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CMP Part 2. Community Management Plan Foundation <br /> 11. Transportation facilities will be provided and improved consistent with local <br /> service needs and with a coordinated program of area-wide transportation <br /> priorities. Transportation planning will be sensitive to local land use and <br /> environmental concerns, and to local service needs. Through traffic adds significant <br /> traffic level through limited corridors through the lake region. The city will encourage <br /> its transportation partners to develop and implement improvements and transportation <br /> alternatives to ensure safe and efficient travel. Levels of maintenance will vary <br /> between urban and rural areas. Alternative routings and alternative transportation <br /> modes will be explored. <br /> 12 Programs and services will be coordinated between the many interrelated <br /> governmental agencies. Orono will continue to pursue coordinated services with the <br /> County, with adjacent municipalities, with the school districts and with specialized <br /> districts such as lake conservation, watershed or joint powers districts, all for the <br /> purpose of providing consistent,high quality services at affordable cost to the taxpayer. <br /> 13. Orono strives to establish a low profile governmental presence emphasizing <br /> individual citizen responsibility rather than over- inclusive governmental <br /> authority. Orono recognizes that the individual citizen often can do for himself more <br /> quickly, efficiently and at lesser cost, things that in other areas are left to government <br /> by default. It is here that the strength of the Orono citizens has its most direct benefit <br /> in maintaining our rural, small-town vitality. <br /> 14. Orono will continue to emphasize active citizen participation in policy formation <br /> and policy administration. Local meetings have always had the friendly, open-door <br /> characteristic of New England Town Meetings. Communication with the residents, <br /> both on general matters and on specific neighborhood development proposals, will <br /> continue to be a priority policy of this Plan and of this City. Education will continue to <br /> be a critical element in establishment and administration of City policies. <br /> 15. It is Orono's firm conviction that the goals, policies and programs outlined in this <br /> CMP undeniably in the best interests of all Orono citizens, both current and <br /> future. This Plan emphasizes full use of existing public services and facilities without <br /> leap-frog expansion of unnecessary services into Orono's rural areas. This Plan <br /> reinforces the national concern for energy conservation through retrofitting and <br /> rehabilitation of existing structures, through coordinated transportation planning and <br /> through emphasis on natural rather than mechanical solutions to storm water and waste <br /> water treatment. This Plan emphasizes reliance on and efficient use of natural features <br /> and existing services rather than arbitrary duplication of efforts between competing <br /> municipalities. This Plan is built on understanding and acceptance of Orono's unique <br /> location and environmental constraints. Working with these factors will improve our <br /> quality of life; ignoring them would destroy it. This plan serves future residents of <br /> Orono through the preserve and enhancement of the uniqueness of Orono. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 2, Page 16 <br />