CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK Recreation and Parks Master Plan

Adopted October 1, 2012 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iv Figures Figure 3-1. Existing Recreation and Parks System 20 Figure 3-2. Access to Parks 24 CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 1 Figure 3-3. Access to Natural Areas 25 Figure 3-4. Racial Diversity 26 Figure 3-5. Mobility 29 CHAPTER 2 – HOW WE SEE THINGS CHANGING 9 Figure 3-6. Active Living 32 Figure 5-1. hartkopf Park existing conditions 49 Figure 5-2. Hartkopf park site oppotunities & issues 50 CHAPTER 3 – WHERE WE ARE TODAY 17 Figure 5-3. Hartkopf Park Concept 51 Figure 5-4. Park service areas 55 CHAPTER 4 – WHERE we ARE GOING 39 Figure 5-5. Unique community parks 56 Figure 5-6. Mississippi River 57 Figure 5-7. Parks in development/redevelopment areas 59 Chapter 5 – How We Will Get There 45 Figure 5-8. Potential Indoor Recreation Locations 62 Figure 5-9. Potential Recreation Program Locations 66 Figure 5-10. Trail Priority Improvements 73 Chapter 6 – Priorities, Toolkit & Using the plan 79 Figure 6-1. Priorities 81 Figure 6-2. Project Review Process 86 Figure 6-3. Park Classifications 89 Appendix A - Facility Benchmarks & Facility LIST A-1 Tables Table 3-1. Existing Recreation Programs 19 Table 3-2. Existing Recfreation and Park facilities 21 TAble 3-3. Population Projections 27 Table 6-1. Potential Funding Sources for Priorities 84 Table 6-2. Park Classifications 88 Table 6-3. Activity Delivery Guidelines 90 Table 6-4. Recreation Facility Standards 91 Table 6-5. General Capital and Operations & Maintenance Costs 94 Table a-1. Benchmark Comparisons A-2 Table A-2. Brooklyn Park Recreation and School Facilities A-8

ii RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Acknowledgements Recreation and Parks Recreation and Parks Master Mayor and City Council Directors PLan Task Force Mayor Jeffrey Jeneal Lunde Jon Oyanagi Sandra Bengtson, Robbinsdale Community Education Rich Gates Director of Recreation and Parks Mary Pat Black, Parks and Facilities Manager Mike Trepanier (763) 493-8337 Jim Driste, Recreation and Parks Advisory Commission Elizabeth Knight [email protected] Deb Everson, Recreation and Parks Advisory Commission Peter Crema 5600 85th Ave N Jan Ficken, Recreation Services Manager Dean Heng Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 Rich Gates, City Council Bob Mata Fax (763) 315-8457 Mark Hanna, Recreation and Parks Advisory Commission Jeanette Meyer, posthumously www.brooklynpark.org Greg Hoag, Parks Maintenance Superintendent parks and Recreation Jill Johnson, Chamber of Commerce Advisory commission Jon Thiel Rhonda Manning, Citizens Long-Range Improvement Director of Operations and Maintenance Committee Reubenna Cooley (763) 493-8007 Joshua Murray, Resident James Driste 8300 Noble Ave N Brian Siverson-Hall, Osseo-Maple Grove School District Deborah Everson 279 Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 Rich Gates, City Council Liaison Cindy Sherman, Planner Thomas Hanson consultants Tony Spears, 3R’s Child Development Center Robert Jacobs Tonja West-Hafner, Planning Commission Kelly Janssen Tommy Watson, Resident 0 Christopher Kane YEARS Dan Williams, Brooklyn Park Athletic Association 3 Michael Lenz Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. Jane Wilson, North Hennepin Community College Linda Nelson Martin Petersen Residents and stakeholders Brian Rogers Treeline Wanda Walker The Recreation and Parks Department thanks the over 700 residents and stakeholders that participated in the Tonja West-Hafner, Planning Commission Liaison planning process in 2011 and 2012.

iii Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Movie in the Park. Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park

iv RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Executive Summary Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks Master Plan

A great recreation and park system helps to create a great community. Recreation and parks contribute to community livability, resident health, provide education and support, and contribute to the image and beauty of the City. Parks are the places where people go to play, socialize, celebrate, learn, and recharge.

City of Brooklyn Park Today, Brooklyn Park’s Recreation and Park System is good. Many of the fundamental purposes of recreation and parks are being accomplished, including: prioritIEs: 33 Diverse and engaging programming 1. Create more unique parks 3 3 Places to play 2. Create a more connected trail system 33 Access to natural areas with a new greenway in the southern 33 Well maintained parks portion of the city 33 Unique and special facilities 3. Integrate arts into the park system

4. Provide more equitable access to recreation programs, parks, and Brooklyn Park is planning for the future of its recreation and parks facilities system. The purpose of the Recreation and Parks Master Plan is to guide future 5. Add new specialized facilities such as investments to ensure the recreation and parks system continues to meet the needs aquatics and an indoor field house of the community and be economically sustainable. or domed sports field and expand on non-traditional offerings such as The Recreation and Parks Master Plan establishes goals, objectives, actions skateboard parks, disc golf, outdoor and tools to help the city, residents, and partner organizations work together performance spaces, community to guide the system from Good to Great over the next 25 years. The Master gardens, and dog parks Plan identifies 5 priorities for the future.

v Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Recreation and Parks Master Plan Summary

The Master Plan Document has 6 chapters. It includes an overview of planning context and plan purpose, an overview of recreation trends, a summary of existing conditions, a needs assessment, focus areas and goals for recreation and parks, objectives that will help attain those goals, priorities, and a suite of tools designed to help implement the plan.

Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Introduction How we see things changing Where we are today

It is evident that Brooklyn Park has a well loved Brooklyn Park is becoming more diverse (age, Today, the recreation and parks system is and cared for recreation and park system. With race, and income) which, in turn, is putting GOOD and there is a strong desire to make it GREAT. over 60 parks and 1,527 acres of parkland, pressure on the Recreation and Parks Department there are ample opportunities for a wide variety to provide more diverse recreation offerings. Needs for the future include: of recreation experiences from community Trends, including: a more health conscious 33 Move from good system to a great gardening to little league tournaments. public; interest in non-traditional sports such as system that generates community pride and identity and acts as a catalyst for Residents are satisfied with the recreation and skateboarding, disc golf, and geocaching; a development by including art, greater parks system with 93% of residents rating park large youth population and active older adults; attention to aesthetics, and unique community-scale facilities. and recreation facilities as excellent – good climate change; and increased interest in (2011 Brooklyn Park Community Survey). Parks environmental sustainability are changing the 33 Fine-tune the facility mix (add aquatics, multi-purpose turf fields, basketball courts, are often resident’s favorite places and play a way residents recreate. At the same time, the specialty facilities, high quality indoor gym vital role in making Brooklyn Park an attractive current economic downturn has tightened city space). place to live, work, and play. budgets reducing the funds available for new 33 Better connect the bike-walk system and facilities. The need for change in the context make it safer. of limited funds requires that the recreation 33 Continue to renovate parks to make and parks department be strategic in its future them more welcoming, safer, and more investments and that it diversify its funding reflective of the community’s cultural richness. sources to remain economically sustainable. 33 Better access to programs for low mobility populations (physical and financial access).

33 Remain sustainable by matching resources with future needs and desires.

vi RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapters 4 and 5: Where we are going and how we will get there

Brooklyn Park’s Recreation and Parks Purpose

Building on the city’s mission “A thriving community, inspiring pride, where opportunities exist for all,” Recreation and Parks envisions its own department-wide purpose:

To engage the entire community in providing flexible, welcoming, and exciting play for all.

Recreation and Parks must provide for play—of many types and to many people. Beyond that, the purpose statement recognizes four critical elements of the entire recreation and parks system.

■■Flexible: The system will be able to make adjustments over time without significant capital investment. This idea addresses the changing demographics of the community and will allow Recreation and Parks to more effectively meet resident desires. ■■Welcome: All residents should, above all, perceive that they are free to enjoy park facilities and programs. They should feel comfortable in the parks and when participating in programs. Recreation and Parks strives to make this the case throughout the system, and will continue to make this a high priority. ■■Exciting: Parks and recreation programs offer challenges not available anywhere else. People come to the parks or participate in programs to see or do something different, to escape from their work- lives, and to socialize and play with friends and family. Recreation and Parks will continue to operate a system that provides excitement in play. ■■Engaged with the Entire Community. The desire to serve all Brooklyn Park residents, along with the desire to collaborate with the community and businesses on improvements, is what drives Recreation and Parks.

To accomplish the purpose of Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks, the Master Plan addresses six focus areas, each of which has a single, over-arching goal and a series of specific objectives.

The six focus areas are: Engagement, Maintenance and Safety, Facilities and Parks, Programs, Trails, and Funding.

The objectives are the specific tasks Recreation and Parks will undertake in order to accomplish the focus area goals and the overall purpose (and, by extension, the city’s mission).

Chapter 6: Priorities and tool kit The Recreation and Parks Master Plan identifies priorities to take the recreation and parks system from GOOD to GREAT. In addition, Chapter 6 includes tools to help achieve the plan priorities and goals and implement the objectives. The tools include Activity Delivery Guidelines, Park Classifications, and Recreation Facility Standards.

vii Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan PrioriTIES The the map below and the discussion that follows are the community’s priorities for moving the system from good to great. The priorities are Working Draft 4/3/2012 drawn from the goals and objectives and distill the key new initiatives that will be needed to achieve a great system. These new initiatives will require vision, change, commitment, and resources.

reek 1.C reate more unique parks Champlin Legend Proposed Priority Actions New Parks with unique community-wide parks North Woods Park use

PKWY New urban greenway (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park Continue Eidem Homestead: Planned Regional Trails

DOUGLAS DRIVE 2. create a more

U.S. 169HWY. to celebrate Brooklyn Park’s Priority Trail Network connected trail system History. Potential location for local New community park Regional Trails with a new greenway Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNETKAAVE historical society, farmer’s market, Internal Park Walking Trails and potential catalyst for Northern Trail Park in the southern portion NOBLE Coon Rapids development/redevelopment. Oak Grove Park expansion of community gardens of the city and walking Environmental Regional Park Potential location for outdoor Nature Area loops within community Founders Eidem Homestead Informational Park Historical Site parks performance space and/or arts Existing Parks

center. Willows of PKWY Aspen Park Trail

T.H. 610 Sidewalk (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks Planned Trail Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park Planned Sidewalk Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 Schools T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) 3. integrate arts into the Acres park system Park Edinbrook Park

Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE T.H. Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Fridley Course Crossing Park 4. Provide more equitable Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) access to recreation CSAH 81 and Armory Westwood Emerson Park programs and parks Cottonwood Park Queen Central Park Park Woods College Park Park River Park

WEST BROADWAY Sunny U.S. HWY. 169 Hamilton Park Lad Norwood Park Acres Look for opportunities to Birch Grove Park Sunkist Park Park Tessman Park T.H. establish a new park with Greenhaven Park Park 252

picnicking and amplified City Park 5. add new specialized sound west of CR-81 (CSAH 103) Park Lawn Park facilities such as BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square BROOKLYN BLVD Brookdale Park aquatics and an indoor Monroe Park Village Creek field house or domed Palmer Lake (CSAH 130) Park Environmental Meadowwood Park sports field and expand Hartkopf Park Nature Area on non-traditional Zane Court Park offerings such as Zanewood Park Continue to maintain skateboard parks, Zanewood Recreation Center Edinburgh Golf Course disc golf, community 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94 as a premier championship gardens, and dog parks course Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Develop an urban greenway along Sunny Lane Cavell Park Park Southbrook Park Bass Creek and Shingle Creek 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park connecting to the Mississipppi River Trail. Plymouth New Hope Crystal

viiiRecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Priorities 1. Create More Unique Parks

Brooklyn Park is one of the most diverse communities in Minnesota; it has racial, ethnic, economic, and age diversity. It is logical that the recreation and park system should reflect this diversity. More unique parks, reflective of diverse demographics and interests, will help take the recreation and parks system from good to great.

The draft master plan recommends: 33 Integrate community involvement in the design and planning processes for parks to ensure they reflect the community’s cultural richness. 33 Build a new, signature, community park in the Northwest/Target Campus Area as a catalyst for development/redevelopment. The new park would be a potential location for an outdoor performance space, large scale picnicking venue, or arts center. 33 Cultivate public private partnerships to create community-scale signature parks and new facilities that contribute to economic development. 33 Establish a new park along the CR 81 corridor to serve the southwest portion of the city and act as an amenity for development/redevelopment along the CR 81 Corridor. 33 Continue to celebrate Brooklyn Park’s history at Eidem Homestead. Develop the park according to the Historical Farm Master Plan. It is a potential location for the local historical society, farmer’s market, or an expansion of community gardens. 33 Maintain and improve facilities at Central Park, Oak Grove Park, Brookdale Park, and the

Eidem Farm, City of Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center.

2. Create A More Connected Trail System

Trails are one of the most desired and economical recreation amenities. They bring the park system closer to every resident, are usable by all ages and abilities, offer transportation alternatives, and support active living.

The draft master plan recommends: 33 Create a new urban greenway (linear park and trail) along Bass and Shingle Creeks to the Mississippi River Trail, connecting existing neighborhoods, parks, trails, and natural areas. 33 Fill existing trail gaps with a priority on creating a one half to one mile grid of trails and sidewalks city-wide on major roads and a one quarter to one half mile wide grid in low mobility areas. 33 Complete a trail loop around the city consisting of completing the trail along Broadway, the existing Rush Creek Regional Trail and Mississippi River Trail, and the new greenway Cedar Lake Trail, Three Rivers Park District along Bass and Shingle Creeks 33 Build trail network enhancements including: trails on both sides of major roads, adding bike lanes, safer road crossings, and plowing more trails for winter use. 33 Expand walking loops in community parks.

ix Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan PRIORITIES

3. Integrate Arts into the Park System

Arts can provide a layer of richness that draws people to recreation programs and parks, makes residents feel welcome, and sets the City’s recreation and parks system apart from those in neighboring communities.

Draft master plan recommendations include: 33 Add signature art pieces in community parks.

Minneapolis Grand Rounds, Minnehaha Parkway Play sculpture, Jon Vander Velt 33 Build an outdoor performance space in the city, possible locations include new parks in the northwest or southwest. 33 Incorporate art into park infrastructure such as benches, picnic shelters, fencing, and walkways. 33 Look for opportunities to include active art in parks. 33 With partners, look for opportunities to locate an arts center in the city.

“Cloudgate” by Anish Kapoor - Millenium Park, Chicago

4. Provide More equitable access to recreation programs and parks

Serving all Brooklyn Park residents regardless of race, income, age, or ability is a fundamental purpose of recreation and parks. To that end, the draft master plan recommends continuing to improve on equitable physical distribution of facilities and increased emphasis on breaking down transportation and economic barriers to participation.

Draft master plan recommendations include: 33 Increase physical access to programs by working with partners to expand program locations, developing a program for mobile recreation (where programs are brought to parks), working with partners to expand bus and shuttle service to program locations, and providing universally accessible facilities. 33 Lessen financial barriers to participation by focusing on low cost/no cost recreation facilities, continuing to use a tiered pricing model for programs, and offering sliding scale fees, scholarships, and subsidized rentals. 33 Remove cultural barriers to participation by: involving residents in the design and planning process for parks; actively recruiting minority residents and recent immigrants as volunteers

Brooklyn Park youth soccer and interns; establishing a park liaisons program; reducing language barriers; more actively marketing activities and events; and offering more specialized programs.

x RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan PRIORITIES 5. Add key recreation facilities

Providing a variety of recreation facilities that meet recreation needs and desires is what makes a park system fun for everyone. While Brooklyn Park offers a diverse range of facilities, the draft master plan recommends updating the facility mix.

This includes: 33 Aquatics: add a water park and interactive water play features to the facility mix. 33 Indoor recreation: add a field house or/domed sports fields, as well as providing greater access to high quality multi-use gym. 33 Outdoor recreation: provide more non-traditional sports facilities, such as skate parks and disc golf; add community garden spaces and dog parks; increase the number of multi- purpose sport fields for soccer, football, lacrosse, and rugby. Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park of Brooklyn City source: Photo xi Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan

xiiRecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapter 1 IntroductionPlan Context and Purpose

great recreation and parks system contributes teen initiative and the new Teen Center at Zanewood to a great community. Recreation and Recreation Center have given youth their own place parks contribute to economic development, for positive recreation. Residents are happy with the communityA pride, individual and community health, recreation and parks system with 93% of residents rating and community cohesion. It is evident that Brooklyn park and recreation facilities as excellent or good (2011 Park has a well-loved recreation and park system. With Brooklyn Park Community Survey). Today, strengths of the over 44 miles of trails, and over 60 award-winning system include a wide variety of recreation opportunities parks, including the Rush Creek Regional Trail, there and safe, well maintained parks. are ample opportunities for a wide variety of recreation experiences from community gardening to little league Without a doubt, the recreation and parks system tournaments. Parks play a vital role in making Brooklyn is good. Yet there is a community desire to make it Park an attractive place to live, work, and play. even better, to make it great. The key to improving and growing our city will be celebrating what sets us City parkland and open space areas comprise over 15% apart from other communities: our history, our natural of the current City land use, the second largest use of resources, and our cultural richness. Equally important land city wide. The city is known for Edinburgh USA will be cultivating partnerships between the public and Golf Course, designed and created by Robert Trent Jones private sectors to create new, world-class public amenities II. The City also has a long-standing commitment to that contribute to the City’s economic development. open space and is listed as a “Tree City USA”. The City’s

1 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Moving from good to great will not be easy. It will take items needed to maintain and improve the current continued big-picture dreaming, change, creativity, system. Chapter 6 identifies community priorities for commitment, and additional resources. moving the system from good to great. The priorities are drawn from the goals and objectives and distill the This master plan sets the stage for change and is a key new initiatives that will be needed to achieve a great long-term guide for the next 25 years, offering goals, system. These new initiatives will require vision, change, objectives, priorities and tools to help the city, residents, commitment, and resources. The priorities are drawn and partner organizations get there. The purpose of the from 4 of the 6 focus areas: engagement, recreation plan is to offer visionary ideas, such as new signature facilities and parks, programs, and trails. This is not community parks and welcoming, accesible recreation to say that the other two focus areas, Maintenance and for all. The plan also outlines goals, objectives, and Safety and Funding are not important, in fact they are tools that will assist with the day to day and year to year essential. Excellence in these areas is, in large part, why decision making that support achieving the ideas. the system is good today. A challenge for the future is changing and growing the system while still properly maintaining and adequately funding the system. The Master Plan is organized into 6 chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction and context for the Master Plan. Chapters 2 and 3 establish needs and identify key challenges and opportunities for the future. Chapters 5 and 6 are future oriented. Chapter 5 outlines the purpose of recreation and parks and organizes goals and objectives for the future into focus areas: • Engagement • Maintenance and safety • Recreation facilities and parks • Programs • Trails • Funding

The goals and objectives do not outline all possible Recreation and Parks Department actions, but highlight

2 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan THE IMPORTANCE OF BROOKLYN PARK RECREATION AND PARKS

Parks are the places people talk about when they describe their neighborhood, their community, and their city. In addition to being a source of civic identity and pride, parks and recreation are essential to the physical, economic, environmental, and social health of cities and the people who live in them. Quality parks, along with schools and access to transportation, are typically in the top three reasons people choose a place to live.

A healthy recreation and park system equals healthy residents. Simply put, people who engage in regular physical activity are healthier. When people have access to parks, trails, and recreation, they exercise more. In addition, increased exposure to natural areas has been linked to improved physical and psychological health.

Parks and open space increase property values. Numerous studies show links between proximity to parks and open spaces and increased residential property values. Parks and open space can also positively affect commercial property and can be a catalyst for redevelopment.

Parks contribute to beauty. Parkways, tree lined streets, gardens, lush landscaped areas, views to rivers and lakes, stately woods, public art. These are all things that make a city a beautiful place to live, work, play, and shop. They all contribute to a city’s livability and vitality. Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park

3 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Parks and open space provide environmental Recreation programs contribute to community Parks Are a good benefits. Trees and vegetation found in parks improve health. Recreation programs offered for all ages investment air and water quality. Parks also play a role in managing (families, youth, adults, and seniors) promote life-long stormwater runoff and protecting natural areas. learning, and a supportive community atmosphere. “Funds spent on Kansas Specific programs can help accomplish other community recreation and parks programs, Parks preserve natural and cultural heritage. goals. For example, participation in youth programs has facilities, activities and Significant natural features, such as the Mississippi River, been linked to a reduction in juvenile crime. Afterschool employees return $1.70 for and historical and cultural sites, like Eidem Farm, are and out-of school programs support working parents. every $1 invested, according Other programs, like movies in the park, bring the to an economic impact study preserved as parkland for today’s residents, as well as for community together and increase connections between conducted by the University future generations. residents. of Kansas School of Business’ Jayhawk Consulting group. Parks have important social benefits. Parks are In addition to the return on often the focal points of neighborhoods. They are Parks also have the potential to improve the safety of a investment findings, the study places for neighborhood activities and celebrations community; “when adjacent to residential areas, green also revealed that real estate and provide a sense of community. “Parks in [Eugene, spaces have been shown to create neighborhoods with values in Kansas communities Oregon] are used to involve residents in a variety of civic fewer violent and property crimes and where neighbors are consistently higher when and environmental activities. Eugene’s Downtown Park tend to support and protect one another. These are located next to or near local Blocks host one of the community’s signature events, the findings of scientists at the Human-Environment parks.” the Saturday Market, which brings people together Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois at -Dixon, Toni. KU News Release, for clothing and jewelry shopping, for produce at Urbana-Champaign who studied green space alongside Study: Kansas Parks Produce Solid the farmer’s market, and for food and entertainment. public housing in Chicago. Other researchers who Return on Investment. March are conducting similar studies across the country are 15, 2011. (http://www.news. People also go there to see other people, hang out, eat, ku.edu/2011/march/15/parks.shtml) and listen to the music. Eugene residents also “took finding similar results.” (University of Illinois at Urbana- back” Washington-Jefferson Park from drug dealers and Champaign Human-Environment Research Laboratory, prostitutes by working together in a community watch. APA Briefing Paper, “How cities use parks to … Create They became organized over a period of a few months, Safer Neighborhoods) and the park’s turnaround occurred within a year of residents becoming involved. Washington-Jefferson Park Parks and recreation play a major role in family now is used for various recreational activities, such as development. A people oriented approach helps late-night basketball games, and community celebrations communities position themselves to create a society of such as Eugene’s Cinco de Mayo. (Mark Francis, APA caring families who feel connected through community Briefing Paper, “How cities use parks for… Community pride. Family events, drop-in activities and facilities, Engagement) intergenerational activities for not only traditional families, but also new family types - including families

4 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan headed by single men and women, grandparents raising A Recreation and Parks Master Plan Task Force provided grandchildren, parents by adoption, both domestic guidance and input on the plan content. Meetings were Parks are good for and international, and other diverse family groups- are held during each phase of the planning process. The Task mental health essential for our changing society. Force met on June 21st 2011, August 30th 2011, January 31st 2012, April 11th 2012, and June 19th 2012. In “In a study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Recreation and Parks encourage PLAY. Parks are addition to the Task Force, an extensive public outreach Psychology, researchers looked often cited as people’s favorite places. They are where effort engaged over 700 residents and stakeholders at stress recovery and directed people go to have fun and relax. A balanced recreation throughout the process. The process included: attention restoration in a group and park system has something for everyone. In • Partner organization and athletic association focus of young adults. Each subject Brooklyn Park, programs provide enrichment and fun. group held on October 25, 2011. was given an attentionally Parks are places where you play a game of soccer, where • Youth outreach: from September to December demanding task (driving to an you take your dog to run, where you garden with your 2011, 102 youth took a short on-line questionnaire unfamiliar site). Upon their neighbors, where you take a quiet walk through the regarding recreation and park needs and ideas for arrival, subjects were split into woods. the future. two groups, with one group sitting in a room with tree views • Minority and immigrant outreach in November followed by a walk in a nature PLAN PROCESS and December 2011. reserve, and the other group • Youth outreach in fall/winter 2011. sitting in a viewless room and This Master Plan is based on input from the community, • Community open houses held on October 4, 2011 walking in an urban setting. stakeholders, staff and city officials gathered in 2011- and May 12, 2012. Performance on an attentional 2012. The Plan represents their collective wisdom test improved for the nature • An on-line questionnaire: from August to expressed through surveys, on-line questionnaires, group. In addition, subjects in December 2011, 243 individuals completed an on- meetings, focus groups, hands-on exercises, park and the nature group reported less line questionnaire regarding park and recreation anger and greater positive affect community tours, and brainstorming. It also used the needs and ideas for the future. expertise of the consultant team, benchmarking data, a following the nature walk; the system-wide evaluation by city staff and the consultants, • Questionnaires in the fall/winter of 2011 and urban group had the opposite spring of 2012 offered on-line and distributed results.” standards from the National Recreation and Parks at programs and events. Over 600 participants Association and best practices from other communities. -University of Illinois at Urbana- responded to questionnaires with ideas and input Champaign Human-Environment that helped shape the plan. Research Laboratory, APA Briefing Paper, “How cities use parks to ... Create Safer Neighborhoods”

5 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan History of Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks he first full time recreation and parks director, Dennis C. Palm, hired in 1965, set in motion a visionary plan for creating a park system where a park would be within walking distance from every home. With only five summer programs and 36 acres 1989 - Brooklyn Park of parkland, Mr. Palm, working with local farm landowners and housing developers, led the city’s growth in the park system Ice Arena awarded James duringT his tenure. School districts and city staff worked together to develop joint use school – community parks on land adjacent to C. Padgett Award for schools. Special recreation facilities were added along the way, including two golf courses, a community center, ice arenas, armory, outstanding ice arena senior center, regional and neighborhood trail system, environmental area, three sports parks, dog park, picnic pavilions, disc golf operations course, historical site, six park community buildings, a skate park, outdoor skating rinks, 67 neighborhood parks with playgrounds, 1989 - Youth Scholarship and playing fields for youth sports programs. Since Mr. Palm’s retirement, Linda St. John, Jay Lotthammer and Jon Oyanagi have Program started to assist served as Directors, continuing to build, rebuild and enhance the park system and its 500+ recreation programs for all ages. low income families with fee reductions

1989 - Developmental 1969 - School and City 1981 - Received second Gold of Edinbrook School/ created the “Lighted Medal Award for excellence 1983 - Park site including new School” concept and first in parks and recreation Community play fields Community Education management Activity Center program opens 1969 - Received Gold 1981 - Voter approved Medal Award Class V for $6.5 M Park Bond excellence in parks and Referendum wins by 1965 - Hired first recreation management 1985 - full time parks and one vote Palmer Lake recreation director, Environmental Dennis C. Palm Area completed

1960 1970 1980

1974 - Received 1987 - Brooklyn Environmental 1967 - Passage of 1969 - 1986 - National Guard Park Nursery Protection Agency $600,000 bond Completed Armory added to Preschool Program Merit Award for referendum for land first master Community Activity received national natural resource acquisition and park plan for park Center opens accreditation preservation development development standing 1969 - 1986 - City acquires Brookland Par east farm site adjacent 1987 - Edinburgh -3 Golf Course 1979 - Brooklyn Park to Historical Farm USA 18-hole purchased expanding programming Championship 1969 - Swimming Historical Farm open for Golf Course opens pool at Brooklyn public programs creating millions in Junior High opens local development

6 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan 1990 - Brooklyn Park Ice Arena awarded James C. 2007 - Creation 2007 - Award Padgett Award for most outstanding ice facility 2000 - Skate 2000 - Department receives of the Youth of Excellence Park opens Tommy Johnson Award Opportunities received for Teen 1990 - Successful completion of Central for creative recreation Coalition Summer Catalogue Park’s hazardous waste site clean-up programming collaboration with school district 1990 - Department celebrates its 25th anniversary 2007 - Jon 2004 - Noble Sports Oyanagi selected 1990 - First LPGA Tournament held at Edinburgh Park recognized as to serve as 2009 - 2009 - USA Golf Course sponsored by Northgate Computer outstanding park by Director Community Zanewood National Softball gardens Recreation 1990 - Children’s Arts Festival wins Award of Excellence Association program Center expanded 1997 - Dennis begins programming to C. Palm retires full time center

1994 - Edinburgh 1994 - Voters 1997 - Second ice 2003 - USA rated one of reject $16.9M arena added to Community 2011- Noble 2011- top 50 public golf referendum for Community Activity Activity Center Sport Park Parks courses in nation park development/ Center, named the celebrates 25th named Field designated improvements and Dennis C. Palm Arena anniversary of the Year Tobacco aquatic facility by MN Free 1992 - Community 2003 - 1997 - Voters approve 2006 - Park and Resource Center Zanewood Sports Turf opens to serve low $8.6 M Park Bond Recreation Central Park Referendum for park renovation Managers income families in Center opens Association Zane Corridor improvements and completed Senior Center (MPSTMA)

1990 2000 2010 1995 - Haunted 1998 - Begin land 2008 - 2001 - Department 1991 - Created Halloween Hayrides acquisition for future Department Administrative Offices Our Kids & at Eidem Homestead development: River Strategic Plans moved to new addition Our Little wins Award of Park, Founders Park 2010 - at Community 2008 - Award Ones summer Excellence and 101st Winnetka Geothermal Activity Center of Excellence apartment mechanical 2012 - New 1993 - Opened received for teen outreach 1998 - Received system Parks and Community Resource communication recreation Mighty Kids grant to installed at Recreation Center, satellite city service strategies program expand youth sports Community Master Plan center to serve low income completed programming 2005 - Award of Excellence 2005 - Director, Activity families Center ice 1998 - received for River Park Linda St. John retires 1998 - Completion after 32 years of service arenas 2012 - New 1993 - City 1993 - Community Restoration of the Senior Center 2005 - Received Great wheelchair launches image Resource Center of Eidem addition to Community Lakes Regional Partnership 2005 - Jay Lotthammer softball field campaign “Come receives Award of Homestead Activity Center Award for River Park named new Director constructed Home to the Park” Excellence completed and opened 7 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park

8 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapter 2 HowTrends We See Things Changing

he city, recreation, and our environment are changing and dynamic. It is important to anticipate trends and plan for the future. TheT following chapter outlines key trends influencing recreation and parks in Brooklyn Park.

