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• <br />• <br />Page 4 of 6 <br />From the City's Comprehensive Plan, Volume i (Section 1.5): <br />- The need to provide adequate recreational space and <br />facilities in any community is generally a public <br />priority...The Open Space and Pedestrian System <br />component of the Master Plan is dedicated to <br />defining...necessary open space facilities and support <br />systems... <br />• Major components of the Open Space and Pedestrian systems <br />are <br />- a pedestrian circulation system that will facilitate <br />easy and safe access to neighborhood and community <br />parks and link La Porte's recreational system with the <br />;•~ region-wide system. <br />• ~ - the necessary number of recreational and sport <br />facilities compatible with local recreational interest <br />-V fn order to: <br />. ~ ~ encourage local attendance. <br />,. ~~ - maximize access and service. <br />minimize delays and inconvenience. <br />• feet) of the 20,000-square-foot facility is proposed in <br />•• •the 5-year capital improvement program. This facility <br />will house the social programs that the City sponsors <br />both currently and in the future. The proposed <br />development of this facility results from two <br />~•concurrent situations: <br />•~ ~ ~~[Comprehensive Plan) Exhibit 13 depicts the Open Space <br />~.~ ~ ~~and Pedestrian System Plan (See Exhibit D). ' <br />~. •~. Also.''proposed by the Comprehensive Plan is a "Social <br />-Services 'Center". The Center is discussed in Volume I of the <br />~' Comprehensive Plan (Section 1.6): <br />~~ ~ = Social Services Center - The first phase (12,000 square <br />• <br />