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Big Island Park Management Activity <br /> June 15,2010 <br /> Page 6 <br /> A copy of the Draft Outline for the Big Island Park Management Plan is attached. This was <br /> initially reviewed in November 2007. While a small number of sections have been drafted, most <br /> of it has been delayed because Orono staff have been working for the past two-plus years on <br /> updating the Orono Comprehensive Plan (it was recently completed and submitted for Met <br /> Council approval; City staff will now be able to devote more time toward developing the Park <br /> Management Plan). Draft Big Island Park regulations are in the review stage - these are separate <br /> from and in addition to general City Paxk regulations that currently apply. <br /> Future Activity <br /> There are a number of topics that the City sees as necessary to address as we move forward: <br /> - Completion of the Management Plan and adoption of Park Rules <br /> - Ongoing site maintenance - at what level - annual funding - assignment of responsibility <br /> - Level of staffing - for what aspects: regulatory/maintenance/interpretive, etc. <br /> - Coordination of emergency & regulatory services <br /> - Managing public expectations <br /> - Further defining the level and type of suitable/unsuitable activities on the property <br /> Attachments: <br /> 1) Draft Outline for the Big Island Park Management Plan. <br /> 2) Results from Big Island Visioning sessions which occurred in early 2008. <br /> 3) February 2010 draft of the Park regulations, which have yet to be finalized. The <br /> Committee has had difficulty reaching a conclusion on the `permits' element of the <br /> regulations. <br /> 4) Comp Plan excerpt— specifically addressing the Park, entitled `Big Island Nature Park <br /> Property Goals & Policies" which appears in the Parks element of the Comp Plan. <br /> 5) Comp Plan excerpt -the general entry from the Land Use chapter entitled"Lake <br /> Minnetonka Islands". <br />