Recreation is constantly evolving. New technologies, trends, cultures and activities bring changing facility and program needs. Brooklyn Park must keep pace with these changing needs. By building flexibility into recreation and park facilities, the city will be able to adapt quickly and efficiently to new needs.

9 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Photo credit: HKGi Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Parks and open space shape Increasingly Diverse Youth Development development The U.S. is the only major industrial country with an Children and youth continue to comprise a higher Parks define quality of life and create value. Many expanding population fueled primarily by immigrants and percentage of the total population in Brooklyn Park studies, including many in the Twin Cities Metro Area, Brooklyn Park is one of the most diverse communities in than other communities in Hennepin County. In 2010, have shown connections between the proximity to open the metro area. Between 1990 and 2010, the percentage 25% of Brooklyn Park’s residents were under 19 years space and the value of housing. Many new developments of non-white residents increased from 10% to 50%. The of age. In addition, the growth in youth under 5 years and redevelopments feature a public green, plaza, town two largest census racial groups in 2010 were Black/ of age increased by 20% between 2000 and 2010. As square, trail or new neighborhood park. African American and Asian/Pacific Islander. Increased children are the future of the community, it is important diversity in Brooklyn Park means changing demands to increase access to parks and recreation facilities, as put upon the park system. Special programming for well as engage youth in programming. Engaging youth In Brooklyn Park, Edinburgh Golf Course and Village various cultural groups, including Hispanics and Latinos, in physical activity improves youth resiliency, teaches Creek Park are examples where proximity to open space Asian American, West African and other immigrant healthy habits, and develops self-esteem. Collaboration and parks has supported new development and increased populations will continue to rise in popularity. Along with other community organizations including schools, the City’s tax base. with increased racial and ethnic diversity, trends show sports associations, and non-profits is needed to respond an increased desire for multi-age interaction. to the needs and interests of youth.

10 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Juvenile Crime Prevention Aging Actively Universal accessibility

Recent trends have seen younger children becoming Between 2000 and 2010, residents over the age of 50 More than ever people with disabilities are leading active, increasingly involved with drugs and crime, while the were the fastest growing segment of Brooklyn Park’s independent lives and are involved in their community. juvenile crime rate has risen. Driven by socioeconomic population. This trend is expected to continue in Parks and recreation provides accessible, inclusive indicators, youth services and juvenile crime prevention upcoming decades. Many in our aging population facilities and programs and are mandated by law to do continue to be the focal points of urban areas. There seek changes in lifestyle to reflect their lack of so. Recreation and Parks Department staff will need to will be an opportunity to increase services aimed at child-care responsibilities and expanded recreation, continue to be well trained and knowledgeable about improving youth resiliency, reaching disengaged youth, educational, and cultural interests. As baby boomers disabilities and how to adapt activities for people with maintaining healthy family relationships, developing reach retirement age, they are aging more actively with various abilities. As the population ages, and as men self-esteem in young boys and girls, and preventing or continued participation in social, economic, cultural, and women return from war with lifelong disabilities, reducing juvenile crime. Improving access to public spiritual, and civic affairs. Brooklyn Park will need to Recreation and Parks will require additional recreational parks and recreation facilities has been strongly linked to provide opportunities for civic participation and social program adaptations and facilities that assist in recovery, reduction in crime and, in particular, to reduced juvenile interaction as well as a broad range of active recreation such as warm therapeutic pools, adaptive fitness centers, crime. Recreation services need to collaborate with other choices. integrative programs, programs for target populations, organizations in the community in order to respond to and accessible natural park reserve areas. this community need. 11 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Technology Health conscious Active Living

As technology becomes more integrated into our daily Obesity and its associated health risks and costs are More and more people are interested in Active Living. lives, competition for leisure time challenges traditional increasing in all age groups. This has led to rising Active Living integrates physical activity into regular, recreational activities. Future opportunities may include awareness of the benefits of exercise and healthy living daily routines. Active Living by Design seeks to use of a variety of media and technology to publicize for positive health outcomes. Demand is rising for park encourage changes in design, transportation, and policies traditional services as well as provide technology- facilities and recreation activities that support healthier in order to cultivate and support more healthy and active based recreation for those with limited time, lack of lifestyles, providing areas for walking, running, and living. The City of Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks transportation, or health issues that make participation biking. Recreation centers are seeing increased use of has embraced the Active Living by Design program. outside the home difficult. In the future, information, gyms and fitness programming. Recreation and parks programs, and services will become more available play a key role in educating the public about how they Complete streets also support active living. Complete through public television, public radio, or the internet. may achieve health and wellness. streets is a movement where streets are planned to Technology changes often create entirely new activities, accommodate pedestrians, transit riders, bicyclists, and such as geocaching. Maintenance practices and facility all other users regardless of age or ability instead of construction can utilize advanced technology for safer, focusing solely on optimizing automobile travel. more efficient, and healthier parks and places.

12 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park interest in trails Non-Traditional Sports

Trails are at the top of the list of desired recreation Non-traditional and individual sports such as amenities. In Brooklyn Park’s 2011 Community Survey, skateboarding, disc golf, rugby, geo-caching, ultimate 60% of participants had used the city’s trails in the last Frisbee, and mountain biking have seen a recent surge in year. Trails were the 2nd most frequented component of popularity. These sports and activities place new demands the park system. Trails provide recreational value as well on the park system as people use parks in different ways. as alternative transportation options for bike commuters They may also compete with more traditional park uses or safe routes for children walking to school. for recreation time and facilities.

13 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Time Pressed Fiscally challenged Economic Disparity

Households are busier and trends point to more Rising health care costs and increasing fuel and materials The increasing economic disparity in the U.S. between discretionary activities that do not require intense costs coupled with anti-tax sentiments and reduced the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ is evident in Brooklyn scheduling. Use of free time is an opportunity to spend financial support from state and regional sources means Park. In some elementary schools, such as Fair Oaks, time with family and friends. Activities that allow for resources for parks and recreation are increasingly Zanewood, and Crestview, over 80% of students group participation will be important. Family time will limited. Funding reductions are especially challenging for qualify for free/reduced lunch, while in others, such be sacred and parents will be less tolerant to programs maintenance and upkeep as there are more restrictions on as Woodland, the percentage is 20%, significantly and practices being held during non-prime time hours; how to pay for those activities. There is an increased need lower. This increasing division between the affluent weekday demand for facility use may exceed weekend for partnerships, volunteers, creative funding sources, and the poor will prompt a need for strategies to meet time. Because leisure time is scarce for working adults, and a renewed focus on quality over quantity. recreational service needs of both. A broad spectrum of opportunities for providing diverse experiences, trips, program offerings with various price points, with some and outdoor recreation activities will continue to types of programming to be highly subsidized, especially increase. in youth and teen activities, will be necessary.

14 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Photo credit: City of Brooklyn Park Environmentally aware Children in nature Changing climate

Increased sensitivity to environmental issues, combined As urban development expands and technology competes Recent climate trends have meant warmer winters and with a better understanding of the benefits of a healthy more and more for our time, it is important to preserve more intense precipitation. This negatively impacts ecosystem have people demanding more natural open spaces outdoors simply for children to explore their winter sports such as ice skating, hockey, and cross experiences from parks and recreation. This means an natural surroundings. The mental health benefits from country skiing, leading to a reevaluation of their role in increase in the demand for passive open space and natural exposure to natural areas can help reduce depression, the parks system. Warmer weather also brings a longer areas, educational and interpretive programming, and anxiety, and other mental and learning disorders related park season with residents able to use the park system environmentally sustainable facilities (green building to attention deficit disorder. Nature areas, self guided earlier and later in the year. design, on-site storm water treatment, more pervious walking trails, adventure playgrounds, ponds, outdoor surfaces, etc). People are also increasingly interested in education experiences, camping, roaming in the woods, Climate change also means vegetation change. Plants passive and natural resource based recreation such as and unstructured imaginative playtime in the outdoors and trees that could not survive the harshest Minnesota hiking, fishing, bird watching, and nature study. These can have a huge impact on our children’s health and winters now persist. At the same time, pests and invasive activities demand more space and movement and may well being. species that had been kept at bay by the climate are now cater to specific demographic factions. making headway into the state.

15 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park

16 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapter 3 WhereExisting Conditions Weand Needs Are Today

oday Brooklyn Park’s recreation and parks system same time, there is a desire among the most engaged is strong. Compared to national standards and constituents to go from merely a good system to a great The Needs Assessment peer communities there are adequate facilities system. These things, along with the diverse activities and Process andT parkland. The system is financially sustainable interests of many user groups and the recent economic and the City is able to maintain facilities with current downturn means there is a need for prioritization for • A tour and analysis of key parks and available funding. Residents are, by and large, happy new facilities and programs so the system can remain facilities. with the system. But over the last 10 years, the City has sustainable and be an even more relevant part of the • A distribution analysis of access to existing experienced rapid demographic change and today it is community. parks and trails. one of the most diverse communities in the State with nearly 50% of residents belonging to minority groups. The Needs Assessment is organized by key topics and • Demographic mapping. Identifying and adapting to the recreation needs of these includes evaluation and research findings, input results, • Community Benchmark Comparisons: residents, many of whom are recent immigrants, and and identified needs. Brooklyn Park’s recreation and park system making them aware of existing opportunities is a major was compared to eight other cities in the challenge for the recreation and parks system. At the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

• Comparison to Recreation Facility Standards: Brooklyn Park’s recreation and park’s system was compared to recreation facility standards. Community Input • A review of existing City and agency plans. The City wanted to make sure this plan was informed by community and stakeholder input. To accomplish that a number of methods were used to gather community input (on page 35). Key • Community input gathered July – points and community, stakeholder, and staff input are permeated throughout this chapter and are December 2011 (see page 35 for detailed recognizable by the headings: list of input methods). What we saw –Based on consultant analysis and research. What we heard - Based on public, stakeholder, and staff input.

17 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan existing recreation and Park Regional Park and Trail system Highlights System

Regional park facilities provide community Current parkland and recreational facilities include a • 5 outdoor hockey rinks regional park and trail corridor granting direct access residents with several unique recreational • 6 outdoor skating rinks opportunities and an expansive network to and across the Mississippi River; multiple athletic of regional facilities that expand through complexes and activity buildings; 160 city-owned • 27 other game courts well-linked communities. Regional park athletic fields and game courts; over 10 outdoor ice rinks; • 44 playgrounds and trail facilities include: two municipally owned golf courses; and a network of 60 • 1 skate park City parks comprising 1,527 acres. The recreation and • Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park • 3 sport park complexes park system boasts a premier 18-hole public golf course created by Robert Trent Jones II; an historical farm that • 4 stall archery range • Crystal-Lake Regional Trail (planned) includes community gardens, education events, and a • 4 pickleball courts • Rush Creek Regional Trail Corridor farmers market; and a community center full of year- • 3 cricket pitches round programs. The City includes over five miles of • 1 dog park • Shingle Creek Regional Trail Corridor Mississippi River shoreline, with river acces at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park and River Park, one of the • natural areas • Mississippi River Trail City’s largest and most popular parks. The park system • Mississippi River access includes a variety of facilities and programs: • 190 community garden plots • Mississippi National River and • regional parks and trails Recreation Area • Eidem Homestead Historical Farm • 155 miles of city trails and sidewalks • Community Activity Center • Edinbrough Golf Course (18 holes) • Zanewood Recreation Center • Brookland Golf Course (9 holes) • wedding and event facilities • 50 baseball / softball fields • senior programs • 36 soccer / lacrosse / football fields • teen center and programming • 18 basketball courts • hiking and biking trails • 21 tennis courts • wheelchair softball • 2 indoor hockey rinks

18 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan EXISTING Recreation Programs offers adaptive recreation programs for people with The City of Brooklyn Park offers a diverse range of disabilities through a cooperative program (REACH) programs to its residents and visitors. The programs with other West and Northwest metro area cities. The are designed to appeal to people of all ages with Community Activity Center (CAC) and Zanewod a focus on programs and activities for youth and Recreation Center are the primary locations for most teens. Recreation program offerings change over city recreation programs, but programs are also offered time and seasonally to meet community needs. The at area schools, Eidem Homestead Historical Farm, city offers recreation programs run by city staff and Hamilton Art Building, some city parks, and other in collaboration with many partners such as school locations. Some programs, such as youth and senior district community education departments, youth trips, travel to recreation sites outside of the city. The and adult sports associations, other cities, and many city also helps sponsor community events such as others. Local athletic associations offer organized music and concerts, movies in the park, fun runs, leagues for youth and adult sports such as baseball, holiday events, fund raisers, Tater Daze and other softball, soccer, football, basketball, etc. The city also similar events.

Table 3-1. Existing recreation Programs

Category: Examples:

Early Childhood Lil’Tykes, ABC Preschool, Adventure Camp, Tiny Tot Sports, Critter Camp Children’s Activities Egg Hunt, Halloween Party, art zone arts crafts Arts Family Art, Youth Art, watercolor painting Family Volunteering, historical site programs, karate, golf, open gym, holiday parties Youth Sports Gymnastics, swim team, skills camps, karate, intro classes, disc golf, hockey, ice skating Youth Dance Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Break dance Swimming Lessons Youth, teens, adults, Parent & Tot Tennis Group lessons, junior leagues, skills camps, private lessons Golf Group Lesson, leagues, tournaments, private lessons Youth Activities Summer Camps, Horse Camp, Leader in Training, enrichment, art, cheerleading, music lessons Teen Activities Drop-in Teen Center, fishing, sports, arts, river rafting, nature education, open gym, arts Youth Out of School Programs After school activities, school release day programs Teen Leadership Youth Planning Assistant, Teen Advisory Board, Youth Council Adaptive Recreation Inclusion services, swim lessons, wheelchair softball, mental disabilities Active Adults Pickleball, Day trips, Community Band, Softball, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, Ballroom Dance, racquetball Fitness Classes Yoga, Silver Sneakers, Tai Chi, Zumba, Weight Training, Jazzercise, Energetics Senior Activities Senior Club, Senior Center, Forums, Luncheons, Driving course, Bingo, Book club, Card Club, Quilting Music/Movies in the Park, Outdoor Market, Walking Competition, Neighborhood Events, 5K Run, Community Events Historical site events, Dog Park events Environmental Stewardship Adopt a Park, Clean up the Park, community gardens

19 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Figure 3-1. Existing Recreation and Parks System Champlin Legend

Oxbow El. Champlin North Woods Park Park H.S. Existing Trail

PKWY (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park Existing Sidewalk

DOUGLAS D RIVE

U.S.H WY. 169 # Foot Bridge

WINNETKA AVE # # # # # # Foot Bridge - Proposed Northern Trail Park NOBLE Park Oak Grove Park Eidem Environmental Homestead Nature Area Golf Course Founders Historical Site Park CCoonoon RapidsRapids City Owned Properties and Easements

Willows of RegionalRegional ParkPark PKWY Aspen Park Three Rivers Regional Park T.H. 610 §¨¦94 (CSAH 14) Woodland El. Pinebrook Royal Oaks

NOBLE School Noble Sports Park Park # Park Willowstone Park St. Vincents Sch.

WEST BROAD WAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 Riverview El. 93R DBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) # Acres Park Edinbrook Park

Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Osseo Edinbrook El. Park NOBLE T.H. Tessman Zane Sports Park 252 Sp Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANE AVE (C SAH 14) # # Crossing Community Activity Center UV610 Park 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) # CSAH 81 and Armory North Westwood Hennepin Central Park Cottonwood Park Queen Emerson Park C.C. Park Woods Sunny College Park Crestview El. Park Acres River Park

WEST BROAD WAY Park U.S. H WY. 169 Hamilton Park Lad Birch Grove Norwood Park Sunkist Park Park Park UV252 Tessman Birch T.H. Park 252 Green Haven Park Grove El. Parklawn Hennepin City Tech. Col. (CSAH 103) Park Old Town Hall Square Monroe El. BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81 (CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) BROOKLYN BLVD Brookdale Park UV81 Park Monroe School Living Center Park Park Brook El. Village Creek

(CSAH 130) Palmer Lake Word Sch. Park H.S. Palmer Osseo Learning Cntr. Environmental ¤£169 Lake El. Meadowwood Park Nature Area Brookdale Hartkopf Park Frontage Park Zane Court Park

Zanewood Park Zanewood El. Fridley Zanewood Recreation Center r k S yst e m and Pa Existing R e c re ation 69TH AVE # (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94 North View Jr. H.S. Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Brooklyn Center Edgewood El. Park Fair Oaks Park Fair Oaks El. Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows

Park U.S. HU.S. 169 WY. Sunny Lane Edgewood Park Cavelle Park Park Southbrook Park

(CSAH 8)WEST BROADWAY Lincoln Sch. Meadowlake Park 0.50.25 0 0.5 Miles ° 20 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Table 3-2. Existing Recreation and Park facilities

Location Acres Total Facility Restroom Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Field Soccer Area Soccer Practice Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Hill Sliding Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ (Miles) Trails Other Bass Creek Park 78 1 2 1 1 2 1 0.29 Pickleball Ct. Birch Grove Park 13.2 0.08 Brook Oaks Park 11.4 1 1 1 1 Brookdale Park 169 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 5 2.34 Dog Park Brookland GC 37.25 1 1 9 hole Golf Course Brooklyn Acres Park 5.6 1 1 0.3 CAC 18.4 1 1 1 3 Skate park, indoor ice rink, raquetball, walking track, Rec Center, Gymnasium Cavell Park 9.5 1 0.05 Central Park 43.1 1 1 3 1 2 2 12 2 1 2 1 5 1.18 Portable Warming House, 9 disc golf holes, Football Field Cherry Meadows Park 3 1 0.12 City Park 3.2 1 1 1 0.09 College Park 6 1 1 1 1 1 0.14 Cottonwood Park 9.7 1 1 0.03 Backstop Turf Field Edgewood Park 3.6 1 1 0.02 Edinbrook Elementary (Zane SP) 7.5 2 Edinbrook Park 5.8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.18 Edinburgh USA GC 160 1 1 18 hole Golf Course Eidem Historical Farm 11.9 1 0.11 2 Farm Houses, Farm Out-Buildings, 80 Comm. Garden Plots Emerson Woods Park 7.2 1 1 0.02 Environmental Nature Area 153 2 3 1 2 0.55 Archery Range Fair Oaks Park 8.8 1 Cricket Pitch Founders Park 12.9 1 1 1 1 1.32 Practice Lacrosse Field Future Park 31 Greenhaven Park 29 1 1 1 1 Hamilton Park 18.3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0.82 Hartkopf Park 25.6 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0.87 Jewell Park 14.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.03 Lad Park 3.7 1 1 1 0.05 Lakeland Park 10.2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0.02 Cricket Pitch Maitland Park 8.5 1 1 0.33 Meadowlake Park 6.4 0.03 Meadowwood Park 4 1 1 1 Monroe Park 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.12 Noble Sport Park 51.6 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 6 3 0.92 Sand Volleyball Ct. Northern Trail Park 22 1 1 1 1 Northwoods Park 56.3 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 0.67 Wheelchair Field

21 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Table 3-2. Existing Recreation and Park facilities (continued)

Location Acres Total Facility Restroom Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Field Soccer Area Soccer Practice Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Hill Sliding Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ (Miles) Trails Other Norwood Park 25.1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 0.37 Portable Warming House O&M Campus/Yard 20 Oak Grove Park 104 1 2 2 1 1 1.3 Orchard Trail Park 13 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0.64 3 Disc Golf Holes, Backstop Turf Field Palmer Lake Nature Area 111.2 1 1 1 2 0.94 Parklawn Park 5 1 1 1 0.19 Pinebrook Park 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0.42 Sand Volleyball Ct. Queen Park 9.7 1 1 0.09 River Park 37.49 1 2 4 1 2 1 2 1 0.95 Boat Launch, Cricket Pitch, Sand Volleyball Ct. Royal Oaks Park 9.2 1 1 1 0.32 Backstop Turf Field Southbrook Park 9 0.34 110 Comm. Garden Plots Stratford Crossing Park 1.8 1 1 1 Striefel Park 1.3 1 0.12 Sunkist Park 5.4 1 1 1 0.12 Sunny Acres Park 5.2 1 1 0.16 Sunnylane Park 3.5 1 2 1 1 1 1 0.06 Tessman Acres Park 6.2 1 1 0.4 Tessman Park 17 1 1 1 0.48 Town Square East 0.25 Town Square West 0.05 Trinity Gardens Park 25.1 1 1 1 1.88 Village Creek Park 6 1 3 1 3 0.55 Waite Park East 1.3 Waite Park West 2.8 1 0.35 Westwood Park 0.75 Willows of Aspen Park 5.2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0.49 Sand Volleyball Ct. Willowstone Park 18.4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0.33 Lacrosse Field Zane Court Park 1 1 1 1 0.03 Zane Sports Park 54.7 2 1 1 4 4 9 1 0.53 Zanewood Park 6.8 1 2 3 1 0.24 Zanewood Recreation Center Rec Center, Gymnasium

22 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Table 3-2. Existing Recreation and Park facilities - Schools / Civic Institutions

Location Classification Facility Restroom Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Field Soccer (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Hill Sliding Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Gymnasium (Miles) Trails Other Birch Grove Elementary School 1 2 1 3 1 Brooklyn Junior High School 2 2 Pool Champlin Park High School School 12 3 4 2 3 Football Field, Lacrosse Field Crestview Elementary School 1 1 2 1 0.15 Crossroads Alliance Church Civic 1 2 1 Edinbrook Elementary School 1 1 3 Edgewood Elementary School 1 1 1 2 1 1 Fair Oaks Elementary School 1 2 1 Cricket Pitch Hennepin Technical College School Prairie Seeds Acad. (Lincoln Elem) School 1 1 1 1 Backstop Turf Field Maranatha C.A School 1 Monroe Elementary School 1 4 1 Northview Junior High School 4 1 3 3 2 Pool North Hennepin CC School 2 1 Osseo ALC School Oxbow Creek Elementary School 1 1 2 1 2 Palmer Lake Elementary School 1 1 2 1 1 Park Brook Elementary School 1 1 1 2 1 1 Park Center Senior High School 8 1 3 2 4 Outdoor Artificial Turf Riverview Elementary School 1 1 St. Vincents Civic 1 1 1 Salvation Army Civic 1 1 1 Woodland Elementary School 1 1 3 Zanewood Elementary School 2 1 1 2

23 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Access toreek Parks Figure 3-2. Access to Parks

Legend Champlin Legend Parks What We Saw .5 mile service area North Woods Park *

PKWY (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park *

• Residents have convenient DOUGLAS DRIVE *

U.S. 169HWY. access to parks. Coon Rapids Dam *

Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNETKAAVE * Northern Trail Park • 95% of residential areas * Oak Grove Park NOBLE are within 1/2 mile Eidem Environmental * Homestead Coon Rapids Founders Nature Area Historical Site Regional Park * Park (approx. 10 minute walk) * Willows of

of a park. PKWY Aspen Park Darker color shows service area overlap

T.H. 610 Residential >.5 miles from a park (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks

• While there are ample NOBLE Maple Grove Noble Sports Park Park Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

parks in the southwest, WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) the area is lacking Acres community-scale park Park Edinbrook Park Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park amenities. Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE T.H. Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S • There will be a need for at Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Fridley Course Crossing least one new community Park Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CSAH 81 and Armory park in the northwest Westwood Cottonwood Park Emerson Park Central Park Queen Woods portion of the City along Park College Park Park Sunny River Park with future development. U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Lad Norwood Park Birch Grove Sunkist Park Park Park Tessman Park T.H. Greenhaven Park Park 252

City

(CSAH 103) Park Park Lawn Park BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOKLYN BLVD

Monroe School Village Creek Palmer Lake Park (CSAH 130) Park Environmental Meadowwood Park Hartkopf Park Nature Area Zane Court Park

Zanewood Park

Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94

Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park

Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Sunny Lane Cavell Park Eagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park Plymouth New Hope Crystal For Context: 56 parks and 1,287 acres of parkland

24 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Figure 3-3. Access to Natural Areas Access to natural areas Champlin Legend

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WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 City. 93RDBBrooklyn rAVEook l y (CSAn H 30) AAcrescres PParkark EEdinbrookdinbrook PParkark • Physical access to the river TTrinityrinity PKWY GGardensardens JJewellewell PParkark is abundant and includes MMaitlandaitland PParkark Osseo PParkark NOBLE T.H. Coon Rapids Regional TTessmanessman ZZaneane S Sportsports P Parkark 252 S SStratfordtratford BBrookrook OOaksaks PParkark AAcrescres PParkark ZANE AVE (CSAH 14) EEdinburghdinburgh GGolfolf CCourseourse CCrossingrossing Park as well as River Park. CommunityCommunity ActivityActivity CenterCenter PParkark 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) The city has roughly CS AH 81 andand ArmoryArmory WWestwoodestwood CCottonwoodottonwood PParkark EEmersonmerson PParkark five miles of Mississippi CCentralentral PParkark WWoodsoods CCollegeollege PParkark PParkark RRiveriver PParkark River shoreline, of which

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CCherryherry CS AH 81 MMeadowseadows EEdgewooddgewood PParkark

PParkark U.S. 169 HWY. SSunnyunny LLaneane CCavellavell PParkark PParkark SSouthbrookouthbrook PParkark 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY Miles ° MMeadowlakeeadowlake PParkark

25 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan diversity Figure 3-4. Racial Diversity reek

What We Saw Champlin Legend % Minority • Brooklyn Park is one North Woods Park

PKWY 0 of the most racially (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park

DOUGLAS DRIVE

U.S. HWY. 169 1-25 diverse communities Coon Rapids Dam

Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNE TK AVE A 25-50 in Minnesota and is Northern Trail Park NOBLE Oak G rove Park 50-75 continuing to grow Eidem Environmental Homestead Coon Rapids Founders Nature Area Historical Site Regional Park more diverse. Minority Park 75-100 Willows of

populations have risen PKWY Aspen Park

T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH from 28.85% of the Pinebrook Royal O aks Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park population in 2000 to Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 47.5 % in 2010. Of 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSA H 30) Acres these groups, 18.75% Park Edinbrook Park Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park were born outside Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE T.H. of the United States Tessman Zane Sports Park 252 S Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANE AVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Course Crossing Fridley (compared to less than Park Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CS AH 81 and Armory 1% in 2000). Westwood Emerson Park Cottonwood Park Queen Central Park Woods Park • There is a need to College Park Park Sunny River Park U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Lad Norwood Park Birch Grove Sunkist Park supply recreation Park Park Tessman Park T.H. and parks facilities Greenhaven Park Park 252 City

(CSAH 103) Park and activities that are Park Lawn

BROOKLYN BLVDCS AH 81 (CSAH 130) Park (CSAH 152) Old Tow n Hall Square Brookdale Park more relevant to these BROOK LYN BLVD Monroe School Village Creek

(CSAH 130) Palmer Lake Park groups. Park Environmental Meadowwood Park Hartkopf Park Nature Area • There is a need to better Zane Court Park communicate about Zanewood Park Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE available facilities, (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94 programs, events and Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 policies. Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CS AH 81 Meadow s Edgewood Park

Park U.S. 169 HWY. Sunny Lane Cavell Park Eagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY Miles ° Meadow lake Park Plymouth New Hope Crystal *Blocks with only 1 person have been removed due to data blurring

For Context: 2010 minority population in Hennepin County: 20%

26 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan recreation for all ages The SPLASH* project What We Saw A study conducted by the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Park and • The City has a high portion of youth, 25% are under 19 years old. Metropolitan Council population Recreation Board from September 1st to estimates indicate that the community will continue to have a high proportion of young people over the November 7th, 2010 found that: next 20 years. Foreign-born and minority population • There is a need to continue to provide programs for teens with focus on youth resiliency, juvenile crime groups experience much higher level of prevention, and out of school time development. park use constraints. Language barriers and • While the percentage of seniors in Brooklyn Park is expected to remain relatively constant over the next 20 cultural beliefs and restrictions are the highest years their numbers will grow and recreation and health trends indicate they will remain more active later levels of constraint. Personal health, lack of in life. There will be a need to provide more individual participant activities such as fitness and wellness a companion and lack of transportation are programs, particularly for women. also constraints. • There is a need to continue to provide programs for families and adults, who are and will remain a high Foreign-born and minority population proportion of the community. groups are more likely to have safety concerns and to feel less welcomed by staff Table 3-3. Population projections and other users. US Census Counts Projections 2010 2020 2030 2010 - 2030 Greater community level engagement, Subject Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent % Change pedestrian convenience, and pedestrian Total population 75,781 100 84,000 100 89,000 100 17.44 safety are found to increase park use for all Under 5 years 6,599 8.7 7,236 8.6 7470 8.4 13.20 races. 5 to 9 years 6,189 8.2 6842 8.2 7053 7.9 13.96 Though there is some racial divide in 10 to 14 years 5,668 7.5 6291 7.5 6419 7.2 13.25 preferences for some park facilities there are 15 to 19 years 5,521 7.3 6128 7.3 6496 7.3 17.66 commonalities. Picnic areas, playgrounds, 20 to 24 years 5,254 6.9 5832 6.9 6082 6.8 15.76 gardens, swimming areas, biking and 25 to 29 years 5,803 7.7 6441 7.6 6927 7.8 19.37 walking paths, drinking water, restrooms, 30 to 34 years 5,596 7.4 6212 7.4 6785 7.6 21.25 and lighting are priorities for all races. 35 to 39 years 5,389 7.1 5982 7.1 6491 7.3 20.45 40 to 44 years 5,196 6.9 5768 6.7 6114 6.9 17.68 The study area for the project includes the 45 to 49 years 5,431 7.2 6028 7.2 6691 7.5 23.20 Harrison, Powderhorn, Ventura Village, East 50 to 54 years 5,277 7 5857 7.1 6208 7.0 17.64 Phillips and Midtown Phillips communities 55 to 59 years 4,404 5.8 4888 5.8 5281 5.9 19.91 in Minneapolis, MN. 60 to 64 years 3,526 4.7 3914 4.7 4249 4.8 20.50 * SPLASH – Survey of Parks, Leisure-time 65 to 69 years 2,139 2.8 2374 2.8 2616 2.9 22.30 activity, and Self-reported Health 70 to 74 years 1,389 1.8 1542 1.8 1635 1.8 17.71 75 to 79 years 1,044 1.4 1159 1.5 1229 1.4 17.72 80 to 84 years 742 1 824 1.1 873 1.0 17.65 85 years and over 614 0.8 682 0.9 723 0.8 17.75 *Projections are based on the Component-Cohort Model of Extrapolation 27 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Income Disparity

What We Saw

• From 1999 to 2010, Brooklyn Park saw a 340% increase in the number of children under 4 living in poverty, the largest increase in Northwest Hennepin County (source: Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council). This highlights the need for low cost high quality early childhood programs and programs for families. Many of these programs will need to be subsidized. • Participation in Free/Reduced Lunch programs in Brooklyn Park Schools is higher than the County and State averages in all schools with the exception of Woodland Elementary. This indicates the need for low/ no cost programs that benefit the community. • There is a need to continue to provide affordable and accessible programs, particularly for youth and low income families. • There is a need to better communicate scholarship programs offered by athletic associations and providers.

