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Big Island Nature Park Management Plan November 2011 <br />____________________________________________________________________________ <br />26 <br /> <br /> VI. SITE AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT <br /> <br /> <br />Site and Facilities Management Goals <br /> <br />Goal: <br />Improve access to and mobility within the Park <br /> <br />Objectives: <br />● Provide docks and landing areas to allow for public access by boat <br />● Manage pedestrian pathways to respect the natural character of the Park <br />● Identify areas of the Park that will be made accessible to the disabled, and provide the <br />minimum level of paved or hard surfaces necessary for the provision of disabled <br />accessibility <br />● Establish, post and publicize Park hours, rules, limitations, etc. <br /> <br />Goal: <br />Provide the level of recreational and service facilities necessary for safe public use of the Park <br />while limiting the need for intensive operation and maintenance activity <br />Objectives: <br />● Develop a set of design, maintenance and operation guidelines <br />● Develop partnerships for maintenance and operation of the Park <br />● Identify specific approaches to address resource protection within the operation and <br />maintenance programs <br />● Establish an emergency helipad location <br />● Eliminate or avoid introducing attractive nuisances that will be used for unintended and <br />unwanted purposes <br /> <br /> <br />Park Boundary and Protected Areas Demarcation <br /> <br />The Park property currently exists as three separate abutting tax parcels. The northerly 6-acre <br />parcel, PINS #14-117-23 34 0001 is within the Minnetonka School District (276). The central <br />46-acre parcel, PINS #23-117-23 21 0001, and the westerly 5-acre parcel, PINS #23-117-23 22 <br />0001, are within the Orono School District (278). <br /> <br />Park external boundaries are primarily defined by the shoreline, with the exception of the <br />westerly boundary which is within the narrow neck of land abutting the Three Rivers Park <br />District‘s Big Island Regional Park property. The need for park boundary signage along the <br />shoreline should be considered. Such signage at the westerly land terminus of the property <br />would be appropriate.