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.. ~ <br />Page Two <br />• Planning & Zoning Commission <br />Following is a synopsis of each plan: <br />OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM <br />Table 1 outlines the parkland and recreational facilities serving <br />our citizenry in the Comprehensive Plan. The City will grow from <br />48 developed acres of parks now to 240 acres at maturity. Note <br />that this will be less than half the national standard, but that <br />the total does not include future mini-parks and compensating open <br />space dedicated by residential developers via the Development <br />Ordinance. The plan provides for adequate recreational facilities <br />in all areas, except golf. <br />The plan features a city-wide P,egional Park (on Little Cedar <br />Bayou), a Pdorthwest La Porte Community Park in Lomax, a Central La <br />Porte Conrrnunity Park (north of Fairmont Parkway at the pipeline <br />corridor), and ten neighborhood parks. The City park system will <br />be linked together via an improved trail system (mostly within <br />existing right of way corridors) for walkers, joggers, and <br />bicyclers. <br />• City management of Sylvan Beach remains a possibility. If the <br />County were to agree to this, eventual development of Sylvan Beach <br />into a beach and water sports center would provide our citizenry <br />with a r. special recreational opportunity. The consultants <br />identified recreation as the most underdeveloped commercial market <br />in the City and the one having the greatest future potential. <br />Sylvan Beach could serve as a magnet for such a market. The <br />consultants strongly urged the City to promote the revitalization <br />of Sylvan Beach by developing a master waterfront plan and <br />constructing a 500-slip municipal marina complex, as recommended <br />in the Capital Improvements Plan. <br />• <br />