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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas Future Land Use RegionaVMetropolitan Park. Area of natural or ornamental qualities for outdoor recreation serving communities within one hour driving time. Such parks may include sports facilities or play areas. The regional park near Paris is the Lake Crook Recreation Area. Lake Crook has been put to limited recreational use, most recently for power boat races. The facilities include a boat ramp and water related activities. Regional Park Reserve. Areas of natural qualities for nature oriented outdoor recreation and may include active play areas. A majority of the land should be reserved for conservation and natural resource management. Lake Gibbons is a regional park reserve. Resident and migratory geese populations are maintained at the park's Gamble Goose Refuge. As a result, water related activities are restricted for the winter migrating season. Linear Park. Areas developed for one or more modes of recreational travel such as biking or hiking. Linear parks may connect one or more of the other park areas. Dragon Park offers a one- mile walking/jogging track and is a candidate for linkages among the parks to be utilized by the Paris community, given its location in the high-activity areas around the PJC. Special Use Park. Areas for specialized or single purpose recreational activities such as golf courses, outdoor theaters, zoos or gardens. Includes areas that preserve, maintain or interpret buildings or other sites of architectural or archeological significance. Plazas or squares in more urbanized settings are also included in this category. Special use areas in Paris include Wise Field, the Plaza, the Farmers' Market and the new municipal Aquatic Center. Conservancy. Areas preserved for protection and management of the natural/cultural environment with recreation as a secondary objective. Conservancy areas in or near Paris include wildlife management areas at Pat Mayse Lake. Although it is a nature reserve, Lake Gibbons has a greater emphasis on recreation than the standards of this category allow. Park Recommendations Based on the service areas and the number of facilities currently enjoyed by the Paris community, it appears that the City within the Loop is well served, except for a few needs, such as near the Crockett Middle School campus, where a neighborhood park is planned in coordination with the Paris ISD. However, as residential development occurs in growth areas outside of the loop, new recreational facilities should be planned to serve at the neighborhood level. As the City's growth areas, particularly along the U.S. Highway 82 corridors, experience residential development, the demand for areas that are accessible by foot or bike increase. Neighborhood parks, in large part, serve a segment of the community that would find crossing a barrier such as the Loop undesirable or extremely prohibitive. These areas also function to encourage or enhance a neighborhood identity and cohesiveness that can sometimes be slow to develop in newer subdivisions. The Parks and Recreation Map indicates the approximate areas suitable for future park development. 5A98288\WPC.ltinal rcpun 2-01.doc 52 B W]2