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Park Board Ling ~ 2 November 24970 of the single-family unattached dwelling as the basis of community development and a change in emphasis in the parks and recreation field from a facility orientation to a people-orientation. He also stated that a park system had five purposes; recreation, conservati~r, ornamentation, reserve capacity and cultural. Relating these items in terms of park planning, he suggested the following as a planning process. First, a community should carry out a system analysis of its existing park lands in terms of the five purposes. This is to determine what objectives are being accomplished in terms of percentage of land designed to fulfill each of the five purpose. Then the community should determine what percentage of each purpose they want to provide in the ultimate system. The difference between what purposes are being served and what purposes the community desires to provide forms the basis of the park plan. The community formulates a policy statement which details what percentage of each type of park land is desired and how much of each is needed to fulfill that desire. Such a policy would insure that developer dedication lands would conform to the park plan or a financial substitute would be provided. This financial substitute can be justified on the basis that the developer is buying into a going concern and that he should invest an amount equalling the investment made by those who are already in the community. In conjunction the developer should be required to provide recreation and open space facilities for his project. The policies on park system development could serve as a guide to assist in providing these facilities, such as percentage of-open space needed, density per acre allowed, etc. In terms of priorities for the future, Brauer stated his feeling that conservation, ornamentation and reserve would be the most logical purposes to emphasize. He suggested that to develop an extension of the comprehensive park plan, New Brighton should follow a 4-step process; 1. Make a systems analysis of present facilities. 2. Adopt a policy on what is the desired percentage of each type of use ( 5 purposes). 3. Determine the difference between what is existing and what is desired (1 & 2). 4. Lay-out a course of action designed to extend what exists into what is desired. Brauer stated the present park system would be adequate to some extent for the next ld years. In terms of financing, he projected that federal monies would be channeled into people-oriented programs. Those programs which stress interaction among people as human beings as opposed to skill develop- ment, physical fitness, etc, as the primary goal.. In a developed community such as New Brighton the rational way to finance the further development of the system is through general obligation bon.?.s.