Free/Reduced Lunch numbers for schools in Brooklyn Park: (State average is 36.6%/ Hennepin County is 42.2%) Park Center HS 57.7% North View HS 67.4% Brooklyn Jr High 56.7% Birch Grove Elementary 63.5% Crest View Elementary 84.5% Edenbrook Elementary 48.8% Fair Oaks Elementary 86.6% Garden City Elementary 79.1% Palmer Lake Elementary 65.1% Park Brook Elementary 75.8% Woodland Elementary 19.5% Zanewood Community School 83.3%

28 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan mobility Figure 3-5. Mobility What We Saw k

• Better access to programs Champlin Legend is needed in low mobility Mobility North Woods Park

PKWY

areas. (CSAH 103) 0 More Mobile Orchard Trail Park

DOUGLAS DRIVE • Convenient access/ U.S. HWY. 169 Coon Rapids Dam 1

transportation to parks Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNE TK AVE A 2 Northern Trail Park NOBLE and programs for teens is Oak G rove Park Eidem Environmental 3 Homestead Coon Rapids Founders Nature Area Historical Site Regional Park needed. Park 4 Willows of

PKWY Aspen Park 5

T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal O aks NOBLE 6 The low mobility analysis identifiesMa ple Grove Noble Sports Park Park Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 households with limited mobility: T.H. 610 7 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSA H 30) Acres children (5-14), the elderly (65+), Park Edinbrook Park 8

Trinity PKWY those in poverty and households Gardens Jewell Park 9 Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE without cars. T.H. Tessman Zane Sports Park 252 10 Sprin Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANE AVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Course Crossing Fridley Park 11 Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CS AH 81 and Armory Low mobility is calculated in two Westwood 12 Less Mobile Emerson Park Cottonwood Park Queen Central Park Woods Park ways- based on the percentage of College Park Park Sunny River Park U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Lad Norwood Park Birch Grove Sunkist Park the total population in a census Park Park Tessman Park T.H. block and based on the density of Greenhaven Park Park 252 City

(CSAH 103) Park these population groups. Park Lawn

BROOKLYN BLVDCS AH 81 (CSAH 130) Park (CSAH 152) Old Tow n Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOK LYN BLVD

Monroe Village Creek School

(CSAH 130) Palmer Lake Park Park Environmental The darker pink color on the Meadowwood Park Hartkopf Park Nature Area mobility map indicates areas where Zane Court Park Zanewood Park the percentage or density of people Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) with low mobility is high compared INTERSTATE 94 to other areas in Brooklyn Park. Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CS AH 81 Meadow s Edgewood Park

Data sources: 2010 census data by Park U.S. 169 HWY. Sunny Lane Cavell Park block group, 2005-2009 Americanagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY Miles ° Community Survey). Modeled after Meadow lake Park work done by the Metropolitan Design Plymouth New Hope Crystal Center and the Trust for Public Land Minnesota in June 2005.

29 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan system condition

What We Saw

• For the most part, park facilities are well maintained, in good condition, and meet ADA accessibility guidelines. • Additional artificial turf fields are needed to improve playing conditions, reduce field maintenance needs and allow for three season use.

30 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan recreational facility mix

What We Saw

• Continue to provide a wide mix of recreation programs and facilities to cater to Brooklyn Park resident’s diverse recreation interests. • Add access to water play/aquatic facilities. • Adjust the facility supply based on demographic and recreation trends. • For tennis, focus on creating locations with groups of four or more high quality courts with lights. • There is a need for more soccer and lacrosse fields. • There is a need for fewer general neighborhood ice skating rinks. • There is a need for more basketball courts. • Maximize use of and enliven the Community Activity Center. • Increase opportunities for high quality indoor recreation. • Have additional community involvement in the neighborhood park planning process to ensure that desired activities are being provided and to make sure that parks are meaningful places.

31 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan active living Figure 3-6. Active Living Legend What We Saw Champlin Legend Existing Trail • While Brooklyn Park Existing Sidewalk Planned Sidewalk

PKWY

has an extensive trail (CSAH 103) Planned Trail

DOUGLAS DRIVE # Foot Bridge - Existing

and sidewalk network, U.S. HWY. 169 # Foot Bridge - Planned

the size of the City WINNE TK AVE A # # Access to Trail and Sidewalk Network (Bike-Walk) and distance between NOBLE Access to Sidewalk Network (Walk Only) destinations make Existing Residential Land Use

pedestrian and bicycle PKWY

access challenging. T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH

• Safe pedestrian and NOBLE

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 bicycle crossings at 93RD AVE (CSA H 30) T.H. 610 busy streets are needed, particularly along and PKWY Osseo NOBLE crossing Zane Avenue. T.H. 252 S

ZANE AVE (CSAH 14) • There is a need to close # 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) sidewalk/trail gaps on CS AH 81 busier (collector or

higher) roads in the U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY

T.H. southern and central 252

parts of the City. (CSAH 103)

BROOKLYN BLVDCS AH 81 (CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) • There is a need to close BROOK LYN BLVD

gaps in the bicycle (CSAH 130) network in the southern portion of the City with Fridley

off-road trails and bike 69TH AVE # (CO. RD. 130) lanes. INTERSTATE 94 INTERSTATE 94 Brooklyn Center • There is a need to connect to the CS AH 81 Community Activity U.S. 169 HWY. The City of Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks has embraced 0 0.50.25 Center and Zanewood (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY the Active Living by Design program. This is a nationwideMiles program° Recreation Center. of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based at the School of Public Health at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. For Context: The City has 112 miles The program was established to create and promote environments of Sidewalks, 65 miles of off-road that emphasize safety and convenience for people to be more paved trails and no on-road physically active. bicycle facilities

32 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan sustainability What We Saw

Financial Sustainability • Today, the Recreation and Parks System is financially sustainable. The Recreation and Parks Department is able to provide programs within its budget. In addition, the Operations and Maintenance Department is able to maintain existing facilities at current funding levels. • Continue to maximize partnerships with local schools, athletic associations, and others. • Carefully evaluate future facility additions to make sure they are sustainable. • Additional funding will be needed to move from a good recreation and parks system to a great system (higher quality facilities, art in the parks, signature features with regional draw).

Environmental Sustainability • With projects, utilize the latest sustainable construction practices. • Where practical, treat storm water on- site. • Reduce amount of mowed turf system wide.

33 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Community Survey What We Heard: In July, 2011 the City of Brooklyn Park and Decision Resources conducted a statistically valid city wide phone survey gathering resident input on a Survey results wide range of topics. 400 residents responded to the survey. Ten topic areas • Residents are happy with the parks and recreation system: specifically related to recreation and parks. The survey has a margin of error * 93% feel that there is about the right amount of parks and open spaces. of +/- 5 % with a 95% accuracy rate. * 86% feel that there are about the right amount of trails and bikeways. * 92% feel park maintenance is excellent to good. Which parks and recreation facility * 92% of respondents feel the current mix of recreation opportunities in the would you prioritize for renovation or Which park and recreation facilitiesaddi wouldtions you inprioritize the fu tforur e?renovation or additions in the future? City sufficiently meets the needs of their household. * 87% feel that recreation programs and services are excellent to good. Don't Know/Refused * When asked about recreation programs, most people responded that the 13% Trails 16% amount of programs is about right. * 93% rate park and recreation facilities as excellent-good. • Most used facilities: Large Community Parks None 8% * Neighborhood parks (63%) 16% * Trails (59%) * Large Community Parks (58%) Athletic Complexes Something Else 7% • Facilities with smaller, but significant use are: 1% * The Community ctivitiesA Center (35%) Historical Farm 5% * Athletic Complexes (33%) * The istoricalH Farm (24%) Community Activities Center Smaller Neighborhood Parks * Golf Courses (22%). 11% 20% Golf Courses • Park safety is an important issue. Though 41% of respondents felt that crime 3% and gangs are the most serious issues facing the City as a whole, 71% agreed that Source: July 2011 Community Survey children are safe playing in City parks.

Though most residents are happy there is room for improvement.

• Among the of respondents who are less satisfied, top needs are: a swimming pool, more trails, additional sports leagues, ball fields, gymnasium space, and programs for teenagers.

34 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Community Meetings and Questionnaires community input What We Heard: Over 450 people provided input on needs though an extensive outreach effort. Input was provide at community meetings and events and through on-line questionnaires. Input methods included: Overall Park System • A partner organization and athletic association focus group held on October 25, 2011. • There is a need for signature parks and facilities • Task Force input on the existing system and challenges facing the City held August 30th, 2011. that enhance community image, contribute • A community open house: held on October 4, 2011. Residents were given the opportunity to provide input to community pride, and spur economic on how they use the existing system, needs, how they would like to see things change, and priorities. development. • An on-line questionnaire: from August to December 2011, 243 individuals completed an on-line questionnaire • There is a need to more closely coordinate new regarding park and recreation needs and ideas for the future. signature parks with private development, and • Youth outreach: from September to December 2011, 102 youth took a short on-line questionnaire regarding the city’s economic development plans. recreation and park needs and ideas for the future. • Most people are happy with the current park • Minority and immigrant outreach: In November and December 2011, the City distributed a short system. questionnaire at recreation and parks events and at churches. Over 100 people, many of them representing • Many residents use the recreation and parks minority groups filled out the questionnaire. system more than once a week. Trails, the Community Activity Center, Zanewood, sports fields, picnic shelters, and playground Which of the following improvements or additions to the Brooklyn Park recreation and parks system would you be willing to support? (i.e. though a equipment all receive a lot of use. temporary or annual property tax increase) Results from the on-line recreation • Renovation of existing parks is a priority. and parks on-line questionnaire • Improvements to neighborhood and Great and Great Marginal No Marginal Improvement Priority Category community parks are priorities. support support support Support • Parks should be more welcoming to all 75.3% 46.3% 29.0% 24.7% Additions to and extension of bike/walk trails members of the community. 76.4% 28.8% 47.6% 23.6% Renovation of existing parks • Include art and beauty in the park system. 64.8% 24.7% 40.1% 35.2% Improvements to neighborhood parks • There is a desire to move from a good recreation 68.7% 34.1% 36.6% 29.3% Improvements to community parks and parks system to a great system. There is a 63.4% 31.5% 31.9% 36.6% Improvements to existing athletic complexes desire for more art in the parks, more event 44.8% 24.6% 42.2% 33.2% Improvements to existing passive nature parks programming, and specialty facilities that 62.8% 23.1% 39.7% 37.1% Improvements to natural resource management instill community pride and set Brooklyn Park More alternative recreation (skateboard, climbing, BMX apart from neighboring communities. 47.8% 15.5% 32.3% 52.2% tracks, mountain bike trails, disc golf, etc. Renovation of the Community Activity Center/Senior 60.4% 18.5% 41.9% 39.6% Center 66.2% 38.1% 28.1% 33.8% Indoor aquatic center Renovation/Addition of the Zanewood Recreation Center/ 48.6% 12.6% 36% 51.3% Teen Center

35 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan community input (CONT.) Equity gardening, bicycling skills, and culturally What We Heard (cont): • Provide financial and physical access to oriented programs. programs for low mobility residents. • Provide low-no cost programs and coordinate/ Facilities Maintenance and Upkeep partner with social service agencies to provide • Swimming/water play facilities. • Maintenance and upkeep is currently good, high quality early childhood and youth and is a priority for the future. enrichment • More multi-purpose fields (soccer-lacrosse). • Winter maintenance, particularly of trails is a • Participation in low cost sports like basketball • Artificial turf fields that can withstand high priority. and soccer is rising. use. • There is a desire for Brooklyn Park to have Sustainable Funding Active Living one or more high quality, signature recreation facility with a regional draw. • Continued stable funding is needed, • Connect existing trails. particularly as facilities are added or improved. • There is a need for high quality indoor gym • Provide for safer pedestrian and bicycle space. crossings of busy roads. Partnerships and Volunteers • Provide more trails and bikeways. Safety • There is a need to develop public-private • Provide transportation to programs, partnerships to enhance existing parks and • Continued and improved park safety is a top particularly for teens. create new parks with signature facilities that priority. contribute to economic development. • Though residents feel relatively safe in parks, Natural Areas • Continue to have strong partnerships with there is a need to maintain and improve the the schools, neighboring cities, athletic • Provide more visual/physical access to the perception of park safety with greater park use, associations. Mississippi River. police patrols, removal of graffiti and litter. • Include residents in the neighborhood planning process to ensure parks reflect Recreation Programs Communications neighborhood needs and identity. • More programs after school, in the evenings, • The use of social media such as the Recreation • Volunteers will be increasingly important and on weekends should be offered. and Parks Department Facebook presence for the delivery of recreation programs. A • Programs for families, children, and teens are is an important communication tool. dedicated effort and staff resources are needed a priority. Continue to utilize new forms and methods to to effectively utilize, recognize and maximize communicate with residents. • Access to program locations should be the benefits from volunteers. improved (other convenient locations, shuttle • Posters and flyers, the City newsletter, the busses, improved bike-walk connections). newspaper, the City website, direct mailings are all effective ways to communicate with • Currently there is a strong selection of residents. traditional programs. Evaluate offering more non-traditional programs such as mountain • There is a need to improve outreach and biking, geo-caching, climbing/bouldering, communication with recent immigrants.

36 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Brooklyn Park Recreation Needs Assessment Summary and Parks Today The Good News Brooklyn park has a good park system that meets the • High resident satisfaction. needs of most residents. The Community Activity Center is a community place where many go for • Extensive, well distributed park system. programs, the ice arenas are two of the best in the area, the new Zanewood Teen Center is a haven for teens, • Clean, safe, well maintained parks. Edinbrough USA Golf Course has a national reputation, • Strong partnerships with schools and athletic associations. and the many miles of trails and acres of natural areas are loved by many. Most residents are satisfied with the • Wide variety of recreation facilities. system and many would like to see it get even better. • Strong and varied recreation programs. At the same time, the demographic make up of the City The Needs has been changing rapidly, and the recreation and parks system needs to change to remain relevant to newcomers. • Move from good system to a great system that generates community pride and identity Current challenges include maintaining park safety, and acts as a catalyst for development by including art, greater attention to aesthetics, designing parks to be welcoming to all and reflect the and unique community-scale facilities. community’s diversity, providing safe access to parks and recreation for low mobility populations, providing • Fine-tune the facility mix (add aquatics, multi-purpose turf fields, basketball courts, high quality programs at low cost, creating new parks/ specialty facilities, high quality indoor gym space, more picnicking). redeveloping old parks to spur economic development, • Better connect the bike-walk system and make it safer. and making new residents aware of programs and opportunities. • Continue to renovate parks to make them more welcoming, safer, and more reflective of the community’s diversity. • Better access to programs for low income populations (physical and financial access). • To remain sustainable by matching resources with future needs and desires.

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38 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapter 4 Where We Are Going

s indicated by the community survey and Brooklyn Park is one of the most diverse cities in the identified in the needs assessment of this Twin Cities metropolitan area. This could lead to an plan, Brooklyn Park’s Recreation and Parks exciting future—if all residents can find reasons to DepartmentA is doing a very good job. City residents remain in the community and put down roots and if are satisfied with the city’s parks facilities and program the recreation and parks system can attract new residents offerings. This indicates that many of the fundamental and new jobs. Parks and recreation opportunities are purposes of parks and recreation—providing places regularly cited as primary reasons why people stay in or to play, offering diverse and engaging programs, move to a community. Put simply: a great park system linking people to both athletics and nature—are being helps build a great community. Brooklyn Park Recreation accomplished. However, the community and recreation and Parks can help to accomplish the city’s mission of needs are changing. inclusiveness, pride, and vitality across all geographical, racial, social, economic, and demographic lines. It can The questions are, then, how to move the city’s park do so by maintaining the excellent park system it has and and recreation offerings from good to great and how by making targeted improvements in these six key areas. to assure that the recreation and park system is relevant to the community. Also noted in the needs assessment are a lack of unique, or signature, community parks, a need for more diverse programming and facilities, and a concern that parks might not be welcoming enough for some residents. In addition, a system where nearly everyone is satisfied can lead to complacency. It is therefore imperative to guard against erosion of the current high quality environment.

39 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan FOCUS AREAS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

1. Engagement

Multiple languages are spoken in Brooklyn Park. About 50% of city residents identify as minorities. There is a significant demographic difference between the northern and southern halves of the city. Park facilities and recreation programs are opportunities to bring the community together, but that will require the ability to work with everyone in the community. The city as a whole, through its Community Engagement Initiative, is already working to connect with all residents. Recreation and Parks can both link into and add to this initiative, by asking honestly what residents want from their parks and recreation programs, and by asking residents to take part in moving the system from good to great.

2. maintenance and Safety

As new opportunities are added to a parks and recreation system, there is always the danger that existing facilities will fall by the wayside—that budgets will be stretched thinner and corners will be cut. Recreation and Parks must carefully guard against this possibility. Brooklyn Park’s park system gets high marks from the community on its cleanliness, equipment safety, and overall quality. As the park system expands its facility types and program offerings, it cannot abandon its current excellence. All future improvements should be made in the context of maintaining the existing high level of quality, while also making all facilities and programs even more welcoming Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park to all residents.

40 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan 3. Recreation Facilities and 5. Trails partnerships, will become increasingly important. The Parks value of parks and recreation is immeasurable. Recreation Consistently the most desired and most economical and Parks must continually make this case, not just to When people think of a park and recreation system they recreation offering, trails serve a variety of important city administration and elected officials, but to residents tend to think about physical places: the Community purposes. They bring the park system closer to every and outside funders, too. Activity Center, the neighborhood tot-lot, the local resident, by extending a web of linear parks into ballfield. Brooklyn Park has a well-developed system neighborhoods. They offer transportation alternatives, with a good diversity of recreation infrastructure, which is valuable for all residents and beneficial to the movement of the system from good to great may the environment—and is especially helpful in low- require the creation of marquis park facilities that mobility neighborhoods. They provide active recreation can serve as a catalyst for commercial and residential with a minimum of initial investment and ongoing development and redevelopment. Additionally, as the maintenance. Brooklyn Park has a decent trail network, city’s demographics change, it is important to consider but it has many gaps. Since the true power of a trail what new opportunities should be brought into the is its connections between places, gaps are inherently mix. What form these changes take, in light of a diverse problematic and should be closed. However, as fantastic community’s desires and funding realities, is an exciting as trails are, they can be difficult to implement in question that should be answered carefully and over time. developed communities like Brooklyn Park. Recreation and Parks will likely need to partner with other public 4. Programs agencies and private landowners in order to create the connected system that will bring the most benefit to Just as park and recreation users may identify with their residents. local park site, they also hold heart-felt attachments to recreation programs. Brooklyn Park offers a broad- 6. Funding ranging suite of classes, athletics, and enrichment activities, but its programs may need to become even It is of course no secret that funding is generally tight more broad in light of the city’s increasing diversity these days for any community. In addition, the city’s and the desire within society at large for more variety. Open Space Land Acquisition and Development Recreation and Parks will need to consider not just what Fund (OSLAD) will be depleted as the city builds out. types of programs it offers, but also where and in what Brooklyn Park will need to get creative when considering format those programs are delivered to the public. By improvements to the park and recreation system. The expanding both the subject matter and the format of its city must also recognize the importance of parks and recreation programs, Recreation and Parks can engage recreation to the community as a whole and to the with a larger cross-section of residents. For example, thriving future it envisions. In any case, Recreation neighborhood specific programs and activities may and Parks should carefully consider improvements in encourage participation by new immigrants and diverse light of what it can afford—without sacrificing the cultural groups. quality parks and programs residents currently enjoy. Diversified funding sources, including private-public

41 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan THE CITY’S MISSION

Brooklyn Park’s Community Engagement Initiative is looking to the community to create the city’s “intended future.” The city-wide mission indicates how all departments and officials hope to unify Brooklyn Park:

“A thriving community, inspiring pride, where opportunities exist for all.”

Residents already have pride in their park and recreation system. That fact is just the beginning of how Recreation and Parks can help to fulfill the city’s overall mission. By moving the system, over time, from good to great and more relevant to the community at large, Recreation and Parks will help create both a thriving community and opportunities for all.

Thriving Community

Because parks are one of the most desirable community amenities, maintaining the excellence of the park and recreation system and improving it over time will encourage long tenancy and encourage new investment in the community. An excellent park and recreation system will also encourage new residents to consider moving to the city, all of which creates a cycle of success: more residents means more business opportunities, which can bring more residents. Residents will also thrive socially when surrounded by a park and recreation system that meets their needs and offers places for relaxation, play, and gathering.

42 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Opportunities for All

Parks and recreation programs are open to everyone. They provide opportunities to everyone. Recreation and Parks opens them even further by breaking down tuition barriers through scholarships and subsidized fees. More progress is possible, though. By making programs and the physical parks themselves more welcoming, Recreation and Parks can truly open the public lands so that everyone can thrive.

Inspiring Pride

Residents like the park and recreation system, some, as stated above, have great pride in it. It is not necessarily, however, the talk of the town—or region. By creating unique signature parks, making targeted improvements in the mix of offerings, highlighting the Mississippi River, and by completing a fully linked trail network, Recreation and Parks can build on its already excellent system and create one that inspires pride. Signature parks can act as catalysts for new residential and commercial development in the city. Because parks and recreation are often inextricably linked to the city itself, pride in the park and recreation system will translate to pride in the community as a whole. For example, in examples as close to home as Gold Medal Park in Minneapolis to as far as Bryant Park in New York City, high quality open spaces developed in public-private partnerships are attracting new residents, businesses and visitors while contributing to community identity and pride.

43 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Movie in the Park. Photo source: City of Brooklyn Park

44 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapter 5 HowPurpose, FocusWe Areas, Will Goals, And Get Objectives There

uilding on the city’s mission of inclusiveness, • Excitement: Parks and recreation programs offer The objectives are the specific tasks Recreation and Parks Recreation and Parks envisions its own challenges not available anywhere else. People will undertake in order to accomplish the focus area goals department-wide purpose: come to the parks or participate in programs to and the overall purpose (and, by extension, the city’s B see or do something different, to escape from their mission). There are a total of 53 objectives across the To engage the entire community in providing work-lives, and to socialize and play with friends six focus areas. Each is written as an active statement, and family. Recreation and Parks will continue to flexible, welcoming, and exciting play for all. on which progress can be tracked. operate a system that provides excitement in play. • Engagement with the Entire Community. Recreation and Parks must provide for play—of many Chapter 6 identifies priorities, which are drawn from the The desire to serve all Brooklyn Park residents, types and to many people. Beyond that, the purpose objectives in this chapter. The priorities are: along with the desire to collaborate with the statement and the remainder of this chapter offer specific community and businesses on improvements, is detail on how that will be accomplished. The purpose what drives Recreation and Parks. Create more unique parks statement recognizes four critical elements of the entire 1 recreation and parks system. These philosophies are To accomplish the purpose of Brooklyn Park Recreation Create a more connected trail system reflected throughout the focus areas and objectives that and Parks, this plan is divided into six focus areas, each 2 will drive ongoing improvements: of which has a single, over-arching goal and a series of Integrate arts into the park system • Flexibility: The system will be able to make specific objectives. 3 adjustments over time without significant capital Provide more equitable access to recreation investment. This idea addresses the changing Thesix focus areas are: Engagement, Maintenance 4 demographics of the community and will allow and Safety, Facilities and Parks, Programs, Trails, programs and parks Recreation and Parks to more effectively meet and Funding. They constitute broad categories resident desires. of Recreation and Parks activities, initiatives, and 5 Add key recreation facilities • Welcome: All residents should, above all, improvements. The six goals (one for each focus area) perceive that they are free to enjoy park facilities provide the primary direction for the objectives for each Priority Icons are located next to objectives that and programs. They should feel comfortable in focus area. contribute to the priorities listed above and described the parks and when participating in programs. in Chapter 6. Recreation and Parks strives to make this the case throughout the system, and will continue to make this a high priority. 45 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan FOCUS AREA 1: ENGAGEMENT 1-2. Develop a process for community and 1 neighborhood involvement in the design GOAL: WE WILL ENGAGE THE ENTIRE and planning processes for parks with COMMUNITY consideration of:

• Coordinating efforts with the City’s Community Community engagement is a fundamental City goal and Engagement Initiative a key to delivering meaningful, relevant recreation that is reflective of the community’s rich cultural heritage. • Utilizing engagement methods found effective by Engagement is essential to ensure that the recreation the Community Engagement Initiative and parks system is reflective of diverse community interests and needs. 4 1-3. Improve outreach to immigrant and minority groups by: OBJECTIVES • Strengthening relationships with existing organized groups that serve minorities and recent immigrants 1-1. Design and program for community • Actively recruiting minority and recent immigrants 3 gathering or festival opportunities, and as volunteers and interns for smaller informal gatherings by: • Reducing language barriers by: • Designing community gathering spaces for festivals * Offering translation services and events during park renovation and planning for new parks. These gathering spaces will be * Translating written material into multiple designed appropriately for the particular park languages under development or renovation, considering the * Including universal symbols on park signage gathering space’s size, access, utilities, and other factors relative to the type of park and surrounding 4 1-4. Improve communication about context available facilities, programs, and • Creating a new park with amplified sound scholarships by: opportunities for community events, large private gatherings, and outdoor performances in the • Continuing to implement the 2009 Recreation and northwest and/or southwest portion of the city Parks Department Marketing Plan and preforming an annual review and update of the plan. This • Programming events to draw residents to the should include a report of progress made and parks. These events will be scaled appropriately successes for each particular park (for example: concerts in community parks, neighborhood picnics in • Continuing to utilize diverse methods of neighborhood parks) communication, including social and digital media • Actively marketing activities and events

46 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan 1-5. Maximize involvement of volunteers 4 by: Case study: 2009 Recreation and Parks Department Marketing Plan • Establishing a city Volunteer Coordinator Position, with 50% time dedicated to recreation and parks, to The 2009 Recreation and Parks Department Marketing Plan provides the department with a strategic guide to coordinate a consistent effort to develop volunteer more actively marketing recreation and parks. In the three years since it has been developed, the department programs as well as to recruit, coordinate, and has made significant Progress including: recognize volunteers. • Established brand and image of the Recreation and Parks department • Establishing a volunteer park liaisons program. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds can act ▫▫ Created the Get Up & Go brand for print media and electronic media as liaisons to the community about park rules, • Increase use of Social Media – Video – You Tube appropriate behavior, opportunities in parks, and procedures ▫▫ BP Rec and Park’s Facebook page- increased from 150 fans in 2009 to 730 fans in 2012

