2006 Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan - City of Lakeville

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maintenance, and facility’s purpose and design are presented. The final portion of the Policy Plan is devoted to public relations and communications. 1998 Growth Management Strategies In 1998, the City of Lakeville undertook an update of its 1992 Growth Management Strategies as a means of defining a vision for Lakeville through the year 2020. Through the process of strategic planning, the City outlined criteria and recommendations for guiding decisions in the following areas: • Economic Development • Land Use Planning and Development • Guidelines for the Development of Lakeville’s Central District • Protecting Natural Resources While Accommodating Growth • Facilitating Intergovernmental Collaboration Maintaining the City Management Capacity to Deliver Service, Develop a Balanced Community, and Maintain a Competitive Tax Base The 1998 Growth Management Strategies were integral to the formulation of the City’s 1998 Comprehensive Plan and will be reviewed and reaffirmed as part of the mandated 2008 update of the Comprehensive Plan. The Growth Management Strategies also provides the following specific recommendations that will influence the City’s Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan, which have been revised as part of this current update: • Update and maintain a natural resource inventory and management plan. • Develop and replace any future loss of park land and whenever possible, increase park space by allocating funds towards future land acquisition. • Actively protect Lakeville’s waterways. • Pursue shared facilities and sites between the City, School District and nongovernmental organizations. • Consider community center needs. • Implement the Central Business District/Heritage Commons Development Plan emphasizing greenway corridor open space protection, park and trail facilities, and tree preservation. As established in 1998, all of these efforts are on-going concerns that continue as part of this update of the Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan. City of Lakeville, Minnesota Chapter Five 2006 Comprehensive Parks, Trails, & Open Space Plan Page 78
1998 Comprehensive Plan Goals Building on the recommendations of the Growth Management Strategies, Lakeville also updated its Comprehensive Plan in 1998. The Comprehensive Plan established community goals and policies intended to direct future community growth through the year 2020. The goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan provide the direction in the following areas: • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / NATURAL RESOURCES Natural resources such as lakes, waterways, wetlands, significant tree stands, open prairie areas, drainageways, bluffs and areas of steep slopes are of major importance within Lakeville. The relevance of these features as part of this update of Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan is more significant with this edition given the expanded role of the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Committee in this area. The proper preservation, enhancement and utilization of remaining natural resources as valuable community amenities has become a community goal. To this end, the City has established base guidelines for the protection of these elements through implementation of a Shoreland Overlay Zoning District, Wetland Management Plan, tree preservation requirements during subdivision and use of Low Impact Development techniques for residential and commercial projects such as Prairie Lake and Timbercrest at Lakeville, respectively. Integration of such natural features as part of the parks and trails system serves not only a protective function, but adds amenity value to the City’s facilities. • GROWTH MANAGEMENT The rate of growth since the mid 1980s has raised issues with regard to its impact on public services, utilities, streets and City finance. In recognition of these concerns, Lakeville established growth management goals and policies to manage the growth rate, direct the quality of development and maintain a diverse tax base. • LAND USE The land use goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan create a vehicle by which the community can determine, organize, and define the character and intensity of land use in the City of Lakeville. The Comprehensive Plan gives attention to both existing and future land use and development issues as a means of preserving the City’s positive identity and the local quality of life. • COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community facilities include those lands, buildings, services and systems which are provided on a public or semi-public basis in the interest of, or benefit to, the residents of the community. Their importance will not be underestimated in City of Lakeville, Minnesota Chapter Five 2006 Comprehensive Parks, Trails, & Open Space Plan Page 79
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Chapter 2 Community Characteristics
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