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3 <br /> <br />Parks Construction and Funding Update <br />February 15, 2018 <br /> <br />Types of Parks/Public Open Spaces <br />• Regional Parks (Little River, Blackwood Farm) <br />• District Parks (Twin Creeks/Moniese Nomp) <br />• Community Parks (Cedar Grove, Fairview) <br />• Linear Parks/Trails (MST) <br />• Nature Preserve / Nature Parks (Hollow Rock) <br /> <br />Existing Park System <br />• Six Parks <br />• One Soccer Center <br />• One Nature Park (Hollow Rock) <br />• One Greenway (Twin Creeks) <br />• Seven Mile Nature Park underway <br /> <br />CIP Park Project Locations (map) <br /> <br />Parks & Recreation Master Plan <br />• Through 2030, plan adopted in 2014 <br />• Nine Parks across the County <br />• 1-2 Soccer Centers <br />• Three Nature Parks within Preserves <br />• Two Linear Parks (part of MST, Jones Creek Greenway) <br /> <br />CIP Projects – Important Notes <br />• Costs shown do not include grants, partner and other funds (can be as much as 50%) <br />• Projects may be broken into phases and built over time <br />• Most park sites acquired through Lands Legacy 2001-2008 (“land-banked”) <br />• Subject to annual review / revision <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee arrived at 7:12 p.m. <br /> <br />Planned Projects for 2018-19 <br />• Blackwood Farm Park – complete infrastructure work (underway), build Phase 2 <br />• Cedar Grove Park – construct Phase 2 (includes ballfields that could replace fields lost <br />in 2020) <br />• Small Projects <br />o Little River Park: Address the Laws House <br />o MST: Trailhead at Seven Mile Creek <br /> <br />Example: Park Construction $ (graph) <br />FAIRVIEW PARK (2010-11) <br /> <br />Park Visitation Numbers – 2017 (graph) <br />