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! <br /> t � <br /> REsLL�R .��ETIIZG OF T:��. P�Rii COI��Il•2ISSION HELD �PRIL (�, 1978 <br /> Mr. �lex T�Ieyer and Iir. Tim Marr, of the Hennepin BICYCLE TRAIL AT B��R PAP.K <br /> County Park Reserve District staff, presented the ALORTG STARKEY RD. II�T OROIJO <br /> district ' s plans for a bicycle trail around a Reco:�unendations to council: <br /> portion of Tforris T. Baker Park. One item of 1 . Approval after study <br /> concern to the City is the plan to connect one 2. Release from pub�ic <br /> spur of the trail by permittin bicycle and libility on road <br /> pedestrian travel along 1250 ' �approximately) <br /> of Starkey Road, a road within and maintained <br /> by Orono. A second concern is the proposed <br /> filling along Highway 12 of a portion of the <br /> swampy low ground near the outlet of Lake Katrina <br /> (aka Rice Lake) to acc � � odate another portion of <br /> the bike trail. In view of the advantages of ex- <br /> tending bicycle trails connected to existing and <br /> proposed trails in Orono, the following recommenda- <br /> tion is made to the council: <br /> Motion by Berglund, seconded by Erger: <br /> "It is recommended to the Orono City Council <br /> that every effort be made to support the <br /> Hennepin County Park Reserve District in <br /> its endeavor to construct bike trails in <br /> Morris Baker Park, including the connecting <br /> spurs on non-park property, provided: <br /> 1 . Approval based on thorough study is <br /> received from the city engineer, and <br /> 2. Some type of release from public <br /> liability for that portion of the <br /> trail along the public road be <br /> secured from the park reserve district. " <br /> Motion unanimously passed. <br /> Mr. Bruce Dayton, and his attorney, Irlr. Louis DAYTON PROPERTY DONATED FOR <br /> Oberhauser, appeared before the commission to PITBLIC BEACH & PARK AT LONG <br /> discuss Tflr. Dayton' s proposed donation of a LAI� LAKESHORE <br /> certain parcel of Long Lake lakeshore and approx- 1 . Strictly public <br /> imately 10 acres to Orono for a public beach and 2. Disposition of two <br /> park. Two considerations are foremost in the homes on property <br /> donor ' s stipulations regarding the property, namely: 3. Future donation of <br /> 1 . Its use as a public facility shall not property - Peterson <br /> be limited to persons for any reason re- <br /> lated to place of residence, race, or <br /> creed. <br /> 2. A home now situated at the corner of <br /> Old Long Lake Road and East Long Lake <br /> Road which is being given to the Spring. <br /> Hill Conference Center, be permitted a <br /> nariance to Orono zoning ordinances <br /> (2-acre min. ) so that a logical property <br /> division can be made, giving the city <br /> the maximtun land possible for park <br /> purposes. The house property would retain <br /> approximately 80,000 square feet in area. <br /> The second house on this property, situated <br /> -2- <br />