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CMP Part 4F.. Park. Oocn Space and Trail Plan <br />preservation as a natural area, the Refuge complements the City's park <br />in that it constitutes nearby additional natural wildlife habitat. In keeping <br />with the wildlife sanctuary theme, the Park District has no plans to <br />provide public amenities or enhance accessibility to the site. Orono will <br />continue to support this policy. <br />6 The City will not encourage condemnation or forced conversion of <br />private residential properties on Big Island to public land. The <br />City's acquisition of the Big Island Veterans Camp was an arms -length <br />transaction between a willing seller and buyer, of land that had been <br />guided and used for decades as open space. However, the City has <br />adopted ordinances which allow continued individual private seasonal <br />recreational use of the Island while prohibiting excessive development. <br />The existing balance between private and public ownership of properties <br />on Big Island is reasonable. <br />7. The City will encourage the Minnesota DNR to continue its <br />restrictions on use or alteration of Wolsfeld Woods and Wood Rill <br />Scientific and Natural Areas. These are unique nature areas that should <br />not be developed for active use, but should remain in their natural state <br />for passive use by the public. This is doubly important in the case of <br />Wolsfeld Woods, since access and traffic control is extremely limited <br />from County Road 6. <br />8 The City will encourage the Minnesota DNR to maintain and <br />improve the Luce Line trail, and to manage its use consistent with <br />the rural residential area it traverses. The City will encourage <br />interconnection with other city or regional trails to provide a coordinated <br />linkage between a wide variety of recreational facilities. The City will <br />encourage the MnDNR to continue the limitations on motorized trail <br />usage east of Stubbs Bay Road. Because the Luce Line Trail provides a <br />natural, rural -type setting for trail activities, and because the Trail=s <br />current limestone surface is in harmony with the character of rural <br />Orono, the City will not support paving of the Luce Line Trail. <br />9 The City will continue to support the interim use of the former <br />Dakota Rail line through southern Orono as the recently opened <br />Dakota Regional Trail. While this former rail corridor may have future <br />uses for mass transportation as a link to Minneapolis and St. Paul, such <br />use is not anticipated in the near future. The City will continue to <br />support the interim use of this rail corridor as a pedestrian and bicycle <br />trail, and will support preservation of the corridor in public ownership <br />for future regional transportation uses. <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 4E-33 <br />