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Pros Cons <br />• Reasonably safe place for runners and walkers <br />• Allows Three Rivers Park District to focus their <br />resources on other regional assets <br />• Cost born by Orono tax payers for a regional asset <br />• Eliminates winter sport uses <br />• Inconsistent with surrounding communities <br />• Relieves 3 Rivers of their responsibility and <br />accountability to their constituents <br />• Liability <br /> <br />b. None of the surrounding communities are planning on maintaining the regional trails in this <br />winter. Regional trails that are unmaintained are used by residents for snowshoeing and or X-country <br />skiing. Creating plowed breaks along through trails such as the Dakota may hamper winter recreation <br />(besides running) and exposes the city to additional liability. A group of runners has requested the <br />Dakota trail be kept clear for running. <br /> <br />c. The portion of the Lake Independence Trail along Old Crystal Bay in front of the schools and City <br />Hall functions as a sidewalk and connects to the City owned trails that are plowed for pedestrian use <br />during the winter. <br /> <br />6. Possible courses of action: <br /> <br />a. Status quo- Orono continues to maintain Orono assets <br /> <br />b. Engage with 3 Rivers Park district encouraging them to maintain their assets. This course of <br />cation was chosen in November 2014. <br /> <br />c. Orono take over winter maintenance of 3 Rivers Trails (beginning in 2020-21 season) <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />A- Trail Map <br />B- Three Rivers Regional Trail Winter Use Study, August 2016 <br />C- Star Tribune Article, September 2010 <br />D- Star Tribune Article, September 2011 <br />