3. a) Comp Plan Parks andTrails GoalsThe City of Scandia adopted a Parks, Trails, Recreation, and Open Space Plan in 2006. The plan included
five park goals and seven trails goals, with multiple policies or strategies for each goal. The policies identified
both general principles for creating and managing parks and trails and specific recommendations for tools to
achieve park and trail goals. In addition to the goals, policies and strategies, the Park Plan identified specific
improvements to existing parks, search area priorities for new parks, and a general prioritization of the local
needs for different types of parks.
The park and trail goals, policies and strategies of the 2006 Parks, Trails, Recreation, and Open Space Plan are
adopted by reference in this Comprehensive Plan. The goals, without the accompanying policies and strate-
gies, are listed below. The Park goals, Trails goals, and Recreation goals were listed separately in the 2006 Plan
but used largely identical language and have been combined in the first seven of the following goals. Three
additional new goals (8, 9 and 10 below) have been added to support other recommendations of the 2006
Parks, Trails, Recreation, and Open Space Plan and integrate with the rest of the Comprehensive Plan.
PT Goal 1: Develop a park, recreation, and trail system that meets the needs of City residents.
PT Goal 2: Develop a close working relationship with other agencies and groups to enhance the parks and
recreation facilities and develop trails and routes in the City.
PT Goal 3: Design and locate parks, recreation facilities, trails, and routes in a manner that best meet their
purpose.
PT Goal 4: Develop an effective planning approach to developing and maintaining parks and recreation
areas and constructing and maintaining trails and routes.
PT Goal 5: Scandia supports the establishment of a network of public parks and public, multi -use, non -
motorized trails, including the Gateway Trail, which the City Council might establish as part of a program of
providing outdoor recreation amenities and community -wide connections that serve the health and welfare of
the City's residents.
PT Goal 6: Identify the search area for a trail connection between William O'Brien State Park and Big Ma-
rine Regional Park Reserve.
PT Goal 7: Consider potential trail connection when/if the abandoned Soo Line railway corridor from
White Bear Lake to Wisconsin through the City of Scandia becomes available.
PT Goal 8: Use the four park search areas and five recreational facilities search areas identified in the 2006
Park plan and other natural resource information to guide park acquisition donations and potential site acqui-
sitions when property becomes available.
PT Policy 8.1: Consider limitations on recreation or park amenities suggested by the future land use
areas and Natural Resource Protection Areas overlay.
PT Policy 8.2: Identify new park search areas consistent with the natural resource priority map.
PT Policy 8.3: Identify lakes that should be designated for non -motorized recreation.
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PT Goal 9: Implement the recommendations of the 2006 Parks, Trails, and Open Space Plan for improve-
ments to Scandia's existing parks and trails.
PT Policy 9.1: Consider the compatibility of suggested park, trail, and recreation improvements
with the primary and secondary land uses surrounding each existing park.
PT Policy 9.2: Provide for connections to possible residential areas, consistent with the land use
map, during implementation of the recommended improvements.
PT Goal 10: Since the adoption of the 2006 Parks, Trails, and Open Space Plan, Scandia has become an
incorporated city and taken a greater responsibility for its own green infrastructure. The City will continue to
work closely with Washington County, the Metropolitan Council, and the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources on more detailed planning efforts to insure that the regional green infrastructure system is de-
signed in a manner compatible with existing and planned development in the City.
PT Policy 10.1: Emphasize the importance of connecting regional trails, particularly the Gateway
Trail, with the village area.
The Parks, Trails, Recreation and Open Space Plan identified the following actions as high
priorities for implementation:
1. Develop existing undeveloped parcels as an integral part of Scandia's Park System for
the benefit of residents and visitors.
2. Evaluate property located in park and/or recreational facility search areas for pur-
chase, lease, or easement to augment the existing Park System, if and when it becomes
available.
3. Continue to identify the Gateway Trail Extension Search Areas. The trail right-of-way
has now been identified from William O'Brien State Park to the village center as shown
on Map 20, Park and Recreation Search Areas.
4. Promote trail connection between Big Marine Park Reserve and William O'Brien State
Park.
5. Develop and install uniform park system signage (to include park, trail, open space and
recreational facility components).
6. Provide pedestrian crosswalk on Olinda Trail North between the Scandia Community
Center and the Gammelgarden/ Barton Johnson Memorial Park.
7. Explore how the immediate needs for athletic fields can be met.
8. Continue development of master plans for all existing parks.
9. Implement the German Lake Management Plan, as per Carnelian -Marine St. Croix Wa-
tershed District (CMSCWD) recommendations.
10. Develop a Landowner Outreach and Stewardship Program, as per CMSCWD
recommendations.
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