (trails) ad pedestria (sidewalk) ifrastructure. This plaig effort was supported through a grat provide by the state of Miesota s State-Wide Health Improvemet Program (SHIP). A Bike ad Pedestria Master Pla idetifies specific ifrastructure eeds withi the system, icludig gaps for commuity coectivity, safe routes to schools, directioal wayfidig sigage, ad commuity educatioal programs to improve use ad safety. The pla has bee preseted ad accepted by the City Coucil, however o fudig resources have bee allocated to support priorities idetified withi the pla. Commuity members were able to review ad respod to the pla as part of the commuity egagemet process for the Parks ad Recreatio System Pla. 169 109TH AVE N ZANE AVE N OAK GROVE PKWY NOBLE PKWY 610 610 93RD AVE N W BROADWAY AVE 85TH AVE N 252 W RIVER RD Crystal Lake Regioal Trail Search Corridor BOTTINEAU BLVD BROOKLYN BLVD NOBLE AVE N XERXES AVE N BROOKDALE DR N 169 ZANE AVE N 252 68TH AVE N 694 63RD AVE N Figure 12 Eidem Homestead Historic Farm 94 Data Source: U.S. Cesus, MetroGIS Existig Recommeded Sidewalk New sidewalk Shared-use path / park trail New shared-use path Upgrade existig sidewalk to shared-use path Figure 13 2015 City of Brookly Park Pedestria & Bicycle Pla 20 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN

U of M Resiliet Commuities Project Durig the 2016-2017 school year, the City of Brookly Park teamed up with the Uiversity of Miesota to research topics deemed importat by our commuity. The research partership, called the Resiliet Commuities Project (RCP), drew together residets, commuity groups, City staff, ad about 300 Uiversity studets ad faculty members. Together they examied 24 projects icludig five i the Recreatio & Parks Departmet: Commuity Chage ad Sustaiability of Athletic Fields Log-term sustaiability of Natural Resources Master Pla for Historic Eidem Farm ad Homestead Nature-based recreatio Seior/50+ Civic Egagemet: A Age-Friedly Iitiative The outcomes of these projects were cosidered as part of the system-wide gaps assessmet ad helped to iform the atural resource portio of the recommedatios. RELATING TO THE BROADER CITY LANDSCAPE We are i a excitig period of growth ad opportuity for Brookly Park with may ew ifrastructure improvemets ad redevelopmet projects curretly uderway. Parterships with other agecies are beig formed ad beig leveraged ito shared use facilities ad joit projects. It is importat that our future Parks System Pla is structured to respod to the chages happeig i our commuity atlarge. Some of the major drivers to chage that could impact the Parks System Pla are detailed below. Blue Lie Light Rail Trasit The METRO Blue Lie Extesio, also kow as the Blue Lie Light Rail Trasit (Blue Lie LRT), is a proposed 13-mile extesio of the existig METRO Blue Lie light rail trasit lie that will exted from dowtow Mieapolis through orth Mieapolis, Golde Valley, Robbisdale, Crystal, ad Brookly Park, servig the orthwest Twi Cities metro. The Blue Lie LRT will lik to local ad express bus routes, ad will coect to the regioal trasitway system at Target Field Statio i dowtow Mieapolis. This project is curretly i the egieerig phase with service aticipated to begi i 2022. Statio Area Plaig Brookly Park (see Figure 14) will be home to five of the 11 light rail stops o the METRO Blue Lie Extesio. The visio for the statio areas is to reiforce ad stregthe the uique characteristics of each of the eighborhoods surroudig the five statios. The Statio Area Plas idetify ifrastructure improvemets, redevelopmet optios, ad opportuity sites withi a ½-mile of each stop. Park-adride garages will be provided at the 63rd Aveue (existig garage) ad Oak Grove statios. Coectios to Parks ad Trails The ew statios provide a tremedous opportuity to stregthe east-west coectios ad give trasit riders access to the etwork at multiple poits alog the lie. These east-west coectios should be prioritized ad explored as ways to lik pedestria ad bicycle routes to the ope space etwork. Coectig the existig ad future parks system to the ew LRT lie will be a tremedous asset for our commuity. OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 21

