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cna~tr a Community Facilities x~o The northwest corner of the City bounded by Stinson Boulevard, County Road H, Silver Lake and Rice Creek Roads, and divided b Rice Creek and railroad tracks, is'the only remaining neighborhood not served by a park.. However, there are two parks, Sunny Square and. Creekview that are separated from the neighborhood by Silver Lake Road. 'There is no available park land in the nei~hborhaod. The most obvious remedy is to provide either a cross walk at Gregory and Silver Lake Raad or a s~ alined crossing at County Road H and Silver Lake Road, As the north Innsbruck area west of Silver Lake Road and Falmer Drive continues to develop, the City should invest~'gate the possibility of converting its "gravel pit" into a minimally developed neighborhood park, Facilities, in certain existing park areas, are only partially developed and thus, servo only a particular age or recreational interest group within the total population. Mast development during the last four years has emphasized facilities far schoal- age youth engaSe~-irrac~cil-e~rgsrtri~zed~parts-,as a result, these needs are provided for whereas the remaining population. groups are not totally served. As the population of the City continues to age, the facilities at some parks will have to be modified to reflect dernagraphic changes. Many of these. changes are already in progress, examples are handicapped accessible paved walkpaths, an a essive tree planting pro- gram and ever expanding picnic facilities far small groupps. Other use changes can be effected by changing the emphaais of park maintenance and recreation programming activite$, Many of our sites originally became available for. park use. because they were unsuitable for development; today they are to fulfill a dual purpose of providing recreation open space while preserving or managing the use of certain natural resources. These resources, such as lakes, ponds, streams and. drainageways, wetlands, floadplains, erodible slopes, forests and soils which have. severe limitation far development, need protection and wise management to allow the natural ecological systems (especially the hydrological cycle) to funcfian normally. - The lakes, streams,ditches, Eloodplains and wetlands are integral parts; the others are relating in that they are affected by or affect the hydrological cycle. This natural function must be considered as a basis on which development, landscaping ar~d maintenance plans are made. t~