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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> MEETING HELD ON JUNE 3, 1996 <br /> (#2 P�rk Pl�n Goals �nd 4bjectives - Continued) <br /> McMillan said she thought the park plan was to be a manual. A point of changing the <br /> 1980 plan was that park planning has changed. She noted the old approach was that of <br /> there being enough space and no need to acquire more. This needed to be revised. <br /> Goetten said she agreed with the need of revision asking that the Commission relay the <br /> information to Gerhardson and Moorse. Flint explained that the Park Commission was <br /> working on the park portion of the Camprehensive Plan. Ilse said the intern to be hired <br /> this summer will take up each of the existing parks, map them out, inventory their existing <br /> facilities, and describe any legal limitati�n as t:tr8i1'�a�age. <br /> Goetten said she saw the real change come to the City as far as parks are concerned with <br /> Bederwaod. It made the Park Commissian a more prominent figure. McDermott cited an <br /> example at Antoine Park with the old equipment. McMillan said the updating came from <br /> the survey and the next step was to implement the survey into a management tool. <br /> Goetten asked if there was a time plan. McMillan said it was more of an open ended tool. <br /> Goetten noted that the plans from 15 years ago were now in need of updating. Wilson <br /> said it would be difficult to look ahead further than ]0 years and most plans are only good <br /> or applicable to that point. It was agreed that a plan was good until a need was shown fc�r <br /> it to be upgraded. <br /> The Commission then began to discuss the broad goals as laid out in the draft without <br /> going :n±o the specific details of each goal. "F" was decided to be the vision statement and <br /> removed from the broad goals and objectives. <br /> "A: Provide open space and diverse recreational opportunities to serve Orono residents." <br /> The "all" was omitted. (See page 1 of draft.) <br /> "B: Protect and preserve natural resource areas, wildlife habitats, and open space." The <br /> point was made of the importance of preserving open space. �eal suggested shortening <br /> the statement up to be concise but Ilse saw it as inclusive. McMillan thought natural <br /> res�urce areas and wildlife were redundant, but others disagreed, and no action was taken <br /> to remove this part of the language. "Prudent utilization of environment" was removed. <br /> (See page 3 of draft.) <br /> "E" was moved and changed to "C". (See page 6 of draft.) It was discussed whether the <br /> trail should be noted as "city-wide" and if"transportation corridar" should be eliminated. <br /> It was agreed that, although the trail would not extend to every road in the entire city, the <br /> plan does encompass the entire city. Flint cammented that Hennepin County sePs their <br /> role as providing bike transportation corridors with cities connecting their local trails to <br /> tl:Pse ce:ridors. Ilse was concerned if the transportation corridor was removed, it would <br /> be seen as only trails extending from one park to another, which is not the case. <br /> Accordin�lv_ it was decided to retain these statements. <br /> � <br />