▫ 1-6. Establish a process for periodically ▫ Created Facebook pages for Edinburgh, Zanewood, Brookland, and Eidem Farm evaluating the recreation and park ▫▫ Created the E-know newsletter – this is sent to over 8,000 people who provide their email addresses in our system, specifically by: rec-trac database

• Using the Brooklyn Park community survey, user ▫▫ Videos- use videos to promote events and inform residents – the videos are posted on Facebook and the intercept surveys, and focus groups to measure City’s website resident satisfaction • Establish immediate worth in the eyes of the public • Establishing a park user count program ▫▫ Publicized testimonials from customers through a variety of media outlets • Continue to track number of program participants ▫▫ Highlighted youth, families, mentors, in the City newsletter, and recreation Activities brochure • Continuing to gather feedback from program participants ▫▫ Communicated point of pride through featuring individuals actively participating in current recreation activities • Tracking the number of volunteers and participants in park master planning efforts ▫▫ Posted videos on line following events and on line

• Establishing a baseline for resident perception of marketing Mission 2009 STRATEGIC MARKETING FOCUS To provide recreation and parks that create a sense of place and sense of community. Establish the brand and image of the Recreation & Parks Department Vision Tactic – Align brand with a data driven marketing strategy Tactic – Develop designer and photographer guidelines safety in parks and trails Happy, healthy people living in harmony Tactic – Educate staff on brand guidelines • Youth Marketing Guiding Principle Establish immediate worth in the eyes of the public Recreation and Parks provides enjoyment, fun, and opportunities Tactic - Explore the feasiblity and value of a database marketer for growth while improving the quality of life in Brooklyn Park. Tactic – Educate the public on our mailing and marketing efforts • Continuing to evaluate condition of facilities Tactic – Communicate “Points of Pride” Tactic – Utilize media and public relations opportunities ▫▫ Brooklyns youth website, texting, social media BRANDING VALUES Tactic – identify key community influencers Tactic – Create focus groups to generate community conversations Tactic – identify unique storyteller for interesting and compelling stories • Creating an annual report that provides a (facebook). Tactic – Publicize testimonials through a variety of media outlets Tactic – Generate a variety of videos for online marketing Places Play Support new youth marketing initiatives summary of the system and the year’s projects, Tactic – identify unique youth personality for telling interesting and compelling stories Tactic – Publicize testimonials to promote programs through a variety of media outlets Tactic – Empower teen advisory board as lead marketers ▫▫ Created teen advisory boards and youth council as lead Tactic – Strategies driven by teens accomplishments, and challenges Tactic – Provide immediate and impactful social media communication methods: Go! • Texting • Website • MySpace • Facebook • Twitter • Wiggio • Youtube • Blogs marketers Tactic – Youth designed marketing materials Address perception of safety in parks Tactic – Establish a baseline study on the public’s perception Tactic – indirectly market and promote our (safe) facilities and parks Places - create relationships through connections to places! Tactic – incorporate the overall city PR efforts to communicate Play - your motivator and your inspiration! ▫▫ Youth friendly designed marketing materials, such as Go - Take action now! Tactic – Hire PR professional to develop a safety strategy message rave cards

47 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Parks role in creating Pilot Project: Hartkopf Park Master Planning Process great neighborhoods: The Great Neighborhood Book A great neighborhood park is a place where you meet and interact with your neighbors and feel welcome. While the City of Brooklyn Park has good neighborhood parks, they are all fairly similar in their facility offerings. One of the objectives of this master plan is to improve these parks: to provide more relevant park The Great Neighborhood Book In , Jay Walljasper, amenities; to make the parks more reflective of the community’s cultural richness; and to foster a sense of writes about what makes neighborhoods great and neighborhood identity. offers steps to make your neighborhood a great To achieve this, The City of Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks Department undertook a pilot project to place. Public space is a key ingredient to a great engage neighborhood residents in preparing a Master Plan for Hartkopf Park. neighborhood, and parks are the most well-known and well-loved public spaces. Neighbors of parks During the spring of 2012, the three community cafés were held to develop a master plan for the park. The have an important role in using parks and making first community café gathered neighborhood input on how Hartkopf Park is currently used and how it could them great places. The book identifies the best be better used. At the second community café, residents were invited to provide feedback on two concepts. neighborhoods as those that have well-used public The draft master plan was presented at a third community café. The preferred plan is now a long-term guide to park improvements that reflect resident desires as well as overall park system needs. spaces. Parks are places where neighbors gather for meals, relax on benches, recreate on trails or athletic The overall planning effort was successful but the process engaged a relatively small number of participants fields, run into old friends and make new friends, (approximately 40 different residents over three meetings). Future efforts will need to look at additional ways celebrate with festivals, display art and gardens, and to get residents involved. Combining meetings to other neighborhood events, such as national night out or feel at home. school events may be one way to engage residents.

Walljasper says that places have more to do with people and community, and less to do with great ‘blueprints.’ “A project can look great on paper and even very impressive in real life when it’s completed. It can win all sorts of architecture and planning awards and still not succeed at its basic mission: creating a place where people want to go.” Some of his instructions include: • Smile. Wave. Greet everyone. • Go for a stroll • Be bold in introducing yourself • Organize your block • Enjoy more time out in public • Rediscover your front yard • Stop, look, and listen • Hit the streets

48 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Figure 5-1. Hartkopf Park Existing conditions

Park Brook Elementary School 74th ave

Hampshire ave

parking tennis

parking softball

tree cover / woods Douglas drive Douglas

softball

baseball playground

pavilion

knoll

73rd ave

Hartkopf Park Existing Conditions Community Cafe March 29, 2012

49 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Figure 5-2. Hartkopf Park Site opportunities and issues

Parking Lot - needs to be reorganized for Park Brook Tennis courts are in efficient use of space Elementary School - need of repair or may include pedestrian/ be opportunity for new bicycle connection to use park

Existing residential use adjacent to park

BPAA softball games played on this field Existing Woods - enclosure and pleasant trail experience Underutilized areas - opportunity for new use Route for students - opportunity to create Practice only permanent path on this field

Street frontage spring flooding Playground

Safety issues with Pavilion Existing foul balls on both residential use fields adjacent to park Street frontage Knoll

Existing Park Entrances Consider park - evaluate 9 defined expansion access points

Hartkopf Park Site Opportunities & Issues Community Cafe March 29, 2012

50 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Figure 5-3. Hartkopf Park Concept

Park Brook Improved Tennis Elementary School Courts with Pickleball lines in Trail Loop with existing location Lighting, Benches, and Exercise Stations K N O Rain Garden Picnic Tables and Grills Expanded Parking Lot Expanded Parking A Lot Rain Garden J I Reoriented Softball Signature Pavilion D Field (sized for (art incorporated into L scheduled games) design) E P C M Rest Room Building Soccer Field (sized H for scheduled Multi-use Field with F games) Backstop B Oak Savanna Expanded Playground Restoration with 5-12 yrs & Pre-K Equipment G Art Walk/Display Areas

Existing Sledding Mound

Hartkopf Park Preferred Master Plan Night view

HOISINGTON KOEGLER Preferred Concept Plan GROUP INC. 51 Hartkopf Park Community Cafe May 17,Recreation 2012 andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan FOCUS AREA 2: MAINTENANCE • Annual inspection of parks, activity buildings, AND SAFETY restrooms, picnic shelters, ball fields, play courts, skate park, outdoor ice rinks, parking lots, trails, GOAL: WE WILL PROVIDE WELCOMING, nature areas and Historical Farm SAFE, AND WELL-MAINTAINED PARKS • Multi-year work plans, capital plans, and operating budgets that result in well maintained facilities A fundamental municipal role is to provide parks • Tiered maintenance level standards for routine that are welcoming, safe, and well maintained. The maintenance to guide the level of maintenance Recreation and Parks Department and Operations and from most intensive to the least intensive Maintenance Department currently work together to provide safe, well-maintained parks and enjoys high 2-3. Ensure the cleanliness of parks and park resident satisfaction. Keeping up the good work with 4 facilities though regular maintenance as safety and maintenance and improving parks so they outlined in Operations and Maintenance are more welcoming to everyone are the challenges for Policy 5.30 Park Facilities Operations, the future. Maintenance and Improvements. Components of that policy include: OBJECTIVES • Regular garbage collection and cleaning of activity buildings, picnic shelters, and restrooms 2-1. Design parks to be welcoming through 4 the inclusion of: • Removal of graffiti and repair of vandalism as required • Visible and legible signage at park entrances • Response to all emergency problems within 2 hours • Recognizable branding to indicate that parks are open to all people 2-4. Improve the perception of public safety • Entrances on public streets 4 in parks, through initiatives like: • Park-like vegetation that does not obscure views • Creating neighborhood watch groups into and through the park • Using Crime Prevention Through Environmental • Support facilities such as restrooms, lighting, and Design (CPTED) principles water • Increasing lighting 2-2. Continue to ensure the safety of all park • Increasing park patrols facilities through regular maintenance • Using volunteer park liaisons to educate youth and equipment upgrades as outlined in about appropriate behavior in parks Operations and Maintenance Policy 5.30 • Increased neighborhood involvement in park Park Facilities Operations, Maintenance design and operations and Improvements. Components of that policy include:

• Annual 5-year Capital Improvement Plan program for park facilities 52 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan • Implementing recommendations from the 2009 Strategic Marketing Plan which include: Routine Maintenance Level Standards * Establish a base-line study on the public’s perception of safety in parks Maintenance level standards are used to prioritize maintenance from the most intensive to the least intensive. * Indirectly marking and promoting the city’s Generally, athletic sports complexes and community parks receive the highest level of maintenance and safe facilities and parks undeveloped city owned land the least. In larger parks, not all facilities will have the same maintenance * Incorporating safety in overall city PR efforts standard. For example, in Central Park the picnic shelters and sports fields are maintained at Level A, the garden areas at Level B, and turf at Level C. * Hire a PR professional to develop a safety strategy message Level A

2-5. Reduce on-going maintenance costs over Highest level of maintenance – associated with highly visible or high use facilities which are heavily scheduled time by replacing outdated park elements for programmed activities for all age levels, particular focus on premium facilities for upper level programs. with high quality materials and outdated Examples: sport fields within athletic complexes, golf courses maintenance equipment with higher- efficiency models Level B

High level maintenance – associated with highly developed park areas with moderate use. 2-6. Consider the environmental impact of park maintenance and mitigate that Examples: public building sites, community level parks with activity buildings and picnic shelters, secondary impact over time use sport fields, parks with enhanced/special landscaping Level C 2-7. Consider and weigh the environmental impact when planning for new park Moderate level maintenance – locations with moderate to low levels of development and use. elements Examples: neighborhood parks 2-8. Establish a natural resource management Level D plan Lower level maintenance – associated with low level of development and visitation.

2-9. Continue to manage Brooklyn Park’s Examples: large natural areas urban forest according to Operations and Maintenance Policies 5.20 Forestry Level E and 5.25 Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Minimum maintenance – low visibility and undeveloped publicly owned land. Preparedness and Management Plan Examples: special right of way areas, non-park property owned by the City. 2-10. Establish a winter maintenance plan that increases the facilities maintained for winter activities like winter walking, sledding, cross-country skiing, etc. 53 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan FOCUS AREA 3: RECREATION MASTER PLANNING AND FACILITIES & PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GOAL: WE WILL MEET EVOLVING PRIORITIZATION RECREATION NEEDS To create more unique parks that reflect the city’s Brooklyn Park succeeds at providing a diverse range of cultural richness, it is recommended that capital recreation opportunities, but the system could benefit improvements be prioritized based on community- from several additions and enhancements. Efforts should driven park master plans for each park and existing focus on adding high quality facilities and amenities that asset management programs. Today, capital reflect and celebrate the community’s cultural heritage, improvements are prioritized principally using asset contribute to positive community image and unique management tools; when a playground reaches the identity, and meet current identified needs. end of it’s life cycle, it is replaced. This has resulted OBJECTIVES in parks that are well maintained but that the overall park design and facility mix in each park does not often change based on neighborhood demographics 3-1. Ensure all new park facilities are designed or recreation trends. with flexibility in mind, so they can be transformed over time to meet changing recreation needs. The recommended process for triggering a park master plan and then prioritizing improvements is as follows: 3-2. Create parks that are more unique and 1 more reflective of community interests by 1. Asset management programs identify that prioritizing capital improvements based a park will need $50,000 or more in park on community-driven park master plans. improvements within the next 5 years. 2. A community driven master plan is undertaken • Develop master plans for 3-4 parks annually at least one year prior to improvements being • Overall park master plan will be developed for any done. The master plan identifies facilities and significant planned improvement over $50,000 or improvements to the entire park, priorities, at least 20 years after original construction and phasing. • Improvements will be phased based on replacement 3. The ecreationR and Parks Master Plan, needs and available funding individual park master plans, and asset management plans are used annually to prepare the 5 year capital improvement plan. Staff will use asset management programs to identify what needs to be replaced and then refer to the master plan to determine if that facility is still desired and where it should be located.

54 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 Figure 5-4. Park service areas 3-3. Provide one or more signature reek 1 community parks focused on community gathering in each the City’s five service Champlin Legend Park Service Area areas. Community parks should include Existing Parks North Woods Park Existing Residential Land Use

PKWY

(CSAH 103) amenities not typically found in every Orchard Trail Park

DOUGLAS DRIVE U.S. 169HWY. Coon Rapids Dam neighborhood park, such as historic

Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNETKAAVE Northern Trail Park resources, reservation picnic facilities, Oak Grove Park NOBLE Eidem Environmental Homestead Coon Rapids amphitheater/performance space/arts Founders Nature Area 5 Historical Site Regional Park Park

Willows of center with amplified sound capabilities, PKWY Aspen Park

T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks splash pads, dog parks, skate parks, Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 wheelchair softball, disc golf, lighted T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) Acres Park Edinbrook Park tennis courts, gardens etc. Specifically:

Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE 4 T.H. • Build a new, signature, community park in the Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Fridley Course Crossing Park Northwest/Target Campus Area as a catalyst for Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CSAH 81 and Armory Westwood development/redevelopment. The new park would Cottonwood Park Emerson Park Central Park Queen Woods Park College Park Park be a potential location for an outdoor performance Sunny River Park U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Norwood Park Birch Grove Lad Sunkist Park Park Park Park space, large scale picnicking venue, or arts center Tessman T.H. Greenhaven Park 2Park 252 City

(CSAH 103) Park • Establish a new park along the CR 81 corridor to Park Lawn 3 Park BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOKLYN BLVD serve the southwest portion of the city and act as Monroe School Village Creek Palmer Lake

(CSAH 130) Park Park Environmental Meadowwood Park an amenity for development/redevelopment along Hartkopf Park Nature Area Zane Court Park the CR 81 Corridor Zanewood Park

Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE • Continue to celebrate Brooklyn Park’s history at (CO. RD. 130) Five (5) service areas have been INTER STATE 941 developed as an aid in providing Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Eidem Homestead and improve according to the Park equitable and convenient access Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry to Recreation and Parks facilities current Eidem Farm Master Plan. It is a potential CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park

Park city-wide U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Sunny Lane location for the local historical society, farmer’s Cavell Park Eagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park market, or an expansion of community gardens Plymouth New Hope Crystal • Maintain and improve facilities at Central Park, Oak Grove Park, Edinburgh Golf Course, Brookdale Park, and the Community Activity Center

55 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012

reek Figure 5-5. Unique community parks Champlin Legend Maintain existing Eidem Homestead: Existing Parks community scale activities North Woods Park Continue to celebrate Parks with unique community-wide at Oak Grove Park PKWY (CSAH 103) Brooklyn Park’s History. use Orchard Trail Park

DOUGLAS DRIVE Potential location for local Concept for U.S. 169HWY. historical society, farmer’s urban greenway Coon Rapids Dam Park Service Areas New community park Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNETKAAVE market, expansion of Existing and potential catalyst for communityNorthern gardens Trail Park NOBLE Residential development/redevelopment. Oak Grove Park Land Use Eidem Environmental Homestead Coon Rapids Potential location for outdoor Founders Nature Area Historical Site Regional Park performance space and/or arts Park 5 Willows of center. PKWY Aspen Park Coon Rapids Regional Park: Continue T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH to coordinate with TRPD for programming, Pinebrook Royal Oaks Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park special events, & natural resource programs Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) Acres Park Edinbrook Park Continue to maintain 4 PKWY Community Activity Center: Make better use of the building’s Trinity Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Edinburgh Golf front yard. ConsiderOsseo as a potential location for a community pool or Park NOBLE T.H. Zane Sports Park Course as a premier arts center (would involve adding on) Tessman 252 S Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf championshipFridley course Course Crossing Park Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CSAH 81 and Armory Westwood Emerson Park Cottonwood Park Queen Central Park Conduct a study to assessPark the Woods College Park Park Sunny long term viability of Central River Park U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Lad Norwood Park Look for opportunities to Park Birch Park/BrooklandGrove Park Golf Course Sunkist Park Tessman 2 Park T.H. establish a new park with Greenhaven Park Park and potential re-use options 252

picnicking and amplified City Park sound west of CR-81 (CSAH 103) Park Lawn Continue to Park BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOKLYN BLVD 3 recognize River

Monroe School Village Creek Park as one of the Palmer Lake

(CSAH 130) Park Park Environmental community’s primary Meadowwood Park Hartkopf Park Nature Area river access points. Zane Court Park Maintain existing Maintain boat launch. Zanewood Park community scale activities 1 Zanewood Recreation Center at Brookdale Park 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94

Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park

Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Sunny Lane Cavell Park Eagle Lake Develop anPark urban greenwaySouthbrook along Park Bass Creek and Shingle Creek connecting to the Mississippi 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° RiverMeadowlake Trail. Park This greenway will follow wetlands/creeks and link existing parks to the extent possible. On-road sections will be enhanced with trails and/or on-road bikeways Plymouth New Hope Crystal

56 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 3-4. Enhance access to the Mississippi River Figure 5-6. Mississippi River through the following:

Legend • Continue to recognize River Park and Coon Working Draft 4/3/2012 Mississippi PKWY Rapids Dam Regional Park as the city’s primary River Trail river access points Parks Mississippi • Increase community use of River Park by adding Coon Rapids Dam Strategy Parks Work with TRPD to provide community-scale facilities and programs. Expand programs and facilities ern Trail Park the park boundaries through open market NOBLE transactions or donations as land becomes available Eidem Environmental Homestead Nature Area Coon Rapids • Enhance the Mississippi River Trail (MRT) with ers Historical Site Regional Park landscaping, lighting, furnishings (drinking

Willows of fountains, benches, bike racks, and interpretation) PKWY Aspen Park

Pinebrook Royal Oaks s NOBLE Park Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids T.H. 610 T.H. 610

Edinbrook Park

PKWY Jewell Park Maitland Park NOBLE Continue to enhance T.H. the visitor experience 252 at River Park. Expand Brook Oaks Park Edinburgh Golf Stratford as opportunities arise Crossing Fridley Course through open market EnhancePark Mississippi River transactions or donations Trail with landscaping, as land becomes available lighting, and furnishings Westwood Cottonwood Park Emerson Park Park Woods Park River Park Norwood Park Birch Grove Sunkist Park Park T.H. 252

Improve Connection Between Mississippi River Trail and River Park Brookdale Park

Monroe School Palmer Lake Park Environmental Meadowwood Park Nature Area 0 0.250.125 ° Miles

57 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan 3-5. Partner with the private sector to Public-Private Partnerships 1 create new signature parks or enhance existing parks that are catalysts for economic development. Specifically the following:

• A new urban greenway along Bass/Shingle Creek. Coordinate the greenway development in conjunction with the light rail corridor and private redevelopment opportunities along Broadway • Development of a new, signature community-scale park in the northwest portion of the city in the Target Campus area to meet recreation needs and http://www.ci.edina.mn.us/content/ facilities/centennial_lakes www.mpr.org Gold Medal Park, Minneapolis Centennial Lakes, Edina as a catalyst for new development • Develop a new park southwest of CR81 and/or in As park budgets around the country tighten, cities are becoming more innovative in the way they fund public the northwest with picnicking and amphitheater spaces. At the same time, private entities such as corporations and real estate developers are looking to provide and amplified sound capabilities amenities that set a place apart. Public-private partnerships entities can help defray the public costs of parks • Continued development of Village Creek Park for both the capital and operations and maintenance costs. • Coordinated enhancements of Central Park relative New York’s Bryant Park is a renowned example of successful public-private partnership. The park had been to the 85th Avenue Redevelopment Area in the City’s hands since the 1820s, but by the 1970s was unsafe and in a state of disrepair. In the 1980s • Enhancement of Cottonwood Park relative to the private interests such as the Rockefeller Brothers, in partnership with Andrew Heiskell (of Time, Inc.) and 85th Avenue Redevelopment Area Daniel Biederman founded a not-for-profit private management company. The Bryant Park Corporation (BPC) contracted with the City of New York to restore and run the park. Utilizing private fundraising, BPC • Enhancement of connections between Brookdale was able to renovate the park with a budget six times what the city had previously appropriated. The park is a Drive and Palmer Lake Environmental Area resounding success with over 6 million annual visitors and improved property values around the site. • Enhancement of the Community Activity Center Minneapolis’ Gold Medal Park is owned by the city, but leased to the William & Nadine McGuire Foundation, relative to the 85th Avenue Redevelopment Area which operates the park. The park provides a public amenity that makes living and working in the Mill • Enhancement and orientation of the Jefferson District more appealing. The adjacent area has seen significant development in the form of condominiums, Highway Area to Rush Creek Regional Trail restaurants, the MacPhail Center for Music, and the American Academy of Neurology Headquarters. Centennial Lakes in Edina is a public space that was built in conjunction with office, retail, and residential development. Additionally, the park includes revenue generating private concessions, including putt-putt golf, ice skating, food vending, and rentals. The Edina Farmer’s Market uses space in Centennial Lakes and the adjacent land uses benefit from the park as well. Brooklyn Park’s Village Creek Park has been an important amenity for new housing, commercial and retail development along Village Creek.

58 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 reek Figure 5-7. Parks in development/redevelopment areas Champlin Legend Existing Parks Jefferson Hwy Area Existing Residential Land Use North Woods Park Redevelopment Catalyst Parks

PKWY

(CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park Proposed Bass/Shingle Creek DOUGLAS DRIVE Urban Greenway

U.S. 169HWY. Coon Rapids Dam Redevelopment Focus Areas as identified in 2030 Comp Plan ThreeRiversThreeThree Rivers R Regionalegional P ParkarWINNETKAAVE k Enhance Connections Northern Trail Park NOBLE Oak Grove Park Park Service Areas Eidem Environmental Homestead Coon Rapids Founders Nature Area Historical Site Regional Park Park

Target Campus Area Willows of

PKWY 5 Aspen Park

T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks West River Road Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park Park WWillowstoneParkillowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) Acres Park Edinbrook Park

New park 4 Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park search areas Osseo Park NOBLE T.H. Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S 85th Avenue Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Stratford Fridley Course Crossing Park Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CommunityActivity Center CSAH 81 aandArmorynd Armory Westwood CCottonwoodParkottonwood Park Emerson Park CCentralParkentral Park Queen Woods Park College Park 2 Park Sunny River Park U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Norwood Park Birch Grove Lad Sunkist Park Park Park Tessman Park BrookdaleT.H. Drive Greenhaven Park Park 3 252

Village Creek Area City

(CSAH 103) Park Lawn Park Park BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOKLYN BLVD

Monroe School Village Creek VillageCreek Palmer Lake

(CSAH 130) Park PParkark Palmer Lake Environmental River Trail Mississippi Environmenta Meadowwood Park Hartkopf Park NNatureAreaature Area Zane Court Park Zanewood Park New urban greenway 1 linking existing parks to Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) Mississippi River Trail INTERSTATE 94

BottineauBass Creek Boulevard Park Striefel Corridor Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park

Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Sunny Lane Cavell Park Eagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park Plymouth New Hope Crystal 59 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan 3-6. Meet changing recreation needs by: Case Study: City of Worthington YMCA partnership A) Increase access to aquatics by: In the City of Worthington, Minnesota, the Worthington Area YMCA and Minnesota West Community 5 and Technical College partnered together to develop and operate the Worthington City Aquatics Center. • Locating a water park or interactive water feature The new $9.5 million YMCA features both an indoor pool and an outdoor aquatic center as well as fitness centrally located within the city, dependent on facilities, an indoor track and two gymnasiums. The YMCA facility was built by the YMCA on Minnesota partnership opportunities, which may include: West Community College land. The building is owned by the City of Worthington and operated by the YMCA, School District, Hennepin County YMCA. There is an operating agreement between the YMCA and the City which stipulates that the YMCA Technical College, North Hennepin Community is responsible for operating expenses and receives all revenues. For any capital expenditures exceeding $1,000, College, or others the YMCA can negotiate with the City for participation. The City is responsible to insure the aquatic portion • Adding small-scale interactive water features of the YMCA facility. for free access to water play. These should be distributed throughout the city and added as demand and budget warrant. Up to one location per park service area

B) Improve access to outdoor athletic fields throughout the city. General improvements should include:

• Additional multi-purpose (soccer/lacrosse/ football/rugby/cricket) fields in neighborhood parks, community parks, and athletic complexes to meet demand • Conversion of low-use baseball/softball fields in neighborhood parks to other uses, as determined by neighborhood park master planning process • Improve some existing fields for more efficient use. Improvements may include reorientation to reduce conflicts, safety fencing and netting, lights at soccer/football fields to increase use, irrigation and turf enhancements, and additional parking • Coordinate game scheduling to maximize use of existing fields before adding/improving fields • Creation of artificial turf field(s) for soccer, football, lacrosse, rugby, cricket • Partnership with schools to provide access to athletic fields/facilities

60 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan C) Offering High Quality Tennis and Basketball Courts by: Case Study: Lewis Park - Saint Paul, MN

• Transitioning of neighborhood tennis courts to Lewis Park used to be a lot like many small, neighborhood parks in Saint Paul. Though it had a small play larger banks of courts (4 or more) high quality area, the equipment was old and was not enough to draw people to the park. In the summer of 2010, the lighted courts, along with eventual conversion of park was refurbished with the City’s first neighborhood splash pad and a new playground. obsolete courts into other uses, as determined by The new splash pad was an immediate success and now the park bustles with activity - children splashing in the neighborhood park master planning process. the water while parents linger at the perimeter. The addition of a new and special facility has transformed Locate one high quality court facility per park this park into a neighborhood anchor that strengthens neighborhood identity, helps to build community and service area. Look for partnership opportunities makes outdoor recreation more relevant and fun. before building new courts. • Additional full basketball courts in community parks • Additional half-court basketball courts in neighborhood parks, where identified in neighborhood park master planning processes

D) Increase access to indoor recreation by:

• Partnering to provide a field house and/or domed turf fields within the city • Partnering with local schools to provide access to high quality indoor gymnasium space (full size gym with wood floors and air-conditioning) at the rate of one location per service area in high mobility areas and every one-half mile in low mobility areas (See Fig. 5-8)

E) Strengthen the Community Activity 1 Center as the community’s recreation hub by:

• Making better use of the building’s front yard (ornamental gardens, farmer’s market, event area, interactive water feature) • Conducting a feasibility study for adding to or renovating the building to include aquatics and/ or arts center

61 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 Figure 5-8. Potential Indoor Recreation Locations F) Increase the variety of specialty reek 5 recreational activities available in the city, Champlin Legend specifically by: OxbowOxbow CreekCreek ElementaryElementary (! Zanewood & C.A.C.

ChamplinChamplin ParkPark HighHigh SchoolSchool % Schools Low Mobility • Off-leash dog areas: providing at least one more Service Area Park Service Areas off-leash dog area (1 acre min. size) within the city. Coon Rapids Dam Mobility 0 More Mobile Monitor use and add additional in consideration 1 2 of demand 5 3 4 • Community gardens: expanding community 5 WoodlandWoodland ElementaryElementary 6 garden locations (1/4 acre min. size), in 7 8 Maple Grove Willowstone Park consideration of demand for such facilities Coon Rapids 9 Riverview Elementary 10 11 • Alternative sports: providing alternative sport 12 Less Mobile opportunities in each service area; opportunities EdinbrookEdinbrook ElementaryElementary Osseo 4 Jewell Park S could include skateboard parks, BMX bike tracks, Fridley (! mountain bike trails, disc golf courses, and other CommunityCommunity ActivityActivity CenterCenter andand ArmoryArmory facilities not specifically listed in this plan NorthNorth HennHennepinHenneepinpin CommunityCommunityommunity CollegeCollege CrestviewCrestview ElementaryElementary College Park Hamilton Park Note: Partner with G) Offer a variety of winter sports 2 BirchBirch GroveGrove ElementaryElementary local schools to HennepinHennepin TechnicalTechnical CollegeCollege supplement city • Provide high quality skating trails, sledding 3 facilities in order to Brookdale Park MonroeMonroe ElementaryElementary provide high quality hills, cross-country skiing in community

ParkPark BrookBrook ElementaryElementary BrooklynBrooklyn JuniorJunior HighHigh indoor gym space OsseoOsseo LearningLearning CenterCenter PalmerPalmer LakeLake ElementaryElementary parks ParkPark CenterCenter HighHigh SchoolSchool (full size gym with wood floors and air Zanewood Park (!ZanewoodZanewood CommunityCommunity SchoolSchool conditioning) at a rate • Skating and Hockey of 1 location per park ZanewoodZanewood RecreationRecreation CenterCenter NorthviewNorthview JuniorJunior HighHigh service area city-wide * Maintain high quality winter free skating and 1 and one every half mile Lakeland Park hockey facilities in community parks FairFair OaksOaks ElementaryElementary Brooklyn Center in low mobility areas. * Partner with neighborhood associations and

PrairiePrairie SeedsSeeds AcademyAcademy community groups to provide winter skating Eagle Lake 0 0.50.25 Miles ° and hockey in neighborhood parks, if partner Plymouth New Hope Crystal groups are willing to maintain these facilities * Continue to maintain the ice arenas, located in the Community Activity Center, as high quality indoor ice. Maintain one rink for year round use and one rink with a concrete base that can be converted to other summer uses such as indoor soccer or be used for events.

