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CMP Part 4A. Transportation Plan <br /> LAKE ACCESS, PRESERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT <br /> Orono's lakes provide a significant recreational resource for all Orono residents. This value was long ago <br /> realized by City leaders. In order to provide lake access for the general public, as well as to provide for <br /> fire department access to the lake as a water source, a number of lake access corridors were created as the <br /> shore land developed. These typically are platted, dedicated right-of-ways leading from the local road <br /> system to the shoreline, and are commonly from 16'to 66' in width. <br /> These right-of-ways (often referred to as "fire lanes" or "lake access roads") vary considerably in their <br /> proximity to traffic,parking availability,proximity to housing,lakeshore conditions,and other factors that <br /> effect their recreational value. Some of these corridors have been maintained by the City for local <br /> swimming beaches or as winter snowmobile and ice-fishing accesses. Certain accesses have docks for <br /> fishing, and some have ramp areas suitable for launching a small boat. However, most do not have <br /> designated parking available, and are primarily intended to serve the neighborhood rather than the general <br /> public.A number of these access corridors have steep topography, shallow water depths,undesirable lake <br /> bottom conditions, and/or dense vegetation and experience little or no usage. Of the City lake accesses <br /> shown in Table 4A-9,half of those located outside of Big Island are either undeveloped or closed to public <br /> use. <br /> In addition to Orono's relatively small public lake access corridors, other governmental agencies own and <br /> operate significantly larger lake access properties in Orono. These include the DNR Maxwell Bay Access, <br /> Hennepin County's North Arm Access and Hennepin County's Noerenberg Gardens Memorial Park.These <br /> three large facilities benefit from Metro Transit bus service on their County Road 51 frontage, and are <br /> used regularly by visitors from the greater metropolitan area and beyond. The Noerenberg Gardens lack <br /> the docks and ramps supplied at the nearby Maxwell Bay and North Arm locations, however the <br /> Noerenberg shoreline in Maxwell Bay is a popular place for boaters to anchor and swim. Even more <br /> popular destinations for Lake Minnetonka boaters are the Hennepin County beach at Cruiser's Cove on <br /> Big Island, and Orono's Big Island Park, which has dockage and hiking areas. <br /> Orono also owns and operates Summit Park on Long Lake. Orono offers public lake access through five <br /> commercial marinas within its boundaries.Its private recreational facilities with lake shore are Camp Teko <br /> on North Arm Bay and the Minnetonka Power Squadron on Big Island. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 4A, Page 18 <br />