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Park Development Plans Innsbruck Znd & 5th Additions Page 2 The pazk as planned would contain a youth soccer field, which will also serve as a site for informal play activities. The park will contain two ponding areas for stormwater retention; the larger pond will be a wet pond with water in it yeaz round, the smaller azea is designed to hold waxer only for a few hours after a rainstorm. A twenty car parking lot is envisioned and a linear trail system consisting primarily of 8' wide asphalt. The trail coming in from Black Oak Drive to the gazebo has been recommended to be a 6 foot wide asphalt trail. The Park Boazd's recommendation regarding the trail's width at this location was fora 6 foot wide asphalt trail, subject to the City Manager's review of liability exposure issues. As his attached memorandum, the liability exposure created by the installation of a trail narrower than 8 feet does create an increased liability exposure and therefore, justifies the development of an 8 foot trail instead of a 6 foot trail. This section of the trail is nazrow because the access from Black Oak Drive is only 10' in width and some area must be reserved for buffering plantings. Playground equipment and a hazd court basketball area are included as is a small gazebo for family or neighborhood gatherings. One tennis court is shown on the plan but the Park Boazd and staff rank it as the lowest priority within the plan. An extensive tree planting program is planned to begin in early 1994, some of the trees will be planted under as $8,000 small business administration grant. The park CIP shows three yeazs of funding for development of the park, 1994 $35,000, 1995 $50,000 and 1996 $25,000. This should be adequate to fund the planned facilities. Trails, turf and trees aze scheduled for 1994. Playground equipment, basketball and pazking lot for 1995 and the gazebo, benches, picnic tables, etc. scheduled for 1996. The tennis courts are currently not funded. Concerns raised by the neighborhood include: * The pond is not located correctly on the map The pond is actually located about two feet further south than shown on the map, the west end of the pond is more shallow than originally planned and the storm sewer inlet is lower than the approved plan and lower than the outlet pipe. Staff will work with the developer to correct these problems. Pond depth is approximately 5 feet with about 4 to 1 slope on the banks. * Trails are not needed and are too close to people's homes The configuration of the park was proposed by the developer with the apparent intention of giving the maximum number of homes, park frontage. The down side of this is that residents often assume that development of any kind neaz their home will adversely affect their property. This razely proves to be true. The trails will be primarily used by area residents for exercise-and pazk access. The presence of tails tends to keep park users off of private property because the trails clearly show the intended use pattern. * Tennis courts should/should not be built There is no consensus among residents on this issue. Pazk Board and staff do not see them as a high priority in this pazk, at this time, but believe the tennis courts should remain on the master plan.