62 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan H) Continue to maintain Edinburgh USA Golf 3-8. Increase awareness of the history of Course as a premier championship course that 1 Brooklyn Park by: CASE STUDY: Edinburgh USA hosts state and local championships. Golf Course • Continuing to develop Eidem Homestead according to the master plan for the Brooklyn Park I) Conduct a study to assess the long term Edinburgh USA is regarded as one the nation’s Historical Farm and as a potential location for the premier 18-hole public golf courses. Managed 1 viability of Brookland Golf Park and Brooklyn Historical Society and maintained by the City Recreation and Parks potential re-use options. Consider: • Incorporating the history of individual parks into Department, the course contributes to positive • Maintaining golf course as a learning center design elements and interpretive signage community image, resident pride, and economic development. In addition to being a pleasant place • Restoring to a natural area • Adding places of historic significance to the park system as opportunities allow to play a round of golf, Edinburgh USA offers • Re-purposing/renovating the club-house as an event golfing instruction and Girvan Grille, an upscale, rental location or a location for arts programming full service restaurant and catering service. The • Maintaining the golf course and using the club facility can be rented for weddings and events. house for indoor winter programming Built in 1987, Edinburgh Golf Course spurred economic development in the surrounding area, 2 3-7. Incorporate art into the park system by: bringing people to the area on a regular basis during the summer months. In the 1990s, the • Incorporating art into unique park amenities course encouraged development of high-end such as benches, structures, etc. to create individual housing along its perimeter, increasing the varied park identity and celebrate Brooklyn Park’s cultural stock of housing around Brooklyn Park. richness 1980s • Looking for opportunities to include active art in parks, such as a graffiti art wall • Increasing arts programming in locations such as CAC, Hamilton Park, Brookdale Golf Park clubhouse • Partner with other agency or entities for a new arts center, in potential locations including Civic Campus/CAC, Target Redevelopment Area, or a new park west of Highway 81

Today

63 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan FOCUS AREA 4: PROGRAMS types) with events, drop in activities and facilities, and intergenerational activities GOAL: WE WILL OFFER DIVERSE, HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE • Providing for active older adults including: LIFE-LONG ACTIVE LIVING * Programs with pets, second career classes, extended travel, day trips to museums, cultural events and sporting events, fitness Programs are one of Brooklyn Park’s strengths. Currently, and wellness, walking, biking, hiking, Brooklyn Park offers a wide variety of programs for all volunteerism, adventure sports, travel, sport age groups. Recreation programs are typically pursued leagues, programs with grandchildren, social for enjoyment, health benefits, skill development, recreation programs, programs for singles enrichment and learning, socialization, entertainment, * Facilitating in assisting adults to form their physical fitness, and relaxation. The need for recreation own groups based on their own interests is an essential element of human biology and psychology and a component of a healthy, vital community. Programs 4-2. Increase focus on youth services and in Brooklyn Park are provided in partnership with over 4 juvenile crime prevention including: 50 other organizations, such as Community Education, athletic organizations, and social service organizations. • Participating in and supporting the Great Futures Recreation and demographic trends mean that programs Community Engagement youth initiative, the need to constantly evolve. Flexibility in program Youth Council, and Brooklyn Bridge Alliance locations, user feedback regarding types of programs and for Youth. Focus on 6 key areas identified in the program times, and continued partnerships will all help 2008 Call to Action Strategic Plan: safe places, the Recreation and Parks department continually adapt transportation, employment, intergenerational partnerships, communications, teen crime, health to changing needs. Objectives center on continuing and Great Futures Team goals to provide programs for all stages of life to promote healthy, active living and to ensure equitable physical • Increasing opportunities for young people and and financial access to programs. decreasing youth crime through the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative OBJECTIVES • Expanding youth engagement programming enabling teens the opportunity to voice their input 4-1. Maintain and improve high quality, in program design to ensure services are relevant, diverse program offerings for all ages well attended, and high quality (children, teens, families, adults, and seniors) specifically by: 4-3. Continue to provide out-of-school time 4 (OST) programming including: • Providing high quality early childhood experiences including more nature-play based programs • Serving low income families and students • Providing for families (traditional and new family • Providing multi-age programs so siblings can attend programs in the same location / times

64 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan YOUTH PROGRAMS

Youth Services and Juvenile Crime Prevention

Children are recognized as the future of a community, and demographic projections indicate that Brooklyn Park will continue to have a high proportion of youth in the community over the next 25 years. Recent trends have seen younger children becoming increasing involved with drugs and crime, while the juvenile crime rate has risen. Driven by socioeconomic indicators, youth services and juvenile crime prevention will continue to be a focal points for the City. There will be an opportunity to increase services aimed at improving youth resiliency; reaching disengaged youth; maintaining healthy family relationships; developing self-esteem in young boys and girls; and preventing or reducing juvenile crime. Improving access to public parks and recreation facilities has been strongly linked to reduction in crime and, in particular to reduced juvenile crime. Subsidies will be required to fund these services. Recreation services need to collaborate with other organizations in the community, in order to respond to this community need. Partnerships in youth development include schools, law enforcement and the criminal justice system, social service agencies, churches, and non-profit agencies that work with and are involved our youth.

Out of School Time is Critical Time

The demand for afterschool and summer programs is very high, especially among low-income students who need them most. Parents across the board are struggling to provide after school care for their children in the weakened economy. They see afterschool programs as an answer. High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs, which for the purposes here include after-school and summer programs, have the potential to help children and youth succeed and develop to their fullest potential. Often older siblings are put in charge of caring for their younger siblings when school is not in session. Programs where both age groups can attend together, with separate age appropriate activities are important. Annually, each young person has about 2000 hours of discretionary, non-school time, without structure or supervision – roughly equivalent to a full time job. How young people use their time when they are not in school is directly linked with how successful they are as they learn, grow, and develop through adolescence and into adulthood. When young people engage in meaningful afterschool and community-based learning opportunities they are more connected with learning, with school, and are more civically connected with their community. Intentional connections can help young people avoid crime, teen pregnancy and other negative issues they face. Participants of afterschool and community-based learning programs have better school attendance, better grades, more positive attitudes towards school, and higher aspirations for post-secondary education. After school and community-based programs are an important part of the solution for addressing educational disparities and closing the achievement gap. Studies show that adolescents who join youth programs are more likely to grow into people their families can be proud of - active engaged voters who are employed, economically self-sufficient, settled in stable personal relationships, and happy with their lives. After school and community-based learning opportunities provide young people access to learning about and building character skills in the safety of their community and with caring adults. Many business leaders are coming together calling for these skills. These skills include decision-making, leadership, problem-solving and team-building.

65 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 Diagram 4-4 Potential Recreation Program Locations Figure 5-9. Potential Recreation Program Locations • Addressing educational disparities and closing the reek achievement gap

Legend Champlin Low mobility area • Fostering skills such as decision-making, leadership, OxbowOxbow CreekCreek ElementaryElementary 1/2 mile service area 1 mile service area problem-solving, and team building North Woods Park ChamplinChamplin ParkPark HighHigh SchoolSchool (! Park Buildings

% Schools • Providing extended, long day summer programs Coon Rapids Dam Mobility 0 More Mobile as safe, affordable day care alternatives during the 1 2 summer months 3 4 5 4-4. Create specialized programs that meet Woodlandoodland ElementaryElementary 6 7 specific needs, specifically: 8 Maple Grove Willowstone Park Coon Rapids 9 Riverview Elementary 10 • Creating programs that meet the needs of cultural 11 12 Less Mobile groups including Hispanics and Latinos, Asian EdinbrookEdinbrook ElementaryElementary Osseo Jewell Park Americans, West African, and other immigrant S Fridley populations

CommunityCommunity ActivityActivity CenterCenter andand ArmoryArmory Note: This map • Creating custom programming based on NorthNorth HenHennepinnepin CommunityCommunity CollegeCollege CrestviewCrestview ElementaryElementary shows potential neighborhood interests and needs. Where possible, College Park recreation and Hamilton Park BirchBirch GroveGrove ElementaryElementary parks activity partner to deliver services critical to resident’s needs buildings and school HennepinHennepin TechnicalTechnical CollegeCollege buildings that could be used to provide 4-5. Host community events that facilitate Brookdale Park MMonroeonroe ElementaryElementary more equitable 4 community interaction, contribute to ParkPark BrookBrook ElementaryElementary BrooklynBrooklyn JuniorJunior HighHigh access to indoor OsseoOsseo LearningLearning CenterCenter PalmerPalmer LakeLake ElementaryElementary ParkPark CenterCenter HighHigh SchoolSchool programs city-wide community pride, and foster community at a distance of Zanewood Park ZanewoodZanewood CommunityCommunity SchoolSchool within 1 mile of all identity, including:

ZZanewoodanewood RecreationRecreation CenterCenter residents and within NorthviewNorthview JuniorJunior HighHigh ½ mile of residents in low mobility • Festivals, markets, seasonal celebrations, music and Lakeland Park FairFair OaksOaks ElementaryElementary Brooklyn Center areas. Note, not movies in parks all locations would need to be used. • Sports tournaments, races, 5k walks PrairiePrairie SeedsSeeds AcademyAcademy Eagle Lake 0 0.50.25 Miles ° • Events geared for families of all ages to attend Plymouth New Hope Crystal together

66 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan 4-6. Meet changing recreation trends by: improve healthy lifestyles school yards, strip malls, or churches

• Providing diverse programming formats, ranging • Promoting regular exercise for fitness or pleasure • Increasing trail/sidewalk access to program from classes to events to ongoing opportunities to locations specialized clubs 4-8. Provide programs for people with disabilities, by: 4-10. Ensure equitable financial access to • Increasing evening and weekend program offerings programs, through: • Providing activities that do not require intense • Providing universally accessible facilities scheduling • Training specialized staff in how to adapt activities • Low/no-cost options • Providing more individual/small group activities in for people with various abilities • Sliding-scale fees contrast to team activities • Making facilities needed for programs available. • Tiered pricing model for recreation • Increasing outdoor, nature-based programming, These may include: therapeutic pools, adaptive • Continued and expanded scholarships for low particularly for children fitness centers, integrative programs, and accessible income residents nature park reserve areas • Increasing arts programming with classes and event • Subsidized rentals, where applicable programming (e.g. concert series, movies in the • Continue offering an inclusion service to integrate park, artist in residence program) persons with special needs to mainstream programs 4-11. Provide multi-purpose facilities to hold • Monitoring technological changes and adapting • Subsidized programs as required by the American programs, specifically: programs, for example: with Disabilities Act • Providing space for programming in existing public * Providing technology-based recreation for 4-9. Ensure equitable physical access to facilities (for example: schools, Eidem Farm) those with limited time, lack of transportation programs, by: • Creating flexible, adaptable, mulitti-use spaces, or health issues and changeable components in order to grow * Exploring programs and services provided • Increasing program locations to provide access to and change with the needs and interests of the through public television, public radio, video recreation programs within ½ mile of low mobility community rental, or the internet residents and 1 mile of other residents. Partner with other groups, such as schools, whenever possible * Facilitating new activities based on technology to provide locations for indoor programming and (geochaching for example) and WIFI in the recreation. When capital improvements are needed park to existing activity buildings, evaluate the need to replace, repurpose, demolish, or partner with a 4-7. Continue to participate in and nearby facility 4 implement the Active Living by Design Program to promote environments that • Providing transportation using strategies such as emphasize safety and convenience for city shuttle busses, holding programs at location people to be more physically active, on regular bus routes, working with metro transit, school districts, and churches to provide better specifically by: access to the Zanewood Recreation Center and the • Providing facilities for and promoting walking and Community Activity Center bicycling for transportation, exercise, or pleasure • Developing a mobile recreation program by which • Providing wellness programs that support and programs are held in parks, apartment complexes,

67 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan CASE STUDY: Mobile Recreation

“What’s going on? What are your kids doing?” one of the parents asked another parent as they observed a group of children playing at their neighborhood park. “This is summer camp. There is recreation staff here every Monday and Thursday afternoon providing a variety of activities for the children like arts and crafts and special games. My children love it. They have even gotten me to play the Poison Jello Mold game”. This sentiment was heard all around Saint Paul by the Roaming Rec staff as they traveled to different locations engaging youth in a summer program that is billed as ‘bringing the fun to you!” Roaming Rec, which is one component of the mobile recreation initiative, makes recreation activities accessible to youth who have no means, or no safe means, of getting to and from a recreation center due to its location or whose parents prefer having them close to home. The Roaming Rec program is a summer drop-in, non-custodial, self-contained mobile recreation program on wheels, bringing recreation activities out into the neighborhoods of Saint Paul. Staff travel to passive parks, public housing sites and homeless shelter; leading sports, active games, quiet games, arts and crafts and special events. Although the target age for the program is youth, ages 6-12, staff are trained and ready to engage pre-schoolers, teens and even parents who want to play and have fun. During the school year, mobile recreation provides afterschool activities, teen programming, and family fun at schools to: public housing sites, recreation centers, and homeless shelters. Future expansion includes programming for seniors.

68 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON PROGRAM DELIVERY

An increasing split is occurring between those that have access to recreation and those who do not. Affluent households with more discretionary income have access to more and broader recreation opportunities. However, there is a noticeable increase in the proportion of the urban population who are considered poor. Number of children enrolled free and reduced lunch programs is one indicator of urban poverty. In some Brooklyn Park Schools, over 80% of students participate in this program. This is very high compared to the state average of 36.6% and Hennepin County’s average of 42.2%. This increasing division between the affluent and the poor will prompt a need for strategies to meet recreational service needs of both. Fair fee structure has an impact on the public’s ability to enjoy recreation and parks programs and facilities. The struggle between managing facilities to preserve high quality standards, providing open and equal access, and securing enough funding to cover capital funding and operating expenses further complicates the approach to ensuring equal and fair access to public facilities for all people regardless of their income level. Many participants will seek out the best combinations of price, service, and convenience in recreation and leisure services, seeking value and quality. Public programs that welcome a wide range of economic diversity help make communities stronger, both socially and culturally.

The Recreation and Parks Department addresses the 100% user fee Recreation Tiered Pricing Model supported of issue of income disparity by pricing it’s programs direct cost according to a tiered pricing model. In this model, Highly programs that benefit the entire community, are + individual benefit equally available to everyone, and are self-directed For example: Private are supported by revenue from the general tax fund. Lessons, Pre-school, Golf, Field Trips, Tennis, Dance For programs where both the community and the 100% individual benefit, user fees, grants, or sponsorships Mostly individual make up anywhere from 25% to 100% of the direct benefit costs. These are programs like senior programs, after For example: Youth Sports, school programs, and community band that require Adult Athletic Leagues, Swim 75% Lessons, Fitness instructors, clean-up and prep time. Programs that have a highly individual benefit such as fitness facilities Individual / Community Benefit and golf, user fees pay for 100% or more of the direct For example: Senior & Adult Programs costs. To assure equal opportunity for low-income users, the Recreation and Parks department offers 50% scholarships for fee based program. Community Individual Benefit

25% For example: Teen Programs, After School / No School Activities, Youth Activities, Events

Community Benefit 100% Tax 0% supported For example: Parkland and Facilities, Playgrounds, Trails, Zanewood Teen Center, Community Band, Concerts, Eidem Farm, Adaptive Recreation

69 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan 4-12. Continue to evaluate programs and adjust Community Partnerships • 21st Century Learning Center Advisory program mix based on customer feedback, Committee demand, and recreation, economic, and The City partners with many organizations and with • Twin Cities Rose Club and Brooklyn Park demographic trends, techniques include: other cities for efficient and cooperative delivery of Garden Club • Customer feedback forms programs. The City also works with its partners to • REACH • Focus groups avoid duplication of programs (i.e. among the City • Tree House and the four school districts within Brooklyn Park). • Community surveys • Brooklyn Park Community Band Today, the Recreation and Parks Department partners • Periodic demographic review • Osseo Food Services with over 50 groups including: • Age segment analysis • USTA • Community Education • Core program identification • Three Rivers Park District • Brooklyn Park Athletic Association, Baseketball, • Program outcome evaluations Baseball, Softball, Football, Soccer • Great River Greening • Program category logic models • Brooklyn Park Youth Hockey Association • Hennepin County Library • Youth program quality assessment • NW Lacrosse Club • Business Community • Mapping enrollment data • BP Figure Skating Club • National Night Out • Pricing and cost recovery • United States Figure Skating • Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council • Marketing approaches • Kickers Soccer Club • Community Engagement Initiative Resource • Staffing needs Teams • Maplebrook Blast Soccer Clubs • Staff feedback form & exit interviews • Community Engagement Initiative Great • Babe Ruth Baseball • Facility assessment Futures Youth Team • Brooklyn Park Traveling Basketball • Strategic themes and implementation • Community Engagement Initiative Diversity • Feedback from partner organizations, other city • Brooklyn Park Senior Club Team employees, and other city departments • National Guard • Community Engagement Go BP Coalition Team • North Metro Convention & Visitors Bureaus • Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth 4-13. Continue to foster partnerships with other organizations including but not • Men and Women’s Golf Clubs – Edinburgh USA • Neighborhood Associations limited to: • BP Lions, Women of Today • Area school districts and individual schools • Athletic associations and clubs to provide team and league sports • Early Children and Family Education • Three Rivers Park District/Coon Rapids Dam • MN Recreation and Parks Association Regional Park for nature based education programs • Chamber of Commerce and Rotary • Community Education to provide a wide range of • Tater Daze Committee opportunities without duplication • Brooklyn Park Business Community

70 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan FOCUS AREA 5: TRAILS 5-2. Update the existing trail plan and 2 identify priority projects, such as: GOAL: WE WILL CONNECT THE COMMUNITY WITH PEDESTRIAN AND • Connections to community parks and facilities BICYCLE TRAILS • Walking loops within parks • Connections to indoor recreation opportunities Trails and sidewalks are the most popular recreation (Zanewood, CAC, other) and schools amenity. They offer a low cost transportation option, • Connections to commercial destinations are good for the environment because they reduce • Connections to transit routes automobile use, and promote an active population. They are also an essential component to providing access to 5-3. Create an east west connection to the recreation to those who cannot or choose not to drive 2 Mississippi River Trail in the southern including: low income households, children, and the portion of the City, with an urban elderly. Investment in trails pays for itself in health greenway/linear park along Shingle care savings, reduced emissions, and reduced reliance Creek/Bass Creek in the Bottineau on automobiles. As such it warrants continued City Boulevard corridor, with attention to: investment. • Following wetlands and creeks, connecting exiting OBJECTIVES parks and the Mississippi River Trail. • Enhancing on-road segments with trails and on- 5-1. Provide a safe, connected trail system, road bikeways 2 with attention to: • Incorporating the greenway amenity into future • Adding lighting in key areas private redevelopment opportunities associated with future light rail corridor on Broadway • Providing safe road crossings • Completing trails along Broadway to create a trail • Closing trail and sidewalk gaps, particularly in the loop encircling the city consisting of the Rush southern and central parts of the city Creek Regional Trail, the Mississippi River Trail, • Adding trail and sidewalk system map/kiosks in the new Greenway, and trail along the Broadway key locations LRT corridor • Adding on-road bike facilities as a supplement to the trail system where opportunities allow

71 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan 5-4. Create a trail/bikeway grid on major 5-8. Improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility 2 roads to facilitate non-motorized by adding trails and sidewalks along transportation, with the following grid roads: spacing: • Arterial Roadway – trail on both sides for new • Every one-half to one mile city-wide roads. When existing roads are reconstructed work • Every one-half to one-quarter mile (including local toward trail on both sides streets) in low-mobility areas • Major Collector Roadway – trail on one side, sidewalk on opposite side. Consider trail on both 5-5. Adopt a Complete Streets policy and sides if needed for trail system master plan 2 commit to creating complete streets as • Minor Collector Roadway – Sidewalk on one side part of street reconstruction projects. (east or south sides preferred) • Complete streets are: roadways designed and • Local Roadway – no sidewalk unless designated operated to enable safe, attractive, and comfortable on trail system master plan, significant pedestrian access and travel for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, destination or transit opportunities, or request of motorists and public transport users of all ages and the adjacent property owners abilities are able to safely and comfortably move • Commercial/Industrial Roadway – sidewalk along and across a complete street or trail determined by street classification, trail system master plan and or/significant pedestrian 5-6. Establish a system of walking loops to destination opportunities 2 promote active living by: • Local Roadway adjacent to parks or schools – • Adding loop trails (1/4 mile or longer) in city sidewalk on the side of the block that includes park parks, where possible or school frontage • Creating sidewalk loops in neighborhoods 5-9. Install sidewalks and recreational trails disconnected from the recreational trail network 2 in new and existing areas according to (further than ½ mile) Operations and Maintenance Policy 3.20 Sidewalks and Recreational Trails 5-7. Extend use in fall, winter, and spring 2 months by:

• Plowing trails on arterial, designated major collector roads, and paved trails within parks • Adding lighting in key locations

72 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 Diagram 5-4 Priority Trail Network reekFigure 5-10. Trail Priority Improvements

Legend Champlin Regional Trails Planned Regional Trails North Woods Park Priority Trail Network

PKWY (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park Priority Trail Gaps

DOUGLAS DRIVE Proposed Bass/Shingle Rush Creek Regional U.S. 169HWY. Trail Coon Rapids Dam Creek Urban Grenway Greenway Gaps Three Rivers*# Regional*# Park*#WINNETKAAVE *# *# Northern Trail Park Trail Oak Grove Park NOBLE Eidem Environmental Planned Trail Homestead Coon Rapids Founders Nature Area Historical Site Regional Park Sidewalk Park Planned Sidewalk Willows of

PKWY Aspen Park Existing Grade

T.H. 610 Separated Crossing (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks

NOBLE Proposed Grade Maple Grove Noble Sports Park Park *# Park Willowstone Park Coon Rap Separated Crossing WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 Internal Park Walking T.H. 610 ids 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) *# Trails Acres Park Edinbrook Park Schools

Trinity PKWY Crystal Lake Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE Regional Trail T.H. Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S Brook Oaks Park (Planned) Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Stratford Fridley *# *# Course Crossing Park Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CSAH 81 *# and Armory Westwood Cottonwood Park Emerson Park Central Park Woods College Park Park River Park

U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Norwood Park Birch Grove Sunkist Park Note: Priority Tessman Park T.H. Greenhaven Park Park 252 Trail Network identifies corridors

(CSAH 103) Park Lawn Park to eliminate gaps BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOKLYN BLVD and improve safe Monroe ParkSchool Village Creek Palmer Lake crossings. Many (CSAH 130) Park Park Environmental Meadowwood Park trails are already in Hartkopf Park Nature Area Zane Court Park place. Zanewood Park

Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94

Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Shingle Creek Park Fair Oaks Park RegionalBrooklyn Trail Center Cherry CSAH 81 Mississippi River Trail Meadows Edgewood Park

Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Sunny Lane Cavell Park Eagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park Plymouth New Hope Crystal

73 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan FOCUS AREA 6: FUNDING OBJECTIVES GOAL: WE WILL ENSURE ADEQUATE 6-1. Diversify potential funding sources, FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS including consideration of:

Brooklyn Park’s high quality park system can only • Bonds and referendums continue and expand if funding is in place to ensure • Dedicated tax levy continued high quality. A financially sustainable • Park, trail and open space dedication requirements recreation and park system is one where there is sufficient • State Legacy funding, DNR grants, and local public revenue to maintain and refresh facilities, provide foundation grants programs, hire needed staff, and ensure equitable access to programs and parks. This means not only an • Solicitation of direct donations/gifts from users adequate operational budget but also a regular supply and bequeaths from benefactors etc. of capital funds for construction, repairs, renovation, • Funding dedicated to health improvement and land acquisition. Today, the system is financially • Hold fee-based special events (bike rides, 10K and sustainable, but as Brooklyn Park’s recreation and park 5K runs, concerts, etc.) with revenue dedicated to system expands, funding the system must be increased parks to match new needs. Because parks are often cited as a • Encourage business involvement, sponsorship, prime reason why people relocate or stay in a particular naming rights, etc. of parks, recreation facilities, neighborhood or city, Brooklyn Park should continue and events to fund parks as a priority item, and should examine innovative ways of ensuring stable financing. 6-2. Work to develop public-private partnerships to fund a new signature community-scale parks that spur private development, specifically by:

• More cross-collaboration between the Recreation and Parks Department and the Economic Development Department • Seeking corporate support for public investments • Building partnerships with the business community

74 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan 6-3. Work with the Brooklyn Park Foundation to provide additional financial and Funding Sources community support for recreation and parks Moving the recreation and park system from good to great will take additional funding. Funding not only 6-4. Maximize use of volunteers for big, exciting new facilities like a water park or BONDING outdoor performance space but for neighborhood park revitalization, new programs and outreach, etc. It is 6-5. Evaluate on-going operational and life General Obligation Bonds and Revenue Bonds provide anticipated that the City of Brooklyn Park will fund cycle costs when making facility capital another source of implementation funding for new the system using multiple methods. The applicability decisions public facilities, as well as repairs and/or upgrades to of each funding source to plan priorities is indicated existing facilities. in Table 6-1. 6-6. Partner with schools, athletic associations, nonprofit organizations, and others GENERAL PARK BOND ISSUE GENERAL FUNDS

6-7. Develop a funding plan to ensure long Residents can decide to raise revenue through a General funds can and should be used to develop and term funding to meet system goals permanent or temporary tax increase dedicated for maintain the parks and recreation system. General specific purposes such as park, trail, and bikeway funds are the primary funding source for on-going improvements and maintenance. These funds are maintenance, operations, and amenities. Most grants usually provided through bonds approved as part of a also have a matching requirement that is often pledged voter referendum. Historically, Brooklyn Park has used with general funds. park bond issues to provide a source of funding for large park improvements and other building projects. DEDICATED TAX LEVY The last park bond referendum was held in 1997. Park bond referendums are most successful for projects A city can hold a referendum for a dedicated tax levy that can garner significant public support, such as a with proceeds directed specifically for recreation and signature community park with unique features or parks. This levy can be used for capital projects as improvements to a number of parks that serve a large well as operations and maintenance. The proceeds number of residents throughout the community. may be in place of general funds or be supplemented Preparation of the referendum should be done with by general funds. The advantage of a dedicated tax care and public involvement. levy is that recreation and parks receives a more stable source of funding and does not have to compete with other city priorities for funding on an annual basis.

75 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan STATE AID FUNDS PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS

State aid funds are available for pedestrian and bicycle Brooklyn Park has partnerships with both public Grants are a way to make the City of Brooklyn Park’s improvements on state aid streets. This funding source and private organizations. These relationships have dollars go further. The City has been successful in is particularly useful at the time of street construction historically led to improvements to City parks and securing grant funding. Below is a sample of some or re-construction. Brooklyn Park should have a process other public facilities. Partnerships will be important grant opportunities that may be available along with for evaluating needed trail and sidewalk improvements for both facilities and programming. Organizations websites to visit for more information. as part of capital improvement projects. with partner funding can also provide assistance with design, outreach and maintenance. Partnerships and Minnesota DNR PARK AND TRAIL DEDICATION relationships with private businesses can also result in easements and use agreements for trails across private Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/index.html land. Minnesota Statutes allow local governments to require dedication of land or cash in-lieu of land for parks and The Minnesota DNR is one of the most comprehensive DONATIONS trails from new subdivisions. The dedication must resources when it comes to state funding for park and be reasonable and rationally related to the recreation trail programs. They offer a variety of grant programs demand created by the development. Cities can also Private donations are another potential funding source. and technical assistance. Current programs provide require dedication of right-of-way or easements for These may be financial donations from individuals or assistance for cross country skiing trails, mountain sidewalks or trails. Brooklyn Park collects parkland area corporations or donations of labor from recreation biking trails, horseback riding trails, and recreational dedication fees on a pre-determined schedule for all clubs or use agreements. Programs such as “adopt-a- trails. Some programs also offer assistance for the newly created lots. Some cities, such as Chanhassen, trail” or “adopt-a-park” by an organization, business, development of parks or for trail amenities such MN, have adopted a separate trail fee or dedication or individuals have successfully been used in many as restrooms, lightning, benches, etc. Each of the requirement. communities to help with maintenance tasks and raise Minnesota DNR grant programs is unique. The DNR awareness. should be consulted before pursuing a grant to clarify SCHOOL DISTRICT #279 (OSSEO) funding availability and qualifications.

