COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING REPORT NO. 250 (2nd Edition) A PARK AND OPEN SPACE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF WEST BEND: 2020 WASHINGTON COUNTY WISCONSIN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION MAYOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION Kristine Deiss KENOSHA COUNTY RACINE COUNTY CITY OF WEST BEND PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION Anita M. Faraone Susan S. Greenfield Adelene Greene Mary A. Kacmarcik Jim White, King Riffel Robert W. Pitts Michael J. Miklasevich Chairman Andrea Schaetz Theresa Narveson TonySpaeth Thomas O’Meara III John Wagner MILWAUKEE COUNTY WALWORTH COUNTY William R. Drew, Richard A. Hansen, Treasurer Vice-Chairman Lee Holloway Gregory L. Holden George A. Torres Allen L. Morrison CITY OF WEST BEND STAFF Dennis Melvin .............................Administrator OZAUKEE COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY Thomas H. Buestrin, Charlene S. Brady John Capelle.............Director of Community Development Chairman Daniel S. Schmidt William E. Johnson David L. Stroik Gus W. Wirth, Jr., Mark Piotrowicz .......................Assistant Director of Secretary Community Development Craig Hoeppner ................ Director, Department of Park, WAUKESHA COUNTY Recreation, and Forestry James T. Dwyer Anselmo Villarreal Paul G. Vrakas SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF Philip C. Evenson,AICP ................Executive Director Kenneth R. Yunker, PE ...................Deputy Director Nancy M.Anderson,AICP ...............Chief Community Assistance Planner Michael G. Hahn, PE, PH ......Chief Environmental Engineer Christopher T.Hiebert ........Chief Transportation Engineer ElizabethA. Larsen ...................Business Manager John G. McDougall ...............Geographic Information Systems Manager John R. Meland .......Chief Economic Development Planner Dr. Donald M. Reed. ......................Chief Biologist Kenneth J. Schlager, PE .....Chief Telecommunications Engineer Donald P. Simon, RLS ............Chief Planning Illustrator William J. Stauber,AICP ...........Chief Land Use Planner COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING REPORT No. 250 (2nd Edition) A PARK AND OPEN SPACE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF WEST BEND: 2020 WASHINGTON COUNTY, WISCONSIN Prepared by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission W239 N1812 Rockwood Drive P.O. Box 1607 Waukesha, WI 53187-1607 www.sewrpc.org March 2008 Inside Region $10.00 Outside Region $20.00 (This page intentionally left blank) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Chapter I—INTRODUCTION ........................ 1 Riverside Park ............................................... 21 Plan Context ........................................................ 1 Rolfs Park ...................................................... 22 City Request ........................................................ 2 Royal Oaks Park ............................................ 22 Advisory Committee ........................................... 2 Silverbrook Creek Parkway ........................... 22 Planning Area ...................................................... 2 Silver Creek Parkway .................................... 22 Report Format ...................................................... 2 Sunset Park .................................................... 22 Sunset Parkway ............................................. 22 Chapter II—INVENTORY FINDINGS .......... 5 University Fen ............................................... 22 Introduction ......................................................... 5 Veteran’s Memorial Park .............................. 22 Resident Population ............................................. 5 Villa Park ....................................................... 22 Land Use Base ..................................................... 5 Vogt Open Space ........................................... 23 Historical Urban Growth .................................. 5 Wingate Park ................................................. 23 Existing Land Uses .......................................... 6 Wingate Creek Parkway ................................ 23 Park and Open Space Sites .................................. 10 Ziegler Park ................................................... 23 Existing Park and Open Space Sites ................ 10 Washington County Parks ................................ 23 City of West Bend Park System ....................... 10 State-owned Sites .............................................. 23 Albecker Natural Area .................................. 10 Existing Trails and Bike Routes ....................... 23 Barton Park ................................................... 10 Natural Resource Features ................................... 24 Bicentennial Park .......................................... 10 Surface Water Resources .................................. 24 Decorah Hills Park ........................................ 19 Wetlands ........................................................... 27 Forest View Park ........................................... 20 Woodlands ........................................................ 28 Glacial Blue Hills Recreation Area ............... 20 Environmental Corridors and Isolated Grant Playlot ................................................. 20 Natural Resource Areas ................................. 28 Gregg Preserve .............................................. 20 Primary Environmental Corridors .................... 29 Hawthorne Heights ....................................... 20 Secondary Environmental Corridors ................ 29 Kenny Park ................................................... 20 Isolated Natural Resource Areas....................... 29 Lac Lawrann Conservancy Area ................... 20 Maplewynde Playlot ..................................... 20 Natural Areas, Critical Species Habitat Milwaukee Riverfront Parkway .................... 20 Sites, and Geological Areas ........................... 31 Minz Park ...................................................... 21 Prime Agricultural Lands ................................. 37 Muenk Playlot ............................................... 21 Summary .............................................................. 37 Old Settler’s Park .......................................... 21 Park Site F (Prairie Chapter III—FRAMEWORK FOR Meadow Subdivision Park) ........................ 21 PLAN DEVELOPMENT ............................... 41 Park Site O .................................................... 21 Plans Affecting Park and Quaas Creek Park .......................................... 21 Open Space Planning ........................................ 41 Regner Park ................................................... 21 City of West Bend Reservoir Open Space ................................... 21 Comprehensive Plan ...................................... 41 iii Page Page Cooperative Boundary Plan ............................. 42 Economic Value of Parks, Public Opinion Survey ..................................... 42 Open Space, and Trails .................................. 74 User Attitude Survey ........................................ 44 Areawide Park and City of West Bend Urban Open Space Recommendations ........................ 74 Forestry Master Plan ..................................... 44 Major Parks and Trail Facilities ........................ 74 City of West Bend Land Open Space Preservation ..................................... 77 Division Ordinance ....................................... 44 Primary Environmental Corridors .................... 78 Public Facilities Needs Assessment Parkway System ............................................ 78 and Impact Fee Ordinance ............................ 45 Four Lakes Parkway ................................... 80 County and Regional Plans .............................. 45 Ice Age Trail Parkway................................ 80 Regional and County Park Milwaukee River Parkway ......................... 80 and Open Space Plans ................................ 45 Quaas Creek Parkway ................................ 82 Quaas Creek Watershed Protection Plan ...... 47 Silverbrook Creek Parkway ....................... 82 Regional Natural Areas Plan ......................... 47 Silver Creek Parkway ................................. 82 Objectives, Principles, and Standards ................. 49 Sunset Parkway .......................................... 82 Park and Open Space Needs ................................ 50 Wingate Parkway ....................................... 82 Forecast Population .......................................... 50 Secondary Environmental Corridors ................ 82 Community and Neighborhood Parks .............. 50 Isolated Natural Resource Areas ...................... 83 Park Site Needs Based on Natural Areas and Critical Per Capita Standards ..................................... 50 Species Habitat Sites ..................................... 83 Park Site Needs Based on Water Trail System ........................................... 87 Service Area Standards ................................. 51 Prime Agricultural Lands ................................. 87 Intensive Recreation Facility Needs ................. 51 City Park and Open Per Capita Standards ..................................... 51 Space Recommendations .................................. 87 Service Area Standards ................................. 55 New Park Sites and Facilities ........................... 88 Baseball Diamonds .................................... 55 Additional Development at Existing Basketball Goals .......................................