Figure 14 Blue Lie Extesio Corridor Key recommedatios for trails that resulted from the Bottieau Bike Study ad directly impact the Parks System icluded: Multi-use trails o 93rd Aveue, providig access to the 93rd Aveue LRT statio, as well as closig the east-west gap betwee the Crystal Lake Regioal Trail ad the Shigle Creek Regioal Trail. Multi-use trails o 85th Aveue, providig access to the 85th Aveue LRT statio ad coectig the Crystal Lake Regioal Trail to the Shigle Creek Regioal Trail. Completio of the Crystal Lake Regioal Trail travelig alog Couty Road 81, coectig the 63rd Aveue LRT statio with proposed trails o West Broadway ad proposed east-west bicycle routes south of 89th Aveue. Multi-use trail facility o 63rd Aveue coectig the 63rd Aveue LRT statio with local trails west of Miesota State Highway 169, ad proposed orth-south trails o Booe Aveue, West Broadway, Zae Aveue, ad Brookly Boulevard. Bicycle laes ad a multi-use trail o the south side of 68th Aveue coectig West Broadway with Zae Aveue, Brookly Boulevard, ad the Shigle Creek Regioal Trail. 22 DRAFT-BROOKLYN PARK TEN-YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN

Key Developmet Opportuities There are several key developmet opportuities resultig from the Blue Lie LRT ad other Commuity Developmet projects that could have impacts o the Park System Pla which iclude: Coectios betwee LRT ad The Village Creek area at Zae Aveue ad Brookly Boulevard. This would also iclude additioal coectios to Waite Park West ad Waite Park East as part of the larger park ad ope space system alog Shigle Creek; Brookly Boulevard Park i cotext to the larger Coectios Project that would coect to Brookdale Park; Possible corer ehacemets ear Brookly Boulevard Statio; Highlight Shigle Creek crossig alog West Broadway; Proposed Performig Arts Ceter at North Heepi Commuity College; Plaza/small outdoor arts space ear library with pedestria coectio to North Heepi Commuity College; Opportuity for a ew park i cojuctio with a ew developmet o Oxbow Lake ear 610 ad Zae Aveue ad off Welcome Aveue; Parcel at the ed of the LRT lie ear Operatios ad Maiteace facility; ad Parcel by maiteace shop o 83rd Aveue N. Leveragig Parterships It is importat that the City work i partership with other commuity groups ad orgaizatios (schools, colleges, o-profits, YMCA, Natioal Guard, libraries, Heepi Couty, other park systems) to leverage all resources of the commuity. Opportuities for joit-use facilities that combie services, such as schools, churches, libraries, North Heepi Commuity ad Techical Colleges, ad other commuity service providers ought to be sought. Specialized facilities that expad opportuities for families ad youth i the commuity, icludig a call for places to swim, expaded gymasium ad year-roud turf access, ad opportuities for expressio of the arts has bee a high priority of the commuity as demostrated i the 2012 Recreatio ad Parks Master Pla ad Brookly Park 2025 commuity egagemet processes. Egagig our Parters As part of this pla s commuity egagemet process, two roudtable meetigs were held to help iform our curret ad potetial parters about our Park System Pla ad lear about their curret iitiatives ad where there may be overlap. Represetatives from adjacet school districts, colleges, eighborig local ad regioal parks ad recreatio agecies, watershed districts, MN DNR ad Natioal Park Service were i attedace. Educatio ad Facility Parters Meetig Key Takeaways: There is a eed for programmig to facilitate outdoor recreatio; Parters help educate ad promote use of local recreatio facilities; Aoka-Heepi School District is lookig for a witer sythetic turf/field house space which could allow for a opportuity to have a partered use of a ew field house facility betwee Brookly Park residets ad Aoka-Heepi studets; ad North Heepi Commuity College will be itroducig a performig arts ceter at 85th ad Brookly Blvd. They also expressed iterest i allowig Brookly Park residets to utilize their gym space i exchage for city maiteace of fields, as well as opportuities to brig back retired faculty as tutors. Neighborig Parks ad Recreatio Parters Key Takeaways: There was a desire to see more family ceters versus separate tee ceters, seior ceters, etc.; Brookly Park is a Three Rivers Park District focus commuity ad they are actively lookig for opportuities to cotiue to parter with our commuity; ad TRPD has a regioal trail search corridor that would start i the east from approximately Brookdale Drive ad Mississippi Lae (West Mississippi Regioal Trail) ad follow Brookdale Drive W to the Palmer Lake area ad follow Shigle Creek (if possible) to coect to Crystal Lake Regioal Trail i the west. Shigle Creek Watershed is actively iterested i parterig o projects that would focus o water quality ad restoratio efforts alog Shigle Creek ad tied to the Mississippi River. OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM AND CONTEXT 23

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