Future Park System master plan presentation.

1. City of Midville
FUTURE PARKS & RECREATION
SYSTEM

2. Section 4
PARKS & RECREATION
MASTER PLAN

3. FUTURE PARKS & RECREATION
MASTER PLAN
A Plan to Midville’s
Future Park System
focus:
How individual parks will
function within the system

4. FUTURE PARKS & RECREATION
NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
Total of 8 Assessment Techniques
5
New & Improved
Neighborhood
parks
4
3
Walking Trails
Recreation
Programs
New Community
Park
Baseball, Softball
& Soccer Fields
Playgrounds
& Tot Lots
Recreation Center
Natural Areas

5. NEIGHBORHOOD PARK (PROTOTYPE)
Access Control
Multipurpose
Open Play Area
Picnic Tables
Picnic Shelter
Play Structure
Picnic Shelter
Parking
(7–14 cars)
Vita/Bike Path
Multipurpose
Courts (unlighted)

6. NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IMPROVEMENTS
City Owned Property
(Acreage)
Year Planned
7
2002–2003
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
Neighborhood Park
Minnetonka Park
Lake City Point Park

7. COMMUNITY PARK (PROTOTYPE)
Community
Center
Multipurpose
Courts
Play Structure
Tennis Courts
Picnic Shelter
Walking/Vita
Paths
Multipurpose
Fields (lighted)

8. COMMUNITY 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
Communty Park

9. COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS
Midville Community Park
is at capacity
Community Park at
Lake City
Purchase land (by 2008)

10. SUMMARY OF PARK SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Mini-Parks
School Parks
Natural Areas
Special Use Parks

11. NETWORKING SYSTEM
bike paths
Interconnected
Walkable/Bikeable

12. signs &
gateways
Confidence
Branding Opportunity

13. PARK SITE MASTER PLAN PROCESS
STEP 1.
STEP 2.
STEP 3
STEP 4.
Conceptual
Park Plan
PRAB Public
Workshop
Preliminary
Park Plans
PRAB Public
Hearing
STEP 5.
STEP 6.
STEP 7.
STEP 8.
Revisions to
Park Plan
Based on
Public
Hearings
PRAB Review
and Recommendation
P & Z Review
and Recommendation
City Council
Action

14. BENEFITS OF
PARKS & RECREATION
High Quality
of Life
90%
Nearly 90% of
respondents
indicated that
recreation
opportunities
are “important”
to the overall
quality of life.

15. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
OF PARKS & RECREATION
5%
Attracts home buyers
10%
Attracts businesses
20%
Increases property values
Proximity Principle
Park

16. questions?

17. 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)