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To: Chair Ressler and Planning Commission Members Dustin Rief, City Administrator From: Jeremy Barnhart, AICP Community Development Director Date: January 21, 2020 Subject: #LA19-99, City of Orono, Comprehensive Plan Amendment RE Trail priorities Public Hearing Application Summary: The City of Orono Parks Commission is proposing an amendment to the Park Trail priorities identified in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval as drafted. Background Via Resolution 6991, the Comprehensive Plan was adopted by the City Council on June 10, 2019 after approval by the Met Council on May 23, 2019. Parks, Open Space, and Trails are a chapter of the Comprehensive Plan. In evaluating Park and Trail projects for the coming years, the Park Commission proposed an amendment to the priorities. The existing Trail priorities: Table 4E-8: Trail Implementation Priority Project Description 1 County Road The city does not support an on -street trail on County Road 15 due to 15 West of its close proximity to Dakota trail. Navarre 2 Navarre The city will actively partner with Hennepin county and Three Rivers Dakota Trail Park District to complete a trail connection along County Road 19 Connection connecting Navarre to the Dakota Trail 3 Old Crystal The city will support an off-street trail that provides access from the Bay Road Luce Line Trail at Old Crystal Bay Road to the Dakota Trail at North Shore Drive. 4 Wayzata Blvd The City is partnering with the city of Long Lake and Hennepin County Trail to provide a multi modal trail along the north side of Wayzata Blvd from the Luce Line trial to the western Boundary of the Orono School Property. The trail is being included as part of the CSAH 112 Turn back Projects. 5 Lakeview The city will plan a trail that connects Lakeview Legacy Park to the Legacy Park County Road 19 trail as well as trails to the south that connect with the Dakota trail.