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February 3,.1981 Park Board Minutes Page 4 Dahl felt the table could be presented in a clearer manner. Van Hatten asked what our population was. Anderson said according to the new census, approx. 23,210. Anderson said the next page was the SCORP Consistency. He listed the survey results with the activity and the percent of population requesting the activity. ..Anderson stated he did not want to use New Brighton's questionnaire because of the low response but the SCORP Plan gave most of the needed information. Van Hatten asked what "Metro" was defined as. Anderson said the 7 county metropolitan area. Van Hatten asked if our questionnaire was compared with the SCORP Plan and if there were any .similarities. Anderson said. there were some similarities. Anderson stated that in Mounds View's survey it showed trails and bicycles as high interest. The interest is leaning toward passive activities.. Camping is high on the list but that is something we will not be getting involved in. Anderson said what we have developed is pretty consistent with the metro- politan area. "Special Population"page - Anderson stated we do some things for these people in the recreation area but nothing. in the park de- velopment area. He feels it would be a mistake to overlook this area in the Comprehensive Plan. Things we are. already planning to do we could develop for joint use with handicapped. We could develop a community garden. We have enough room and it would: be well .used. Some are very. successful. Van Hatten felt .that was a good idea but there was one dis- advantage and that was that if the garden-were developed on the Long Lake site, people .would have to drive to the location. Anderson said that play equipment can be modified to be used by the handicapped. It doesn't look as if it is designed for handicapped. In the things we already are planning to do, we should be able to incorporate right into the plan-and design without much additional money-being spent. Dahl asked if we had much data on handicapped in our community. Anderson said no, it's very hard to get. The Facilities for .Schools and Parks was next. Dahl suggested that instead of putting the number of parking .lots in this area put the number of cars the lot allows. Anderson said that generally speaking, the parking lots are de- signed to accomodate enough parking for the activities that go on at the park.