The City partners with School District #279 in the Minnesota DOT operation of several park facilities and the Zanewood Recreation Center. The continued collaboration Website: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/grants/ between the two entities is important in maintaining open communication. The two parties should continue Most trail or bikeway improvement projects funded to communicate on an annual basis about planned through Minnesota DOT also have a portion which projects and additional opportunities to jointly develop is federal dollars. Since June 9, 1998 there have been open space and public facilities as appropriate. three federal bills (TEA-21, ISTEA & SAFETEA- LU) enacted to fund transportation improvements.

76 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan The current program in place today, SAFETEA-LU 33% to a newly-created Clean Water Fund to be spent Foundations & Non-Profits expired on September 30, 2009. The reauthorization only to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in of this bill will likely occur in some form and fashion. lakes, rivers, streams and groundwater, with at least 5% There are foundations and non-profits that are Examples of programs typically funding trail or of the fund spent to protect drinking water sources. interested in fulfilling their missions by supporting sidewalk improvement projects include Transportation local projects. There are a number of on-line tools that Enhancements (TE) or Safe Routes to Schools. While 14.25% to a newly created Parks and Trails Fund can assist with the process of identifying additional the essence of these bills has primarily supported to support parks and trails of regional or statewide foundations that may financially support park, trail, roadway and safety improvements, roadway projects significance. and bikeway improvements. The Minnesota Council that have integrated trails have faired better than others of Foundations is a great starting point for identifying during the solicitation process. The City should begin Funding from the Legacy Amendment is administered foundations. Another good starting point is to consider collaborating with other roadway jurisdictions and by a variety of agencies such as the Department the businesses within Brooklyn Park and using their organizations along the Mississippi River to prioritize of Natural Resources, Pollution Control Agency, websites to see if they have a foundation or charitable projects for the next round of federal transportation Department of Health, Historical Society, Minnesota giving department. In addition to retailers and dollars. Building early support across multiple State Arts Board and regional art councils. A number manufacturers, be sure to consider businesses such as jurisdictions will better position the City in obtaining of new grant programs were created. Information about the railroad, energy providers and communications federal dollars. grant opportunities can be found on individual state companies. department and organization websites. Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program On Nov. 4 2008, Minnesota voters approved the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Website: www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/ Minnesota State Constitution which increased the general sales and use tax rate by three-eighths of one percentage point (0.375%) to 6.875% and dedicated The National Parks Service’s (NPS) “Rivers, Trails the additional proceeds as follows: and Conservation Assistance Program” (RTCA) is designed to provide communities technical assistance to conserve rivers, preserve open space, and develop 19.75% to a newly created Arts and Cultural Heritage trails and greenways. The RTCA program also Fund to be spent only for arts, arts education, and implements the natural resource conservation and arts access, and to preserve Minnesota’s history and outdoor recreation mission of the National Park cultural heritage. Service in communities across America. The NPS highly encourages communities to contact them before 33% to a newly created Outdoor Heritage Fund to be submitting an application for assistance. spent only to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests and habitat for game, fish and wildlife.

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78 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Chapter 26 Priorities, Toolkit & Using The Plan

he Recreation and Parks Master Plan is intended The tool kit includes: to guide the big picture decision making by City • New Program and Project Review officials, staff, partners, and the public. The purposeT of Chapter 6 is threefold. First, the chapter • Park Classifications presents priorities for the future. These priorities are the • Activity Delivery Guidelines big picture, visionary, new initiatives that the Recreation • Recreation Facility Service Standards and Parks Department will champion to move the system • General Recreation and Parks Capital and from good to great. The second part of the chapter is Operations and Maintenance Costs the Tool Kit. The tools are intended to act as a guide to evaluating new projects and initiatives and helping with The third and final section is a users guide that addresses decision making system-wide and on a case by case basis. the process for capital improvements, measuring progress The tools in will help decision makers know when to and master plan updates. say “yes” to a new project, idea, or approach and when to say “no”.

79 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan PRIORITIES Create More Unique Parks Create A More Connected Trail 1 2 System Priorities are drawn from the objectives listed in Chapter Brooklyn Park is one of the most diverse communities 5. They do not follow the objectives verbatim, they in Minnesota; it has racial, ethnic, economic, and age Trails are one of the most desired and economical offer a summary of key actions that will take Brooklyn diversity. It is logical that the recreation and park system recreation amenities. They bring the park system closer Park’s recreation and parks system from good to great. should reflect this cultural richness. More unique parks, to every resident, are usable by all ages and abilities, offer The priories are drawn from 4 of the 6 focus areas: reflective of cultural richness, will help take the recreation transportation alternatives, and support active living. engagement, recreation facilities and parks, programs, and parks system from good to great. and trails. The other 2, Maintenance and Safety and Recommendations: Funding, remain essential to achieve a great park system. Recommendations: Excellence in these areas is, in large part, why the system • Create a new urban greenway (linear park and trail) is good today. A challenge for the future is changing and • Integrate community involvement in the design along Bass and Shingle Creeks to the Mississippi growing the system while still properly maintaining and and planning processes for parks to ensure they River Trail, connecting existing neighborhoods, adequately funding the system reflect the community’s cultural richness. parks, trails, and natural areas. • Cultivate public private partnerships to create • Fill existing trail gaps with a priority on creating The priorities highlight and elevate the very things that community-scale signature parks and new facilities a one half to one mile grid of trails and sidewalks make Brooklyn Park different from other communities. that contribute to economic development. city-wide on major roads and a one quarter to one They build on and celebrate the city’s cultural richness • Build a new, signature, community park in the half mile wide grid in low mobility areas. and diverse recreation interests - the very things that Northwest/Target Campus Area as a catalyst for • Build trail network enhancements including: trails make Brooklyn Park a unique and special place. development/redevelopment. The new park would on both sides of major roads, adding bike lanes, be a potential location for an outdoor performance safer road crossings, and plowing more trails for space, large scale picnicking venue, or arts center. winter use. • Establish a new park along the CR 81 corridor to • Expand walking loops in community parks. Interested in which objectives in serve the southwest portion of the city and act as Chapter 5 apply to each priority? an amenity for development/redevelopment along

Look for the 1 symbols next to the the CR 81 Corridor. objectives in Chapter 5. • Continue to celebrate Brooklyn Park’s history at Eidem Homestead. It is a potential location for the local historical society, farmer’s market, or an expansion of community gardens. Work towards implementing the Historic Farm Master Plan. • Maintain and improve facilities at Edinburgh Golf Course, Central Park, Oak Grove Park, Brookdale Park, and the Community Activity Center.

80 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 Figure 6-1. Priorities

reek 1.C reate more unique parks Champlin Legend Proposed Priority Actions New Parks with unique community-wide parks North Woods Park use

PKWY New urban greenway (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park Continue Eidem Homestead: Planned Regional Trails 2. create a more

DOUGLAS DRIVE

U.S. 169HWY. to celebrate Brooklyn Park’s Priority Trail Network connected trail system History. Potential location for local New community park Regional Trails with a new greenway Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNETKAAVE historical society, farmer’s market, Internal Park Walking Trails in the southern portion and potential catalyst for Northern Trail Park NOBLE Coon Rapids development/redevelopment. Oak Grove Park expansion of community gardens of the city and walking Environmental Regional Park loops within community Potential location for outdoor Nature Area Founders Eidem Homestead Informational parks Park Historical Site performance space and/or arts Existing Parks

center. Willows of PKWY Aspen Park Trail

T.H. 610 Sidewalk (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks Planned Trail Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park Planned Sidewalk Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY Schools T.H. 610 3. integrate arts into the T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) park system Acres Park Edinbrook Park

Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE T.H. Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Fridley Course Crossing 4. Provide more equitable Park access to recreation Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CSAH 81 and Armory programs and parks Westwood Emerson Park Cottonwood Park Queen Central Park Park Woods College Park Park River Park

WEST BROADWAY Sunny U.S. HWY. 169 Hamilton Park Lad Norwood Park Acres Look for opportunities to Birch Grove Park Sunkist Park Park Tessman Park T.H. establish a new park with Park 252 Greenhaven Park 5. add new specialized picnicking and amplified City Park facilities such as sound west of CR-81 (CSAH 103) Park Lawn Park aquatics and an indoor BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square BROOKLYN BLVD Brookdale Park field house or domed Monroe Park Village Creek sports field and expand Palmer Lake (CSAH 130) Park Environmental Meadowwood Park on non-traditional Hartkopf Park Nature Area offerings such as Zane Court Park skateboard parks, Zanewood Park Continue to maintain disc golf, community

Zanewood Recreation Center Edinburgh Golf Course gardens, and dog parks 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94 as a premier championship course Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Develop an urban greenway along Sunny Lane Cavell Park Park Southbrook Park Bass Creek and Shingle Creek 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park connecting to the Mississipppi River Trail. Plymouth New Hope Crystal

81 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Integrate Arts into the Park Provide More Equitable Access 3 System 4 to Recreation Programs and Parks Arts can provide a layer of richness that draws people to recreation programs and parks, makes residents feel Serving all Brooklyn Park residents regardless of race, welcome, and sets the City’s recreation and parks system income, age, or ability is a fundamental purpose of apart from those in neighboring communities. recreation and parks. To that end, the master plan recommends continuing to improve on equitable Recommendations: physical distribution of facilities and increased emphasis on breaking down transportation and economic barriers • Add signature art pieces in community parks. to participation. • Build an outdoor performance space in the city, possible locations include new parks in the Recommendations: northwest or southwest. • Incorporate art into park infrastructure such as • Increase physical access to programs by working benches, picnic shelters, fencing, and walkways. with partners to expand program locations, developing a program for mobile recreation • Partner with residents to include art that reflects (where programs are brought to parks), working the community’s cultural richness. with partners to expand bus and shuttle service • Look for opportunities to include active art in to program locations, and providing universally parks. accessible facilities. • With partners, look for opportunities to locate an • Lessen financial barriers to participation by focusing arts center in the city. on low cost/no cost recreation facilities, continuing to use a tiered pricing model for programs, and offering sliding scale fees, scholarships, and subsidized rentals. • Remove cultural barriers to participation by involving residents in the design and planning process for parks, actively recruiting minority residents and recent immigrants as volunteers and interns, establishing a park liaisons program, reducing language barriers, more actively marketing activities and events, and offering more specialized programs.

82 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Add Key Recreation Facilities 5 Providing a variety of recreation facilities that meet recreation needs and desires is what makes a park system fun for everyone. While Brooklyn Park offers a diverse range of facilities, the master plan recommends updating the facility mix.

Recommendations: • Aquatics: add a water park and interactive water play features to the facility mix. • Indoor recreation: add a field house or/domed sports fields, as well as providing greater access to high quality gym space. • Outdoor recreation: provide more non-traditional sports facilities, such as skate parks and disc golf; add community garden spaces and dog parks; increase the number of multi-purpose sport fields for soccer, football, lacrosse, and rugby.

Photo credit: www.bensenvilleparkdistrict.org

83 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Funding Sources

The following table identifies the potential funding Key sources for each of the priorities. Sources are identified Best Funding Source Likely Funding Source Possible Funding Source as possible, likely, best depending on how well the action and funding source are matched. x t p Table 6-1. Potential Funding Sources for Priorities General Dedicated Park Bond State Aid Park/Trail Priorities Funds Tax Levy Referendum Funds Dedication Grants Partnerships Donations Notes Create More Unique Parks Build a new, signature community park in the Northwest/ p p x x t x Target Campus Area Establish a new park along the CR 81 corridor t t x p Continue to celebrate the City’s history at Eidem Homestead. t t t x x p Explore grants from Mn Explore it as a location for the local historical society, farmer’s Historical Society & State market and expansion of community gardens Arts Board Maintain and improve facilities at Central Park, Oak Grove x x p p Park, Brookdale Park, and the Community Activity Center Master planning and revitalization of neighborhood parks x x p p p

Create a More Connected Trail System Create a new urban greenway along Bass and Shingle Creeks to p p x p t p Watershed potential partner the Mississippi River Trail Expand and enhance the trail network, including adding trails, p p p x x x Partner with Hennepin bike lanes, safer road crossings and plowing more trails for County winter use Fill existing sidewalk gaps/build sidewalks with new t p p x Sidewalk grants limited to development/redevelopment projects Safe Routes to School. Best if installed in partnership with developers at the time of development Expand walking loops in community parks x p t p

84 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Key Best Funding Source Likely Funding Source Possible Funding Source x t p Table 6-1. Potential Funding Sources for Priorities (cont.) General Dedicated Park Bond State Aid Park/Trail Priorities Funds Tax Levy Referendum Funds Dedication Grants Partnerships Donations Notes Integrate Arts in the park Add signature art pieces in community parks x x x t Build an outdoor performance space p x p p Incorporate art into park infrastructure such as benches, picnic x x t shelters, fencing and walkways Look for opportunities to include active art in parks x x x t Explore grants from State Arts Board With partners, look for opportunities to locate an arts center x x

Equitable Access Remove cultural barriers to participation x x p t Lessen financial barriers x x p t Improve physical access x x p t

Add Key Recreation Facilities Build an indoor pool x x Incorporate interactive water play features in parks x x x Add a field house and/or domed sports fields x x Provide greater access to high quality gym facilities p p t Provide more non-traditional recreation facilities (disc golf, x x p p community gardents, dog parks, etc.) Increase the number of multi-purpose sport fields x x p Provide more non-traditional sports facilities, such as skate x x x p p parks and disc golf; add community garden spaces and dog parks; increase the number of multi-purpose sports fields for soccer, football, lacrosee and rugby

85 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Toolkit

The toolkit contains processes, standards and guidelines Idea Evaluation Phase to guide evaluation of new projects and initiatives and helping with decision making system-wide and on a Baseline Evaluation by Staff case by case basis. The toolkit includes: • Test idea against master plan goals and objectives and the decision principles • New Program and Project Review Process • Depending on the scope of the idea, decision can be made by staff or introduced to the • Park Classifications Recreation and Parks Commission and Planning Commission • Activity Delivery Guidelines • Recreation Facility Service Standards Decision Principles cHECKLIST • General Recreation and Parks Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs Engagement ‡‡ Is the action a priority? PROGRAM AND PROJECT REVIEW ‡‡ Will the action help build a great neighborhood? PROCESS ‡‡ Will the action be a catalyst for private sector investment?

Maintenance ‡‡ Will the action encourage community gathering? One of the most challenging things for a recreation & Safety and parks department is knowing when to say ‘yes’ to a ‡‡ Will the action build community awareness, advocacy, and passion for recreation new project and when to say ‘no’. The program and and parks? project review process provides a sample outline for a ‡‡ Will the action advance outreach and communication to minority groups within Recreation Facilities systematic review process for new requests. Systematic &Parks Brooklyn Park? review ensures that new projects are in-line with system- ‡‡ Does the action inspire community pride? wide goals and can be adequately funded, staffed, and maintained prior to implementation. ‡‡ Does the action contribute to welcoming parks?

Programs ‡‡ Does the action create new recreation opportunities? Figure 6-2. ‡‡ Does the action improve efficiency of recreation and parks services? Project Review Process ‡‡ Does the action increase awareness of Brooklyn Park history and culture? Idea Evaluation Phase ‡‡ Will the action improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility? Idea Generation Trails ‡‡ Does the action reflect different needs for different neighborhoods? • Idea may come from commissioners, public, stakeholders, staff ‡‡ Does the action support a city-wide system of recreational facilities and parks? • Idea proposal that includes: description of ‡‡ Have all facility and partnership options been evaluated before deciding to add Funding project, facilities affected, need, benefits, costs, infrastructure or programs? funding sources, timeframe, permits, market ‡‡ Does the action serve an unmet need? study (if applicable/needed), permits needed, availability to the public ‡‡ Will the action be sustainable from year to year?

86 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Idea Evaluation Phase Planning Phase Implementation Phase

Recreation and Parks Planning Implementation Commission/ Planning Review • Concept refinement • Construction documents • Preliminary plan • Construction • Review focus is if the idea has merit, how it relates to • Final Plan • Program delivery polices and broad based fiscal • Program timetable • Method for measuring success is implications defined • Depending on scope of the idea, decision can be made here or sent on to the City Council Program Prioritization Operation of Facility or Programs • Project is prioritized based on policy decisions, public needs, • Facility or program is now and other initiatives serving the public need • Council Action: authorize development and operation, award contracts City Council Review • Reporting provided to Council • Review focus if the idea and Commission has merit, how it relates to Funding Allocation polices and broad based fiscal • Funding for all aspects of the implications program/project are approved • Council Action: authorize staff and annual operations and to proceed to planning phase maintenance and staffing costs are or not addressed • Council Action: authorize funding

87 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Park Classifications

The park classifications define and clarify the intended use of each park type and indoor recreation facilities, and clarify the area served, the size, and ideal sites. This table is particularly useful when planning for new parks within the community or when contemplating park needs for major redevelopment projects. Classifications will help guide facility and use plans.

Table 6-2. Park Classifications Use Service Area Size Site Parks in Brooklyn Park Mini Parks Provide opportunities for recreation close to home or for 1/4 mile radius Typically Easily accessible to residents/ Stratford Crossing Park, Striefel Park, Town Square East, Town targeted populations (elderly, tots, etc.). May serve a specific less than customers, safe walking & Square West, Waite Park East, Wait Park West, Westwood Park, commercial or dense residential development project. 3 acres biking access Zane Court Park Neighborhood The primary recreation facility to meet the day-to-day 1/2 mile radius, Typically Easily accessible to Brooklyn Acres, Brook Oaks Park, Cavell Park, Cherry Meadows Parks needs of neighborhoods. Provide active recreation and free of major 3-14 acres neighborhood residents by bike Park, City Park, College Park, Cottonwood Park, Edgewood gathering space for families or groups of neighbors. Fields are barriers such as or on foot Park, Edinbrook Park, Emerson Woods Park, Fair Oaks Park, appropriate for practice/youth games. waterways or Founders Park, Lad Park, Maitland Park, Meadowlake Park, highways Meadowwood Park, Monroe Park, Park Lawn Park, Pinebrook Park, Queen Park, Royal Oaks Park, Southbrook Park, Sunkist Park, Sunny Acres Park, Sunnylane Park, Tessman Acres Park,Village Creek Park , Willows of Aspen Park Large The primary recreation facility to meet the day-to-day and 1/2 mile radius, Typically Easily accessible to Birch Grove Park, Hamilton Park, Hartkopf Park, Jewell Park, Neighborhood more intense programming needs of neighborhoods. Provide free of major 15-30 neighborhood residents by bike Northern Trail Park, Norwood Park, Tessman Park, Trinity Parks active recreation and gathering space for families or groups barriers such as acres or on foot Gardens Park, Willowstone Park of neighbors. Fields are appropriate for scheduled, organized waterways or athletic games for all age groups. highways Sport Park Focused on organized athletic recreation with regulation sized Community 10-25+ Connected to pedestrian/bike Noble Sports Park, Northwoods Park, Zane Sports Park playfields. Meets the athletic needs of varying ages. Wide acres networks. Automobile parking provided Community Facilities serving the community with access to natural and Community 25-50+ Sited to be accessible to Brookdale Park, Central Park, Oak Grove Park, River Park Parks programmed areas. May serve regional visitors, although not Wide acres community and to take as the primary function. advantage of natural amenities (lakes/rivers/etc…). Accessible by foot, bike, auto and bus Special Areas serving a single use activity such as golf, skiing, fitness, Community & Varies Site Specific Community Activity Center/Armory, Edinburgh Golf Course, Facilities indoor ice skating, etc. Also includes sites dedicated to historic Regional Draw Zanewood Recreation Center, Eidem Homestead preservation, providing education and information about the history and culture of the area. Natural Areas Areas focused on the provision of natural environments, Community & Varies Centered around natural Bass Creek Park, Environmental Nature Center, Greenhaven passive recreation, and ecological education. Regional Draw resources and amenities Park, Palmer Lake Nature Center Regional Parks Parks and trails that are designated part of the Regional Community & Varies Varies widely, but often Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, Elm Creek Regional Trail, & Trails Park System. Uses vary widely, but focus is on outdoor and Regional Draw centered around natural Rush Creek Regional Trail, Shingle Creek Regional Trail natural resource based recreation and learning. Trails used for features. Trails should function pedestrian and bike transportation. as part of a larger network

88 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Working Draft 4/3/2012 Diagram X Park Classifications

reekFigure 6-3. Park Classifications

Champlin Legend Parks Mini Neighborhoood Park North Woods Park Neighborhood Park

PKWY (CSAH 103) Orchard Trail Park Large Neighborhood Park DOUGLAS DRIVE Community Park

U.S. 169HWY. Coon Rapids Dam Natural Areas

Three Rivers Regional ParkWINNETKAAVE Sport Park Northern Trail Park Special Facilities Oak Grove Park NOBLE Eidem Environmental Three Rivers Regional Park Homestead Coon Rapids Founders Nature Area City owned Property Historical Site Regional Park Park Schools

Willows of PKWY Aspen Park

T.H. 610 (CSAH 14) (CSAH Pinebrook Royal Oaks Maple Grove Noble Sports NOBLE Park Park Park Willowstone Park Coon Rapids

WEST BROADWAY T.H. 610 T.H. 610 93RDBrooklyn AVE (CSAH 30) Acres Park Edinbrook Park

Trinity PKWY Gardens Jewell Park Maitland Park Osseo Park NOBLE T.H. Zane Sports Park Tessman 252 S Stratford Brook Oaks Park Acres Park ZANEAVE (CSAH 14) Edinburgh Golf Fridley Course Crossing Park Community Activity Center 85TH AVE (CSAH 109) CSAH 81 and Armory Westwood Cottonwood Park Emerson Park Central Park Queen Woods Park College Park Park River Park Sunny U.S. HWY. 169 WEST BROADWAY Hamilton Park Acres Lad Norwood Park Birch Grove Sunkist Park Park Park Tessman Park T.H. Greenhaven Park Park 252

City

(CSAH 103) Park Park Lawn Park BROOKLYN BLVDCSAH 81(CSAH 130) (CSAH 152) Old Town Hall Square Brookdale Park BROOKLYN BLVD

Monroe School Village Creek Palmer Lake

(CSAH 130) Park Park Environmental Meadowwood Park Hartkopf Park Nature Area Zane Court Park

Zanewood Park

Zanewood Recreation Center 69TH AVE (CO. RD. 130) INTERSTATE 94

Bass Creek Park Striefel Lakeland Park INTERSTATE 94 Park Fair Oaks Park Brooklyn Center Cherry CSAH 81 Meadows Edgewood Park

Park U.S. HWY. 169 HWY. U.S. Sunny Lane Cavell Park Eagle Lake Park Southbrook Park 0 0.50.25 (CSAH 8) WEST BROADWAY WEST 8) (CSAH Miles ° Meadowlake Park Plymouth New Hope Crystal

89 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Activity Delivery Guidelines

The following guidelines provide direction regarding the public and geographic access to recreation activities within the City of Brooklyn Park. The delivery levels range from city scale to neighborhood scale and define the expectations for the quantity and general location of a particular facility. For example, golf and indoor ice arenas are specialized facilities that are used by residents from across the City, while children’s play equipment and open grass play space should be accessible at a neighborhood level.

The first consideration should always be the need, appropriateness, and current availability. The infrastructure needed (field, court, etc.) for the activity to occur is the second consideration. The physical facilities and programs needed for the activity may be best delivered, modified or created by the City; or by service providers alone or in partnership with the City.

Table 6-3. Activity Delivery Guidelines Delivery Level Recreation Focus Facility Examples Places Trails/Bikeways Service Area Within the City Family, adult & group Golf courses, community centers, indoor ice arenas, Specialty Facilities, North Hennepin and Shingle City-wide & regional recreation aquatics- splash pad/pool, off-leash dog areas, large natural Historic Sites, Regional Creek Regional Trails areas, lake & river access Parks & Reserves Within a park service area Family, adult & group Dedicated athletic fields, high quality tennis courts (lit, 4+), Community Parks, Citywide trails and regional trails, Within a park service area (5 in city) recreation outdoor ice skating, large group picnic shelters, community Sport Parks, Schools, Bikeways gathering spaces, natural areas, recreation program Recreation program locations new activities that are being evaluated before locations further integration into the parks system Within a community Wide range of users, Organized athletic fields and courts, skate park, Community Parks, Trails within community parks, 1-2 mile radius, reduced (group of 2-3 interests, ages, and abilities neighborhood tennis courts, community gardens, shared Sport Parks, Large local bikeway connections, to 1/2 mile radius in low neighborhoods; 1-2 per use fields Neighborhood Parks, corridors connecting residential mobility areas service area) Schools areas to park network Within a neighborhood Children, youth, and Children’s play equipment, informal turf play space, Mini-Parks, Small Sidewalks and on-road bikeways Walkable distance not more seniors informal picnicking, athletic fields suitable for practice/ Neighborhood Parks connecting residential areas to than 1/2 mile youth games parks, trails & walks within a park Mobile recreation Flexible and mobile delivery City wide. Going where services are needed, parks, schools, of recreation services apartment complexes.

90 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Recreation Facility Service Standards

The Standards identify a minimum level of service for recreation facilities, such as ball fields, courts, etc. to assure convenient access to recreation. The Standards list the desired minimum number of facilities, the existing number, and note any excess or deficiencies. The recommendations/notes section facility related recommendations that are outlined in the objectives in Chapter 5.

Recreation trends vary and flexibility is needed to respond to changing needs and new activities/uses. Consideration should be given to public access to other non-city facilities when infrastructure decisions are made. Surplus or deficit does not automatically mean the need to add or remove facilities. However, it does indicate the potential to re-position the facility mix within the park system to better meet needs. Numbers alone do not tell the whole story as facility usability is affected by quality, size, access, durability, etc. The guidelines are intended to give the City flexibility in replacing unused or poor quality facilities with facilities for the popular activities at any given time.

Table 6-4. Recreation Facility Standards Minimum Current Excess / Standards Service Area Number per Range Recommendations / Notes Population Number Deficit Transition neighborhood courts to larger banks of courts (4 or more) high quality lighted courts, 21 city Excess/Deficit: along with eventual conversion of obsolete courts 1 court per 2,000- into other uses, as determined by the neighborhood TENNIS 1 mile 18-36 courts 4,000 park master planning process. Locate one high 24 school +3/-15 courts quality court facility per park service area. Look for partnership opportunities before building new courts. Partner to provide a field house and/or domed turf 2 courts* fields within the city. Partner with local schools to Indoor Gym 2-7 provide access to high quality indoor gymnasium Courts for 10-15 minute travel time 1 per 20,000 3.6 courts space (full size gym with wood floors and air *does not include public use *see notes conditioning) at the rate of one location per service school gyms area in high mobility areas and every one-half mile in low mobility areas.

1 per 20,000 to Locate an water park or interactive water feature 40,000 0* centrally within the City, dependent on partnership Swimming Deficit: opportunities. Add small-scale interactive water

...... Pools / 15-30 minute travel time (pools should 1-2 pools *does not include features for free access to water play - up to one Aquatics accommodate 3-5% pools shared with 1 pool/water park location per park service area. Conduct a feasibility of total population school facilities study of the CAC for adding or renovating the at a time) building to include aquatics.

44 city Playgrounds are in good condition and spread evenly Excess: 5 Half mile N/A 50 playgrounds throughout the city. Current maintenance and PLAYGROUNDS playgrounds acilities 16 school/civic updates should be continued. F

91 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Table 6-4. Recreation Facility Standards (Cont.)

Minimum Current Excess / Facilities Service Area Number per Range Recommendations / Notes Population Number Deficit

Outdoor: 1 per Provide high quality winter skating, skating trail, 5,000-10,000 5 rinks sledding hills, cross-country skiing and hockey Deficit: facilities in community parks. Partner with ICE HOCKEY 10-15 minute travel time 7-14 rinks + neighborhood associations and community groups to Indoor rinks 1-8 rinks provide winter skating and hockey in neighborhood influence demand 2 indoor rinks parks, if partner groups are willing to maintain these for outdoor rinks facilities.

Provide high quality winter skating, skating trail, 6 rinks sledding hills, cross-country skiing and hockey facilities GENERAL in community parks. Partner with neighborhood 1-2 miles NA NA + NA ICE SKATING RINK associations and community groups to provide winter 2 indoor rinks skating and hockey in neighborhood parks, if partner groups are willing to maintain these facilities.

