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h <br />P-1 <br />CAPITAL` I:"1PR4i'E.~1E_~T'pLati . <br />.Park Lands and Recreation Program <br />~' Program Description: This program includes cc*-lmunity par',cs, <br />..neighborhood parks, open spaces, and recreational structures and <br />facilities. <br />Program Goalie The goal of the Park Lands and Recreation Program <br />is to provide facilities for safe, stimulating, and comprehensi~-~e <br />leisure time 'activities of New Brighton citizens. <br />.Sub-Programs:` Neighborhood Facilities and Community Facilities <br />I. Neighborhood Facilities Sub-Program <br />A,. Sub-Program Goals:. The goal of the Neighborhood Facilities <br />Sub-Program is to acquire ownership or use rights of park <br />sites located to provideconvenientwalking access to all <br />New. Brighton citizens and to develop-such sites to provide <br />optimum recreational serviceability consistent with the. ~, <br />preservation and enhancement of pleasing aesthetic qualities. <br />B. Objectives <br />1. Acquire property or use rights in those neighborl:cods <br />that. do not haveconvenient walking access to_ a <br />neighborhoodparkfacility,. <br />2. Develop neighborhood park facilities to meet the needs <br />of various user groups. <br />3. Preserve and enhance the .aesthetic qualities o` <br />.neighborhood parks, <br />C. Discussion• <br />1. Accessibility: A primary goal of the .New Brightor. park <br />system is to provide a neighborhood.-park with in.walking <br />access of every resident. 'Walking access is defined <br />as being within a maximum distance of, one-half mile <br />without intervening physica obstacles which prevent <br />safe travel. Examples o€ such obstacles are freeways, <br />county roads, railroad.'.tracks,.etc:, which do note <br />providefor pedestrian crossings. This.ob~`ective is <br />in line with standards and recommendations developed <br />by the National Recreation and Park- Association ar.d is <br />widely accepted. Unfortunately, there is no statistics' <br />