1 per city plus 1 8-15 fields Adult: 10-15 minutes travel per 5,000 - 10,000 plus lighted: 1 per 51 fields* Convert low-use baseball/softball fields in Baseball 15,000-30,000 2 lighted fields neighborhood parks to other uses, as determined by Youth: 1-2 miles Excess: 28 to neighborhood park master planning process. Improve 24 full size some existing fields for more efficient use, including: Adult: 1 per 5,000 reorientation to reduce conflicts, safety fencing and to 10,000 fields Deficit:6 24 practice netting, lights at soccer/football fields before adding/ improving fields. Coordinate game scheduling Adult: 7-14 fields to maximize use of existing fields before adding/ SOFTBALL Adult: 1-2 miles Youth: 1 per 2,500- 5,000 *does not improving fields. Partner with schools to provide access to athletic fields/facilities. Youth: 14-28 include schools Youth: 1 mile fields

Full size fields Convert low use practice baseball/soft ball fields 14 full size* can be shared to multi use practice fields in neighborhood and 7 medium with football/ community parks. Monitor demand and add high Soccer 1-2 miles 1 per 7,500 10 fields 4 small lacrosse/cricket quality multi-purpose (soccer/lacrosse/football/ * does not *not all fields are rugby/cricket) fields in community parks and athletic

...... include schools full size complexes to meet need. Create artificial turf field(s) for soccer, football, lacrosse, rugby, cricket. Improve some existing fields for more efficient use, including: 1 per 20,000- Shared with reorientation to reduce conflicts, safety fencing and Lacrosse/Cricket 10-15 minutes travel time 2-4 fields 4 fields 40,000 soccer/football netting, lights at soccer/football fields before adding/ improving fields. Coordinate game scheduling to maximize use of existing fields before adding/ Shared with improving fields. Partner with schools to provide acilities 10-15 minutes travel time 1 per 20,000 4 fields 1 field FOOTBALL access to athletic fields/facilities. F soccer

92 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Table 6-4. Recreation Facility Standards (Cont.)

Minimum Current Excess / Facilities Service Area Number per Range Recommendations / Notes Population Number Deficit

Full Court: 15 courts 14 courts Deficit: Add full basketball courts in community parks. Outdoor 1 per 5,000 Add half-court basketball courts in neighborhood 1/2 to 1 mile Basketball Half Court: 4 full, 17 half parks, where identified in neighborhood park master 24 courts 5 Half Courts courts planning processes. 1 per 3,000 Deficit: 1 court per Add to meet demand as determined through Volleyball 2 miles 5-10 courts 4 courts 7,500-15,000 community driven master planning process 1-6 courts

archery Entire city NA NA 6 stalls

Neighborhood & Community NA NA Add where site conditions are appropriate sliding hills Parks 5

horseshoe Entire city NA NA 17 Located within community parks. courts

Add community garden locations to meet demand. Community As demand warrants- up to one Add to meet NA NA 190 plots Community gardens should be at least 0.25 acres in per neighborhood demand Gardens size.

Provide at least one more off leash dog area within OFF LEASH the city. Off-leash dog areas should be a minimum 10-15 minute travel time N/A 1 -2 1 park DOG AREAS of 1 acre in size. Monitor use and add more in consideration of demand.

Provide alternative sport opportunities in each service 12 hole disc area; opportunities could include skateboard parks, alternative golf course BMX bike tracks, mountain bike trails, disc golf Entire city NA NA sport facilities courses, and other facilities not specifically provided for in this plan. Expand locations, in consideration of ...... 1 skate park demand for such facilities.

Conduct a study to assess the long term viability of Brookland Golf Course and potential re-use options. golf courses Entire city NA NA 2 NA

acilities Continue to maintain Edinburgh Golf Course as a

F premier championship course.

93 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan General Recreation and Parks Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs

The following table is a tool that the City can use to initially evaluate and budget for new improvements and quickly grasp the general cost for new improvements. Equally important to the initial capital cost for a project are the on-going operations and maintenance costs. Adequately budgeting operations and maintenance ensures that facilities last their expected life and that parks remain safe and welcoming.

Table 6-5. General Capital and Operations & Maintenance Costs Estimated Existing Park Element Capital Cost Annual O&M Cost Life (Years) Units Neighborhood Park (3-14 Acres) $75,000 Per Acre $550/Acre 25-50 394 Acres Community Park (30+ Acres) $115,000 Per Acre $550/Acre 25-50 354 Acres New Parks Sport Park (30-50 Acres) $150,000 Per Acre $3,400/Acre 25-50 163 Acres Mowed Turf Grass (Irrigated) $50,000/Acre New Sod $27,000/ $1,000/Acre (Includes:mowing, trimming, 15-30 113 Acres Acre New Seed fertilizing, weed control, aerating & overseeding) Mowed Turfgrass (Non Irrigated) $25,000/Acre New Sod $1,500/Acre $800/Acre (Includes:mowing, trimming, 15-30 353 Acres New Seed fertilizing, weed control, aerating & overseeding) Irrigation $25,000/Acre $1,300/Acre 25 113 Acres Contractual Landscape Maintenace (Street $6.50 Sq. Ft. ($282,600/Acre) $.25 Sq. Ft. ($9,250/Acre) 20 204,797 Sq. Ft. (4.70 Medians & Natural Prairie Plantings) Acres)

General Grounds & Landscaping Formal Ornamental Gardens $50 per square foot - - - Restrooms $250,000 ($350-$400 Sq. Ft.) $11,000/Bldg./Yr. 40 5 Activity Buildings $400,000 ($200 Sq. Ft.) $35,000/Bldg./Yr. 40 8 Picnic Shelters (24-120 Capacity) $40,000-$300,000 ($125-$150 Sq. $3,800/Shelter/Yr. 40 23

Park Building/ Shelters Ft.) Trails (10 Ft. Wide Asphalt) $160,000 Per Mile $5,280 Per Mile 30 46 Miles Parking Lots (Asphalt) $2,500-$3,000 Per Stall $20-$25 Per Stall 40 3,425 Stalls Pedestrian Bridges $1,200 Lin. Ft. $3.50 Ln. Ft. 30 760 Lin. Ft. Trails & Surfaces Tennis Courts (Asphalt) $125,000 (12,500 Sq. Ft Double $1,000/Court 25 21 Court) Basketball Courts (Concrete) $30,000 Per Court (4,680 Sq. Ft.) $400/Court 50 2 Basketball Courts (Asphalt) $25,000 Per Court (4,680 Sq. Ft.) $600/Court 25 15 Playgrounds $45,000-$300,000 $3,000/Site/Yr. 14-26 47

Park Amenities Skate Parks $125,000-$150,000 $3,000/Site/Yr. 10-15 1

94 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Estimated Existing Park Element Capital Cost Annual O&M Cost Life (Years) Units Outdoor Skating Rinks $80,000-$100,000/Hockey Rink $9,000/Rink 20 12 Community Gardens $10,000-$20,000 Acre $800 Acre 20 1 Park Dog Park $10,000-$20,000 Acre $800 Acre 15-20 1 Amenities Level A (Irrigated) Large Soccer/Football *$65,000/Field New Sod $30,000/ $4,200/Field(Includes: lining, mowing, trimming, 15 11 Field New Seed TURF ONLY fertilizing, weed control, aerating, irrigation & Field (1.5 Acres) overseeding) Level A (Irrigated) Medium Size Soccer/ *$35,500/Field New Sod $16,000/ $2,300/Field(Includes: lining, mowing, trimming, 15 7 Field New Seed TURF ONLY fertilizing, weed control, aerating, irrigation & Football Field (.83 Acres) overseeding) Level A (Irrigated) Small Size Soccer/Football *$23,500/Field New Sod $10,500/ $1,500/Field(Includes: lining, mowing, trimming, 15 4 Field New Seed TURF ONLY fertilizing, weed control, aerating, irrigation & Field (.54 Acres) overseeding) Level B (Non Irrigated) Large Soccer/ *$37,500/Field New Sod $2,250/ $2,000/Field(Includes: lining, mowing, trimming, 7 4 Football Field (1.5 Acres) Field New Seed TURF ONLY fertilizing, weed control, aerating & overseeding) Level C (Non Irrigated) Practice Soccer/ *$25,000/Acre New Sod $1,500/Acre $800/Acre (Includes:mowing, trimming, 7 14 Football Field (1 Acre) New Seed fertilizing, weed control, aerating & overseeding) Level A (Irrigated) Baseball/Softball Field (1 *$50,000/Acre New Sod $27,000/ $4,200/Field(Includes: lining, dragging, mowing, 7 19 Acre New Seed & Aglime trimming, fertilizing, weed control, aerating, Acre) irrigation & overseeding) Level B (Non Irrigated) Baseball/Softball *$25,000/Acre New Sod $1,500/Acre $2,300/Field(Includes: lining, draging, mowing, 7 5 New Seed & Aglime trimming, fertilizing, weed control, aerating, Field (1 Acre) irrigation & overseeding) Level C (Non Irrigated) Practice Baseball/ *$25,000/Acre New Sod $1,500/Acre $800/Acre (Includes:mowing, trimming, 7 27 Softball Field (1 Acre) New Seed fertilizing, weed control, aerating & overseeding) Artificial Turf Field $1,000,000 $22,000 10 0 Indoor Turf Facility $50-$250/SF depending on type of varies based on scale/type 40 0 are for turf/field/irrigation only no additional amenities Athletic Fields costs structure (domed lower/bldg higher) Large Picnic Shelter (500 Capacity, assumes $200-$300 /Sq. Ft. $2-$3 / Sq. Ft. 40 0 restrooms) Historical Farm $2,500,000 $100,000/Yr. 50 1 (12 Acres) Interactive water play /feature $600,000 $5,000 15-20 0 Public Art varies varies varies 0 Large Event Area - Bandshell $750,000-$10,000,000 varies based on scale/type 50 0 Outdoor Water Park $4,000,000-$6,000,000 $350,000-$750,000 20 0 Speciality Facilities Indoor Water Park $5,000,000-$10,000,000 $1,000,000+ 20 0

95 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan USERS GUIDE 1. Asset management programs are used identify The City of Brooklyn Park already conducts some that a parks will need $50,000 or more in park evaluation of its services, including a community survey, This section addresses process that will help ensure improvements within the next 5 years (for example, counts of recreation program participants, and users of that the work of City officials, staff, partners and the a new playground is needed and the tennis courts its fee based services. The Park System Annual Update public will support Brooklyn Park’s Recreation and and parking lot will need to be replaced). and the Parks Maintenance Division Operational Parks Master Plan. Presentation/Review provides annual information about 2. Community driven Master Plan is undertaken at park facilities conditions, maintenance, rehabilitation/ least a year prior to improvements being done. The replacement needs and efficiency. It is recommended Master Plan identifies facilities and improvements Capital Improvement Plans that the existing evaluations be expanded to include to the entire park, priorities, and phasing. more qualitative and quantitative data gathering 3. The ecreationR and Parks Master Plan, individual to better illustrate the benefit of the system and its Systematic planning and budgeting for capital park master plans, and asset management should individual components. It is also recommended that improvements is a key function of government. Logical be used annually to prioritize projects and prepare the annual report be expanded to be used as a marketing and efficient capital planning is based on a shared vision the 5 year capital improvement plan as a blueprint tool to summarize the system and its programs, as well and a common understanding of needs and priorities. for achieving the purpose, goals, and objectives of as discuss its successes and challenges. Today, the Operations and Maintenance Department the department. uses established, effective asset management programs Comprehensive evaluations of park and recreation to identify projects that are annually included in the systems should include both qualitative and quantitative five year capital improvement plans. Historically in components. Qualitative tools, such as surveys, are Brooklyn Park, this approach has resulted in parks that Measuring Progress relatively easy to conduct and are important in gauging are very well maintained but means that the facility satisfactions, trends, and need. Surveys though do not mix and overall design of parks does not often change. Routine evaluation of the park and recreation system is tell the entire picture. Quantitative methods, such as valuable, particularly when justifying requests for funds, counts, are important in capturing the who, what, facilities, staff time and volunteers. It is important that A priority for the future of Brooklyn Park Recreation where, and when of park and recreation use. Counts system benefits are communicated as it is likely that and Parks is to create more unique parks that reflect are the most beneficial in demonstrating the magnitude elected officials, the public and other decision makers the city’s cultural richness. To achieve that, the of usage. The evaluation system should also include an do not have a thorough understanding of the magnitude Recreation and Parks Master Plan recommends a analysis of the community’s progress on its goals and of park and recreation users and the benefits the system community-driven master plan is prepared for all parks implementation of its plans. at least every 20 years (once a generation) or prior to provides. Regular evaluations also have the potential needed park investment of $50,000 or more. Master for pinpointing which improvements would better serve Quantitative Data plans will identify desired facilities for each park, system users and identifying benchmarks for excellence. priorities, and phasing. This information, along with • Number of recreation activities and participants asset management programs will inform the capital tracked through registrations improvement plan and budget. Following are the steps • Number of events, facility users and participants for establishing capital improvement plans: tracked through reservations, permitting and in requests of associations • Number of volunteer participants

96 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan • Number of individuals and dollar value of those System Analysis Living Plan using the scholarship program • Identify progress on marketing plan goals • Number of people using parks, trails and other non- A great recreation and parks system not only measures fee based facilities through the development of a • Identify improvements implemented based on progress by assessing community needs and satisfaction user count program. This might be accomplished individual park master plans and but also responds to meet those needs. Recreation by counting cars in the parking lot, creating a • Analyze whether demographic mix of park, is dynamic and evolves rapidly. Recreation ten, even neighborhood park count volunteer program, or trail and program users is reflective of the City’s five years from now, will be different from today. New installing new technology to count trail users demographic composition (age, income, race/ recreation activities and equipment emerge (in-line • Number of park master plans completed and how ethnicity) skates, the mountain bike, etc) and recreation trends many participated in each process • Outline steps taken toward implementing System ebb and flow. Inherently this means flexible and adaptive • Miles of sidewalks/trail completed Plan recommendations and priorities facilities and programs. It also means regular Recreation and Parks Master Plan review and refinement based on • Park and trail safety – number of accidents, • Evaluate the ability to fund the desired system community feedback. Annual or bi-annual review of this incidents and crime • Summarize the amount of outside funding (partnerships, grants, etc.) secured plan to make sure that priorities and recommendations Qualitative Data are still relevant and updates are made on progress to date • Evaluate whether perceptions of safety have is an essential component of building and maintaining improved and compare to actual statistics of • Continue city-wide survey on a regular basis and not just a good recreation and parks system but a great incidents evaluate trends over time one. • Conduct satisfaction surveys of recreation activity • Identify challenges and what steps have been taken participants to address them • Evaluate perceptions of safety in use of parks and trails • Create evaluation for associations and other groups which regularly use facilities • Interview park users to find out how they got there, why they came, how long they stayed, and the importance of the park’s different attributes and facilities. If done regularly this can be informative in terms of trends • Conduct focus groups to gather information about park use habits and desires for future park system directions

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98 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan CAppendixhapter 2 A Facility Benchmarks & Facility List

How Does Brooklyn Park’s Park System Measure up?

Benchmarking Brooklyn Park’s Park System against other Twin Cities Metro cities helps assess how well the city serves its residents compared to other cities. The comparison is useful in identifying significant deficiencies or excesses, but results must be considered in light of other local factors. Every city is unique, resulting in unique park systems established by historic development patterns, climate, local recreation trends, natural resources, and a host of other factors. How communities measure and define park system elements also affect the comparison. For example, one city may include all bike lanes when measuring miles of trails while another may only count off-street pathways.

A-1 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Community Benchmarks

Table A-1. Benchmark Comparisons CITY NAME Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Plymouth Woodbury CITY NAME Blaine Bloomington Burnsville Eagan Eden Prairie City area in square miles 27 36 36 36 City area in square miles 34 38 28 34 36 Total City population (2010 Census) 75,781 61,567 70,576 61,961 Total City population (2010 Census) 57,186 82,893 60,306 64,206 60,797 Acreage of City parks & open space per 1000 population 17 20 14 37 Acreage of City parks & open space per 1000 22 46 29 22 16 population City Parks/parkland acreage 1,287 1,238 868 1,672 City Parks/parkland acreage 1,222 3,884 1,800 1,350 2,500 Number of parks 56 57 51 48 Number of parks 61 71+18 ponds 78 54 44 Number of parks per 10,000 people 7 10 7.1 8 Number of parks per 10,000 people 11 8 13 8 7 Number of community parks 4 1 5 5 Number of community parks 9 11 27 4 6 ...... Number of community playfield parks 8 15 9 2 Number of community playfield parks 6 3 N/A 4 1 Number of neighborhood parks 37 16 28 36 Number of neighborhood parks 23 23 27 43 21 Number of tot lot or mini-parks 8 11 6 3 Number of tot lot or mini-parks 23 18 15 N/A 9 School athletic field acreage (under agreement with City) N/A 440 N/A 27 baseball/softball School athletic field acreage (under agreement N/A 341 22 Infields 100 20 504 acres of public fields, 27 soccer/ with City) school land football fields Special use facilities acreage (golf courses, ice arenas, 200 20 14 220 Special use facilities acreage (golf courses, ice 0 188 27 20 1,400 community centers, etc.) arenas, community centers, etc.) Active City parks space acreage 672 750-60% 370 363 Active City parks space acreage 396-32% 725-18% 645-18% 500-37% 1,000-40% Passive City park & open space acreage 650 488 481 1,743 Passive City park & open space acreage 826 3,159 1,155 850 1,500 Total City parks & open space acreage (Owned or maintained by 1,987 1,678 868 2,107 Total City parks & open space acreage (Owned or 1,222 4,225 N/A 1,450 2,520 City & with public access) maintained by City & with public access) Total non-City parks & open space acreage (State, Regional, 381 1,747 447 N/A Total City and non-City Parks & open space 140 4,707 1,460 3000 1,780

systemcomponents Private with public access) acreage

Total City and non-City Parks & open space acreage 2,368 3,425 1,345 2,107 Total City and non-City Parks & open space 1,362 8,932 3,260 4,450 4,300 acreage

ark Acreage of all parks and open space as a percent of the City 14% 15% 19% 9% Acreage of all parks and open space as a percent 6% 37% 18% 20% 19%

P of the City

A-2 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan CITY NAME Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Plymouth Woodbury CITY NAME Blaine Bloomington Burnsville Eagan Eden Prairie City area in square miles 27 36 36 36 City area in square miles 34 38 28 34 36 Total City population (2010 Census) 75,781 61,567 70,576 61,961 Total City population (2010 Census) 57,186 82,893 60,306 64,206 60,797 Acreage of City parks & open space per 1000 population 17 20 14 37 Acreage of City parks & open space per 1000 22 46 29 22 16 population City Parks/parkland acreage 1,287 1,238 868 1,672 City Parks/parkland acreage 1,222 3,884 1,800 1,350 2,500 Number of parks 56 57 51 48 Number of parks 61 71+18 ponds 78 54 44 Number of parks per 10,000 people 7 10 7.1 8 Number of parks per 10,000 people 11 8 13 8 7 Number of community parks 4 1 5 5 Number of community parks 9 11 27 4 6 ...... Number of community playfield parks 8 15 9 2 Number of community playfield parks 6 3 N/A 4 1 Number of neighborhood parks 37 16 28 36 Number of neighborhood parks 23 23 27 43 21 Number of tot lot or mini-parks 8 11 6 3 Number of tot lot or mini-parks 23 18 15 N/A 9 School athletic field acreage (under agreement with City) N/A 440 N/A 27 baseball/softball School athletic field acreage (under agreement N/A 341 22 Infields 100 20 504 acres of public fields, 27 soccer/ with City) school land football fields Special use facilities acreage (golf courses, ice arenas, 200 20 14 220 Special use facilities acreage (golf courses, ice 0 188 27 20 1,400 community centers, etc.) arenas, community centers, etc.) Active City parks space acreage 672 750-60% 370 363 Active City parks space acreage 396-32% 725-18% 645-18% 500-37% 1,000-40% Passive City park & open space acreage 650 488 481 1,743 Passive City park & open space acreage 826 3,159 1,155 850 1,500 Total City parks & open space acreage (Owned or maintained by 1,987 1,678 868 2,107 Total City parks & open space acreage (Owned or 1,222 4,225 N/A 1,450 2,520 City & with public access) maintained by City & with public access) Total non-City parks & open space acreage (State, Regional, 381 1,747 447 N/A Total City and non-City Parks & open space 140 4,707 1,460 3000 1,780

Private with public access) systemcomponents acreage

Total City and non-City Parks & open space acreage 2,368 3,425 1,345 2,107 Total City and non-City Parks & open space 1,362 8,932 3,260 4,450 4,300 acreage

Acreage of all parks and open space as a percent of the City 14% 15% 19% 9% ark Acreage of all parks and open space as a percent 6% 37% 18% 20% 19%

P of the City

A-3 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan CITY NAME Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Plymouth Woodbury CITY NAME Blaine Bloomington Burnsville Eagan Eden Prairie Miles of paved trails (off road) 44 City Park Trail – 44 N/A 120 Miles of paved trails (off road) 54 13.18 100 miles of trails & 98 (parks and blvd) 102 City ROW Trail – 50 sidewalks 3 Rivers Trail - 16 Miles of striped bike lanes 0 N/A N/A 0 Miles of striped bike lanes 2.78 1 N/A 0 Miles of sidewalk 112 N/A N/A Miles of sidewalk 70 233 above 31 84

Miles of unpaved trails 1.6 City – 1 40 N/A Miles of unpaved trails 0 33 6.35 6 10 3 Rivers - 6 Miles of bike routes (signed) N/A N/A 100 N/A Miles of bike routes (signed) 2.78 2 miles by Dakota 2 0 County Number of tennis courts 21 45 including school/ 50 35 Number of tennis courts 11 53 City / 24 School 31 32 52 parks District Number of tennis courts per 10,000 residents 3 7.5 7 6 Number of tennis courts per 10,000 residents 2 9 5 5 48 Number of outdoor basketball courts 5 Half-Court 31 including school/ 7 4 Half-Court Number of outdoor basketball courts 32 14 Full Court 35 8 +18 multi-purpose 25 courts 14 Full Court parks 16 Full Court 15 Half Court

Number of outdoor basketball courts per 10,000 residents 2.4 5 1 3.5 Number of outdoor basketball courts per 10,000 5.8 3.4 6 4 4 residents

...... Number of outdoor ice rinks 5 hockey /6 general 12 hockey / 17 general 11 hockey 7 hockey / 7 general Number of outdoor ice rinks 6 hockey / 4 general 16 Lighted hockey/ 15 16 Lighted hockey/ 15 15 hockey / 14 general 9 hockey / 9 free skate skate skating general general skate Number of indoor ice rinks per 10,000 residents .27 .32 .2 2.4 Number of indoor ice rinks per 10,000 residents N/A .36 6.4 .3 .4 Number of large soccer/lacrosse/football fields 15 19 Regulation (1 32 26 Number of large soccer/lacrosse/football fields 14 38 53 12 ( potential for 15 large and 36 small lighted) others as needed)

Number of Large soccer, Lacrosse/football fields per 10,000 residents 2 3 5 4 Number of Large soccer, Lacrosse/football fields 2 5 9 2 9 per 10,000 residents

Number of adult baseball fields 50 Combined 58 Multi-use (4 42 Adult combined 47 Combined Number of adult baseball fields 3 8 1 2 5 - 90ft. fields lighted) baseball/softball 12 Baseball (1 lighted) Number of youth baseball fields 10 youth combined Number of youth baseball fields 3 9 (baseball/softball) 7 2 32 baseball/softball

Number of adult softball fields 42 Adult combined Number of adult softball fields 7 4 12 17 6 baseball/softball systemcomponents

Number of youth softball fields 10 youth combined Number of youth softball fields 14 above 36 SB/BB 40 (also used for youth 20 baseball/softball baseball)

Number of baseball and softball fields per 10,000 residents 7 11 7 8 Number of baseball and softball fields per 10,000 5 2 9 10 11 ark residents P

A-4 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan CITY NAME Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Plymouth Woodbury CITY NAME Blaine Bloomington Burnsville Eagan Eden Prairie Miles of paved trails (off road) 44 City Park Trail – 44 N/A 120 Miles of paved trails (off road) 54 13.18 100 miles of trails & 98 (parks and blvd) 102 City ROW Trail – 50 sidewalks 3 Rivers Trail - 16 Miles of striped bike lanes 0 N/A N/A 0 Miles of striped bike lanes 2.78 1 N/A 0 Miles of sidewalk 112 N/A N/A Miles of sidewalk 70 233 above 31 84

Miles of unpaved trails 1.6 City – 1 40 N/A Miles of unpaved trails 0 33 6.35 6 10 3 Rivers - 6 Miles of bike routes (signed) N/A N/A 100 N/A Miles of bike routes (signed) 2.78 2 miles by Dakota 2 0 County Number of tennis courts 21 45 including school/ 50 35 Number of tennis courts 11 53 City / 24 School 31 32 52 parks District Number of tennis courts per 10,000 residents 3 7.5 7 6 Number of tennis courts per 10,000 residents 2 9 5 5 48 Number of outdoor basketball courts 5 Half-Court 31 including school/ 7 4 Half-Court Number of outdoor basketball courts 32 14 Full Court 35 8 +18 multi-purpose 25 courts 14 Full Court parks 16 Full Court 15 Half Court

Number of outdoor basketball courts per 10,000 residents 2.4 5 1 3.5 Number of outdoor basketball courts per 10,000 5.8 3.4 6 4 4 residents

Number of outdoor ice rinks 5 hockey /6 general 12 hockey / 17 general 11 hockey 7 hockey / 7 general ...... Number of outdoor ice rinks 6 hockey / 4 general 16 Lighted hockey/ 15 16 Lighted hockey/ 15 15 hockey / 14 general 9 hockey / 9 free skate skate skating general general skate Number of indoor ice rinks per 10,000 residents .27 .32 .2 2.4 Number of indoor ice rinks per 10,000 residents N/A .36 6.4 .3 .4 Number of large soccer/lacrosse/football fields 15 19 Regulation (1 32 26 Number of large soccer/lacrosse/football fields 14 38 53 12 ( potential for 15 large and 36 small lighted) others as needed)

Number of Large soccer, Lacrosse/football fields per 10,000 residents 2 3 5 4 Number of Large soccer, Lacrosse/football fields 2 5 9 2 9 per 10,000 residents

Number of adult baseball fields 50 Combined 58 Multi-use (4 42 Adult combined 47 Combined Number of adult baseball fields 3 8 1 2 5 - 90ft. fields lighted) baseball/softball 12 Baseball (1 lighted) Number of youth baseball fields 10 youth combined Number of youth baseball fields 3 9 (baseball/softball) 7 2 32 baseball/softball

Number of adult softball fields 42 Adult combined Number of adult softball fields 7 4 12 17 6 baseball/softball systemcomponents

Number of youth softball fields 10 youth combined Number of youth softball fields 14 above 36 SB/BB 40 (also used for youth 20 baseball/softball baseball)

Number of baseball and softball fields per 10,000 residents 7 11 7 8 Number of baseball and softball fields per 10,000 5 2 9 10 11 ark residents P

A-5 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan CITY NAME Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Plymouth Woodbury CITY NAME Blaine Bloomington Burnsville Eagan Eden Prairie Key regional and community park and recreation facilities Central Park, Maple Grove French Regional Park, Central Park, Key regional and community park and recreation National Sports Center, Valleyview and Kelly Murphy Hanranhan Fort Snelling State Round Lake, Staring (LIst); Community Activity Community Center, Plymouth Ice Center, Bielenberg Sports Facilities (list): TPC-Twin Cities Playfields, Hyland Regional Park 160 Park, Lebanon Lake, Riley Lake and Center, Coon Rapids Weaver Lake Hilde Performance Center, Ojibwe Park, Bush Anderson Acres, Black Dog Hills Regional Miller Community Dam Regional Park Community Beach, Center, Millennium Tamarack Nature Lakes Regional U.S. Fish & Wildlife Park (Dakota Co), Parks. Bryant Lake Edinburgh USA Golf Elm Creek Arboretum, Garden, Plymouth Center Parks, Bloomington Preserve 1300 acres Historic Holz Farm and Anderson Lake Course, Noble Sports Elm Creek Park Creek Center, Nature Center for the Arts, Park, Caponi Art Regional Parks. MN Park, River Park, Zane Reserve (3 Rivers), Canyon, Plymouth Bloomington Family park, Lexington Valley National Sports Park Fish Lake Regional Skate Park, Egan Dog Aquatic Center, Diffley Athletic Wildlife Refuge. Park (3 Rivers), Eagle Park; Luce Line Trail Bloomington Ice Fields, Northview Lake Regional Park (3 Garden, Bush Lake Park Athletic Rivers), Medicine Lake Beach, Dred Scott Fields, Central Park Regional Trail (3Rivers) Playfields, Dwan Golf (associated with Course, Hyland Greens Comm Ctr), Patrick Golf course, Pond- Eagan Park natural Dakota Mission House area, Cascade Bay Aquatic Park ......

Indoor Recreation Facilities (list): Community Activity Pool, Play Apparatus, Central Park, Indoor Recreation Facilities (list): 6 Park Buildings Bloomington Ice Arena, Lake Eagan Community Eden Prairie Center Gymnasium, Ice Bielenberg Ice Center for the Arts, Alimagnet Art Center Center, Eagan Civic Community Center Zanewood Recreation Arena, Teen Center Arena, Bielenberg Bloomington Ice Arena, Eagan Art (City facility), Lifetime Center Field House, 4 Park Garden, Pond-Dakota House Fitness Clubs (Private - 8 Activity Buildings Buildings Mission House, Old 2 facilities) Total Town Hall, Creekview Senior Center, Armory

systemcomponents Community Pools / Water Parks: shared with schools Pool Pool none Community Pools / Water Parks: none Pool none Pool Pool

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A-6 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan CITY NAME Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Plymouth Woodbury CITY NAME Blaine Bloomington Burnsville Eagan Eden Prairie Key regional and community park and recreation facilities Central Park, Maple Grove French Regional Park, Central Park, Key regional and community park and recreation National Sports Center, Valleyview and Kelly Murphy Hanranhan Fort Snelling State Round Lake, Staring (LIst); Community Activity Community Center, Plymouth Ice Center, Bielenberg Sports Facilities (list): TPC-Twin Cities Playfields, Hyland Regional Park 160 Park, Lebanon Lake, Riley Lake and Center, Coon Rapids Weaver Lake Hilde Performance Center, Ojibwe Park, Bush Anderson Acres, Black Dog Hills Regional Miller Community Dam Regional Park Community Beach, Center, Millennium Tamarack Nature Lakes Regional U.S. Fish & Wildlife Park (Dakota Co), Parks. Bryant Lake Edinburgh USA Golf Elm Creek Arboretum, Garden, Plymouth Center Parks, Bloomington Preserve 1300 acres Historic Holz Farm and Anderson Lake Course, Noble Sports Elm Creek Park Creek Center, Nature Center for the Arts, Park, Caponi Art Regional Parks. MN Park, River Park, Zane Reserve (3 Rivers), Canyon, Plymouth Bloomington Family park, Lexington Valley National Sports Park Fish Lake Regional Skate Park, Egan Dog Aquatic Center, Diffley Athletic Wildlife Refuge. Park (3 Rivers), Eagle Park; Luce Line Trail Bloomington Ice Fields, Northview Lake Regional Park (3 Garden, Bush Lake Park Athletic Rivers), Medicine Lake Beach, Dred Scott Fields, Central Park Regional Trail (3Rivers) Playfields, Dwan Golf (associated with Course, Hyland Greens Comm Ctr), Patrick Golf course, Pond- Eagan Park natural Dakota Mission House area, Cascade Bay Aquatic Park ......

Indoor Recreation Facilities (list): Community Activity Pool, Play Apparatus, Central Park, Indoor Recreation Facilities (list): 6 Park Buildings Bloomington Ice Arena, Lake Eagan Community Eden Prairie Center Gymnasium, Ice Bielenberg Ice Center for the Arts, Alimagnet Art Center Center, Eagan Civic Community Center Zanewood Recreation Arena, Teen Center Arena, Bielenberg Bloomington Ice Arena, Eagan Art (City facility), Lifetime Center Field House, 4 Park Garden, Pond-Dakota House Fitness Clubs (Private - 8 Activity Buildings Buildings Mission House, Old 2 facilities) Total Town Hall, Creekview Senior Center, Armory

Community Pools / Water Parks: shared with schools Pool Pool none Community Pools / Water Parks: none Pool none Pool Pool systemcomponents

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A-7 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Table A-2. Brooklyn Park Recreation and School Facilities

Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Bass Creek Park 6665 Boone Avenue North NA 1 78 5.15 C C 1 2 4 Bass Creek Park 1 1 0.23 0.04 0.02 2 1 Cavell Park 6249 Cavelle Avenue North NP 1 9.5 1.7 C 1 Cavell Park 0.05 Cherry Meadows Park 6400 Xylon Avenue North NP 1 3 1.75 C 1 Cherry Meadows Park 0.12 Edgewood Park 6350 Edgewood Avenue North NP 1 3.6 1 C 1 1 Edgewood Park 0.02 Fair Oaks Park 6600 Zane Avenue North NP 1 8.8 4 C Fair Oaks Park 1 1 Hartkopf Park 7300 Florida Avenue North LNP 1 25.6 23 C C C C 1 2 1 2 Hartkopf Park 1 2 1 0.86 0.01 2 Lakeland Park 6901 66th Avenue North NP 1 10.2 8 C C B 1 1 1 1 2 1 Lakeland Park 1 1 1 0.02 1 Meadowlake Park 6216 Boone Avenue North NP 1 6.4 3 C Meadowlake Park 0.03 Southbrook Park 6410 62nd Avenue North NP 1 9 2.34 C B Southbrook Park 0.34 110 Striefel Park 7708 Iris Drive North MNP 1 1.3 1 CC 1 Striefel Park 0.12 Sunnylane Park 6240 Sunnylane Avenue North NP 1 3.5 2.25 C C C 1 2 1 1 Sunnylane Park 1 1 0.06 Waite Park West 7719 Brooklyn Blvd. MNP 1 2.8 0.65 B B 1 Waite Park West 0.29 0.06 Zane Court Park 7227 Zane Avenue North MNP 1 1 1 CCC 1 1 1 Zane Court Park 0.03 Central Park 8440 Regent Avenue North CP 2 43.1 27 A/B C B A 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 12 Central Park 2 1 1 2 1 9 1.12 0.06 5 College Park 8233 West Broadway NP 2 6 5.6 CC 1 1 1 1 College Park 0.14 1 Greenhaven Park 7880 Mt. Curve Blvd. NA 2 29 0.75 C 1 1 1 Greenhaven Park 1 Hamilton Park 6101 Candlewood Drive LNP 2 18.3 14 C C C B 1 1 1 1 2 Hamilton Park 1 1 0.74 0.08 2 Parklawn Park 7759 Kentucky Avenue North NP 2 5 3 C 1 1 1 Parklawn Park 0.19 Sunny Acres Park 5425 83rd Avenue North NP 2 5.2 4.75 C 1 1 Sunny Acres Park 0.16 Tessman Park 7890 Tessman Drive North LNP 2 17 2.2 C 1 1 Tessman Park 0.47 0.01 1 Town Square East 7640 Brooklyn Boulevard MNP 2 0.25 0.02 B A Town Square East Town Square West 7700 Brooklyn Boulevard MNP 2 0.05 0.01 B A Town Square West Village Creek Park 5601 Village Creek Parkway NP 2 6 1.5 BAA 1 3 1 Village Creek Park 0.55 3 Waite Park East 5900 Garwood Road MNP 2 1.3 0.5 BB Waite Park East Zanewood Park 7100 Zane Avenue North NP 2 6.8 3.8 B B B A 1 2 Zanewood Park 3 0.13 0.03 0.08 1 Birch Grove Park 4520 81st Avenue North LNP 3 13.2 5.5 CC Birch Grove Park 0.03 0.05 Brookdale Park 7650 June Avenue North CP 3 169 27.75 B/C C B 1 1 1 1 1 Brookdale Park 5 1 1 1 2.28 0.06 3 5 1 City Park 1313 79th Avenue North NP 3 3.2 2.6 CC 1 1 1 City Park 0.09 Cottonwood Park 3640 84th Avenue North NP 3 9.7 5 D C 1 Cottonwood Park 1 1 0.03 *see page 55 for maintenance level definitions A-8 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Bass Creek Park 6665 Boone Avenue North NA 1 78 5.15 C C 1 2 4 Bass Creek Park 1 1 0.23 0.04 0.02 2 1 Cavell Park 6249 Cavelle Avenue North NP 1 9.5 1.7 C 1 Cavell Park 0.05 Cherry Meadows Park 6400 Xylon Avenue North NP 1 3 1.75 C 1 Cherry Meadows Park 0.12 Edgewood Park 6350 Edgewood Avenue North NP 1 3.6 1 C 1 1 Edgewood Park 0.02 Fair Oaks Park 6600 Zane Avenue North NP 1 8.8 4 C Fair Oaks Park 1 1 Hartkopf Park 7300 Florida Avenue North LNP 1 25.6 23 C C C C 1 2 1 2 Hartkopf Park 1 2 1 0.86 0.01 2 Lakeland Park 6901 66th Avenue North NP 1 10.2 8 C C B 1 1 1 1 2 1 Lakeland Park 1 1 1 0.02 1 Meadowlake Park 6216 Boone Avenue North NP 1 6.4 3 C Meadowlake Park 0.03 Southbrook Park 6410 62nd Avenue North NP 1 9 2.34 C B Southbrook Park 0.34 110 Striefel Park 7708 Iris Drive North MNP 1 1.3 1 CC 1 Striefel Park 0.12 Sunnylane Park 6240 Sunnylane Avenue North NP 1 3.5 2.25 C C C 1 2 1 1 Sunnylane Park 1 1 0.06 Waite Park West 7719 Brooklyn Blvd. MNP 1 2.8 0.65 B B 1 Waite Park West 0.29 0.06 Zane Court Park 7227 Zane Avenue North MNP 1 1 1 CCC 1 1 1 Zane Court Park 0.03 Central Park 8440 Regent Avenue North CP 2 43.1 27 A/B C B A 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 12 Central Park 2 1 1 2 1 9 1.12 0.06 5 College Park 8233 West Broadway NP 2 6 5.6 CC 1 1 1 1 College Park 0.14 1 Greenhaven Park 7880 Mt. Curve Blvd. NA 2 29 0.75 C 1 1 1 Greenhaven Park 1 Hamilton Park 6101 Candlewood Drive LNP 2 18.3 14 C C C B 1 1 1 1 2 Hamilton Park 1 1 0.74 0.08 2 Parklawn Park 7759 Kentucky Avenue North NP 2 5 3 C 1 1 1 Parklawn Park 0.19 Sunny Acres Park 5425 83rd Avenue North NP 2 5.2 4.75 C 1 1 Sunny Acres Park 0.16 Tessman Park 7890 Tessman Drive North LNP 2 17 2.2 C 1 1 Tessman Park 0.47 0.01 1 Town Square East 7640 Brooklyn Boulevard MNP 2 0.25 0.02 B A Town Square East Town Square West 7700 Brooklyn Boulevard MNP 2 0.05 0.01 B A Town Square West Village Creek Park 5601 Village Creek Parkway NP 2 6 1.5 BAA 1 3 1 Village Creek Park 0.55 3 Waite Park East 5900 Garwood Road MNP 2 1.3 0.5 BB Waite Park East Zanewood Park 7100 Zane Avenue North NP 2 6.8 3.8 B B B A 1 2 Zanewood Park 3 0.13 0.03 0.08 1 Birch Grove Park 4520 81st Avenue North LNP 3 13.2 5.5 CC Birch Grove Park 0.03 0.05 Brookdale Park 7650 June Avenue North CP 3 169 27.75 B/C C B 1 1 1 1 1 Brookdale Park 5 1 1 1 2.28 0.06 3 5 1 City Park 1313 79th Avenue North NP 3 3.2 2.6 CC 1 1 1 City Park 0.09 Cottonwood Park 3640 84th Avenue North NP 3 9.7 5 D C 1 Cottonwood Park 1 1 0.03 A-9 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Lad Park 8001 Lad Parkway NP 3 3.7 3.33 C C 1 1 Lad Park 1 0.05 Meadowwood Park 7440 Irving Avenue North NP 3 4 4 C 1 1 Meadowwood Park 1 Monroe Park 700 Meadowwood Drive NP 3 6 6 C C B 1 1 1 Monroe Park 1 1 0.12 1 Norwood Park 8100 Newton Avenue North LNP 3 25.1 14 C C C 1 1 1 1 2 1 Norwood Park 4 1 1 0.14 0.23 2 1 O&M Campus/Yard 8300 Noble Avenue North GOV 3 20 2.6 BAA O&M Campus/Yard Palmer Lake Nature Area 2401 Brookdale Court NA 3 111.2 0.5 D D 1 1 1 Palmer Lake Nature Area 0.91 0.03 2 Queen Park 8425 Queen Avenue North NP 3 9.7 2.7 C 1 1 Queen Park 0.06 0.03 Brook Oaks Park 1750 87th Trail North NP 4 11.4 1.25 C 1 1 1 Brook Oaks Park 1 Brooklyn Acres Park 9161 Hampshire Avenue North NP 4 5.6 3.75 C 1 1 Brooklyn Acres Park 0.3 Edinbrook Park 2900 Edinbrook Parkway NP 4 5.8 5.25 C C C 1 1 1 1 1 1 Edinbrook Park 1 0.18 1 Emerson Woods Park 8321 Emerson Avenue North NP 4 7.2 1.25 D C 1 Emerson Woods Park 1 0.02 Jewell Park 1400 89th Avenue North LNP 4 14.5 7.75 C B 1 1 1 1 Jewell Park 1 1 1 0.03 1 Maitland Park 8900 Vickors Crossing NP 4 8.5 4.75 C 1 1 Maitland Park 0.33 River Park 101 83rd Avenue North CP 4 37.49 21 C C B A 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 River Park 2 1 1 1 0.95 Stratford Crossing Park 2624 87th Trail North MNP 4 1.8 0.75 C 1 1 Stratford Crossing Park 1 Sunkist Park 1201 82nd Avenue North NP 4 5.4 2 C 1 1 Sunkist Park 1 0.12 Tessman Acres Park 8726 Maryland Avenue North NP 4 6.2 4.75 C 1 1 Tessman Acres Park 0.4 Trinity Gardens Park 9041 Prestwick Parkway LNP 4 25.1 22 C 1 1 Trinity Gardens Park 1 1.88 Westwood Park 8416 Westwood Road MNP 4 0.75 0.75 C Westwood Park Zane Sports Park 8717 Zane Avenue North SP 4 54.7 45.75 A B C A 2 1 1 Zane Sports Park 4 4 9 0.53 1 Edinbrook Elementary (Zane SP) SC/JP 7.5 7.5 A Edinbrook Elementary (Zane SP) 2 Eidem Historical Farm 4345 101st Avenue North SPF 5 11.9 7.25 C B A 2 9 Eidem Historical Farm 0.11 1 80 Environmental Nature Area 10201 West River Road NA 5 153 4 DC 2 3 Environmental Nature Area 6 0.55 1 2 Founders Park 10001 Noble Parkway North NP 5 12.9 6 CC 1 1 1 Founders Park 1 1.21 0.11 1 Noble Sport Park 4701 97th Avenue North SP 5 51.6 34 A B A A 1 1 1 2 2 1 Noble Sport Park 1 4 6 0.92 3 Northern Trail Park 10201 France Avenue North LNP 5 22 2.25 C C C 1 1 Northern Trail Park 1 1 Northwoods Park 7600 107th Avenue North SP 5 56.3 18 A B C B 1 1 1 1 2 1 Northwoods Park 4 1 1 0.44 0.23 2 Oak Grove Park 10251 Zane Avenue North CP 5 104 5 C B A 1 2 2 1 Oak Grove Park 1.3 1 *see page 55 for maintenance level definitions A-10 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Lad Park 8001 Lad Parkway NP 3 3.7 3.33 C C 1 1 Lad Park 1 0.05 Meadowwood Park 7440 Irving Avenue North NP 3 4 4 C 1 1 Meadowwood Park 1 Monroe Park 700 Meadowwood Drive NP 3 6 6 C C B 1 1 1 Monroe Park 1 1 0.12 1 Norwood Park 8100 Newton Avenue North LNP 3 25.1 14 C C C 1 1 1 1 2 1 Norwood Park 4 1 1 0.14 0.23 2 1 O&M Campus/Yard 8300 Noble Avenue North GOV 3 20 2.6 BAA O&M Campus/Yard Palmer Lake Nature Area 2401 Brookdale Court NA 3 111.2 0.5 D D 1 1 1 Palmer Lake Nature Area 0.91 0.03 2 Queen Park 8425 Queen Avenue North NP 3 9.7 2.7 C 1 1 Queen Park 0.06 0.03 Brook Oaks Park 1750 87th Trail North NP 4 11.4 1.25 C 1 1 1 Brook Oaks Park 1 Brooklyn Acres Park 9161 Hampshire Avenue North NP 4 5.6 3.75 C 1 1 Brooklyn Acres Park 0.3 Edinbrook Park 2900 Edinbrook Parkway NP 4 5.8 5.25 C C C 1 1 1 1 1 1 Edinbrook Park 1 0.18 1 Emerson Woods Park 8321 Emerson Avenue North NP 4 7.2 1.25 D C 1 Emerson Woods Park 1 0.02 Jewell Park 1400 89th Avenue North LNP 4 14.5 7.75 C B 1 1 1 1 Jewell Park 1 1 1 0.03 1 Maitland Park 8900 Vickors Crossing NP 4 8.5 4.75 C 1 1 Maitland Park 0.33 River Park 101 83rd Avenue North CP 4 37.49 21 C C B A 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 River Park 2 1 1 1 0.95 Stratford Crossing Park 2624 87th Trail North MNP 4 1.8 0.75 C 1 1 Stratford Crossing Park 1 Sunkist Park 1201 82nd Avenue North NP 4 5.4 2 C 1 1 Sunkist Park 1 0.12 Tessman Acres Park 8726 Maryland Avenue North NP 4 6.2 4.75 C 1 1 Tessman Acres Park 0.4 Trinity Gardens Park 9041 Prestwick Parkway LNP 4 25.1 22 C 1 1 Trinity Gardens Park 1 1.88 Westwood Park 8416 Westwood Road MNP 4 0.75 0.75 C Westwood Park Zane Sports Park 8717 Zane Avenue North SP 4 54.7 45.75 A B C A 2 1 1 Zane Sports Park 4 4 9 0.53 1 Edinbrook Elementary (Zane SP) SC/JP 7.5 7.5 A Edinbrook Elementary (Zane SP) 2 Eidem Historical Farm 4345 101st Avenue North SPF 5 11.9 7.25 C B A 2 9 Eidem Historical Farm 0.11 1 80 Environmental Nature Area 10201 West River Road NA 5 153 4 DC 2 3 Environmental Nature Area 6 0.55 1 2 Founders Park 10001 Noble Parkway North NP 5 12.9 6 CC 1 1 1 Founders Park 1 1.21 0.11 1 Noble Sport Park 4701 97th Avenue North SP 5 51.6 34 A B A A 1 1 1 2 2 1 Noble Sport Park 1 4 6 0.92 3 Northern Trail Park 10201 France Avenue North LNP 5 22 2.25 C C C 1 1 Northern Trail Park 1 1 Northwoods Park 7600 107th Avenue North SP 5 56.3 18 A B C B 1 1 1 1 2 1 Northwoods Park 4 1 1 0.44 0.23 2 Oak Grove Park 10251 Zane Avenue North CP 5 104 5 C B A 1 2 2 1 Oak Grove Park 1.3 1

A-11 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Orchard Trail Park 10601 Oxbow Creek Drive NP 5 13 11 CB 1 1 1 1 1 2 Orchard Trail Park 1 1 3 0.64 1 Pinebrook Park 9432 Fallgold Parkway NP 5 6 6 C C B C 1 2 1 1 1 1 Pinebrook Park 1 0.42 1 Royal Oaks Park 9401 Upton Avenue North NP 5 9.2 6.61 D C 1 1 Royal Oaks Park 1 1 0.32 Willows of Aspen Park 9838 Fallgold Pkwy. NP 5 5.2 5 C C C C 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Willows of Aspen Park 1 0.45 0.04 1 Willowstone Park 1909 95th Avenue North LNP 5 18.4 9.5 C C B 1 1 1 1 2 1 Willowstone Park 2 1 1 1 1 1 0.33 1 Future Park 101st & Winetka NA 5 31 0 Future Park Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 1 ROW 1 Misc. Trail 3.9 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 2 ROW 2 Misc. Trail 4.25 0.05 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 3 ROW 3 Misc. Trail 4.71 0.06 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 4 ROW 4 Misc. Trail 4.87 0.61 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 5 ROW 5 Misc. Trail 6.62 0.13 Public ROW (60 Medians) City Wide ROW 3.5 0.75 B A Public ROW (60 Medians) Sidewalk City Wide ROW Sidewalk City Wide 109 2600 Brookdale Dr. 2600 Brookdale Dr. ROW 0.25 0.25 E 2600 Brookdale Dr. US Bank Lot 7230 76th Ave. ROW 1.5 1.5 E US Bank Lot 85th & 252 Trail Mc D’s ROW 1 1 E 85th & 252 Trail Mc D’s Brooklyn Boulevard/Georgia 7700 Brooklyn Boulevard ROW 1.55 1.55 C Brooklyn Boulevard/Georgia Century Court Lot 7479 Brooklyn Boulevard ROW 11.87 11.87 C Century Court Lot Hampshire & 610 Bridge ROW 0.4 0.4 E Hampshire & 610 Bridge Magda Lake 9335 66th Pl. N. ROW 0.4 0.4 E Magda Lake 0.03 Mississippi Ln. Lot 1955 Mississippi Ln. ROW 0.83 0.25 E Mississippi Ln. Lot Regent & 610 Bridge ROW 0.25 0.25 E Regent & 610 Bridge W. River Rd. & Logan ROW 0.5 0.5 E W. River Rd. & Logan Zane & 610 Bridge ROW 0.25 0.25 E Zane & 610 Bridge Birch Grove Elementary SC/JP C 1 2 1 Birch Grove Elementary 3 1 Brooklyn Junior High SC/JP Brooklyn Junior High 2 2 Champlin Park High School SC/JP 12 Champlin Park High School 3 4 2 1 1 3 Crestview Elementary SC/JP C 1 1 Crestview Elementary 2 0.15 1 *see page 55 for maintenance level definitions A-12 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Orchard Trail Park 10601 Oxbow Creek Drive NP 5 13 11 CB 1 1 1 1 1 2 Orchard Trail Park 1 1 3 0.64 1 Pinebrook Park 9432 Fallgold Parkway NP 5 6 6 C C B C 1 2 1 1 1 1 Pinebrook Park 1 0.42 1 Royal Oaks Park 9401 Upton Avenue North NP 5 9.2 6.61 D C 1 1 Royal Oaks Park 1 1 0.32 Willows of Aspen Park 9838 Fallgold Pkwy. NP 5 5.2 5 C C C C 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Willows of Aspen Park 1 0.45 0.04 1 Willowstone Park 1909 95th Avenue North LNP 5 18.4 9.5 C C B 1 1 1 1 2 1 Willowstone Park 2 1 1 1 1 1 0.33 1 Future Park 101st & Winetka NA 5 31 0 Future Park Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 1 ROW 1 Misc. Trail 3.9 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 2 ROW 2 Misc. Trail 4.25 0.05 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 3 ROW 3 Misc. Trail 4.71 0.06 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 4 ROW 4 Misc. Trail 4.87 0.61 Misc. Trail Trail Maintenance Dist. 5 ROW 5 Misc. Trail 6.62 0.13 Public ROW (60 Medians) City Wide ROW 3.5 0.75 B A Public ROW (60 Medians) Sidewalk City Wide ROW Sidewalk City Wide 109 2600 Brookdale Dr. 2600 Brookdale Dr. ROW 0.25 0.25 E 2600 Brookdale Dr. US Bank Lot 7230 76th Ave. ROW 1.5 1.5 E US Bank Lot 85th & 252 Trail Mc D’s ROW 1 1 E 85th & 252 Trail Mc D’s Brooklyn Boulevard/Georgia 7700 Brooklyn Boulevard ROW 1.55 1.55 C Brooklyn Boulevard/Georgia Century Court Lot 7479 Brooklyn Boulevard ROW 11.87 11.87 C Century Court Lot Hampshire & 610 Bridge ROW 0.4 0.4 E Hampshire & 610 Bridge Magda Lake 9335 66th Pl. N. ROW 0.4 0.4 E Magda Lake 0.03 Mississippi Ln. Lot 1955 Mississippi Ln. ROW 0.83 0.25 E Mississippi Ln. Lot Regent & 610 Bridge ROW 0.25 0.25 E Regent & 610 Bridge W. River Rd. & Logan ROW 0.5 0.5 E W. River Rd. & Logan Zane & 610 Bridge ROW 0.25 0.25 E Zane & 610 Bridge Birch Grove Elementary SC/JP C 1 2 1 Birch Grove Elementary 3 1 Brooklyn Junior High SC/JP Brooklyn Junior High 2 2 Champlin Park High School SC/JP 12 Champlin Park High School 3 4 2 1 1 3 Crestview Elementary SC/JP C 1 1 Crestview Elementary 2 0.15 1

A-13 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Crossroads Alliance Church SC/JP Crossroads Alliance Church 1 2 1 Edinbrook Elementary SC/JP 1 1 Edinbrook Elementary 3 Edgewood Elementary SC/JP 1 1 1 Edgewood Elementary 2 1 1 Fair Oaks Elementary SC/JP 1 Fair Oaks Elementary 2 1 1 Hennepin Technical College SC/JP Hennepin Technical College Prairie Seeds Acad. (Lincoln Elem) SC/JP 1 1 Prairie Seeds Acad. (Lincoln Elem) 1 1 1 Maranatha C.A SC/JP Maranatha C.A 1 Monroe Elementary SC/JP 1 Monroe Elementary 4 1 Northview Junior High SC/JP 4 Northview Junior High 1 3 3 2 North Hennepin CC SC/JP North Hennepin CC 2 1 Osseo ALC SC/JP Osseo ALC Oxbow Creek Elementary SC/JP 1 1 Oxbow Creek Elementary 2 1 2 Palmer Lake Elementary SC/JP 1 1 Palmer Lake Elementary 2 1 1 Park Brook Elementary SC/JP 1 1 1 Park Brook Elementary 2 1 1 Park Center Senior High SC/JP 8 Park Center Senior High 1 3 2 1 4 Riverview Elementary SC/JP 1 Riverview Elementary 1 St. Vincents SC/JP 1 St. Vincents 1 1 Salvation Army 10011 Noble Parkway SC/JP C Salvation Army 1 1 1 Woodland Elementary SC/JP C 1 Woodland Elementary 1 3 Zanewood Elementary SC/JP 2 1 Zanewood Elementary 1 2 Brookland GC 8232 Regent Avenue GC 37.25 32.5 A B A A 1 1 Brookland GC 9 CAC 5600 85th Avenue North GOV 18.4 12 BAA 1 1 1 CAC 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 Edinburgh USA GC 8700 Edinbrook Parkway GC 160 117 A A A A 1 1 Edinburgh USA GC 18 Zanewood Recreation Center 7200 Zane Avenue North GOV A Zanewood Recreation Center 1 1 *see page 55 for maintenance level definitions

A-14 RecreationBrooklyn and Park Parks Master Plan Location Address Classification District Maintenance Park Acres Total Acres Mowed Level* Maintenance Field Sport Level* Maintenance Turf General Level* Landscaping Maintenance Special Level* Maintenance Building/Shelter Facility Restroom House Warming Portable House Warming Permanent House Farm Building Out Farm Building Activity Building Storage Shelter Picnic Area Picnic Playground Court Tennis Court Pickleball Court Full Basketball Court Half Basketball CourtGame Court Horseshoe Court Volleyball Sand Location Archery Range Diamond Baseball Diamond Softball Wheelchair Field Field Turf Stop Back Field Soccer Field Larcrosse Field Lacrosse Practice (1 Goal) Area Soccer Practice Field Football Turf Outdoor Artificial Pitch Cricket Rink Skating Outdoor Rink Hockey Outdoor Boat Launch Hill Sliding Holes Golf Disk Park Skate (Miles) Asphalt Trails (Miles) Trails Concrete (Miles) Material Other Trail Lots Parking Culverts Bridges/ Plots Community Garden Park Dog Center Recreation Holes Golf Rink Ice Indoor Gymnasium Raquetball Court Track Walking Crossroads Alliance Church SC/JP Crossroads Alliance Church 1 2 1 Edinbrook Elementary SC/JP 1 1 Edinbrook Elementary 3 Edgewood Elementary SC/JP 1 1 1 Edgewood Elementary 2 1 1 Fair Oaks Elementary SC/JP 1 Fair Oaks Elementary 2 1 1 Hennepin Technical College SC/JP Hennepin Technical College Prairie Seeds Acad. (Lincoln Elem) SC/JP 1 1 Prairie Seeds Acad. (Lincoln Elem) 1 1 1 Maranatha C.A SC/JP Maranatha C.A 1 Monroe Elementary SC/JP 1 Monroe Elementary 4 1 Northview Junior High SC/JP 4 Northview Junior High 1 3 3 2 North Hennepin CC SC/JP North Hennepin CC 2 1 Osseo ALC SC/JP Osseo ALC Oxbow Creek Elementary SC/JP 1 1 Oxbow Creek Elementary 2 1 2 Palmer Lake Elementary SC/JP 1 1 Palmer Lake Elementary 2 1 1 Park Brook Elementary SC/JP 1 1 1 Park Brook Elementary 2 1 1 Park Center Senior High SC/JP 8 Park Center Senior High 1 3 2 1 4 Riverview Elementary SC/JP 1 Riverview Elementary 1 St. Vincents SC/JP 1 St. Vincents 1 1 Salvation Army 10011 Noble Parkway SC/JP C Salvation Army 1 1 1 Woodland Elementary SC/JP C 1 Woodland Elementary 1 3 Zanewood Elementary SC/JP 2 1 Zanewood Elementary 1 2 Brookland GC 8232 Regent Avenue GC 37.25 32.5 A B A A 1 1 Brookland GC 9 CAC 5600 85th Avenue North GOV 18.4 12 BAA 1 1 1 CAC 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 Edinburgh USA GC 8700 Edinbrook Parkway GC 160 117 A A A A 1 1 Edinburgh USA GC 18 Zanewood Recreation Center 7200 Zane Avenue North GOV A Zanewood Recreation Center 1 1

A-15 Recreation andBrooklyn Parks Master Park Plan City of Brooklyn Park Recreation and Parks Master Plan 2012