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CMyprt4A. TniMBortaHoB Plan m, kcwever, Ike eeiemt e/lmketkoee mvaltabU to Otepublic gentrelfy mud the meatu efpubUc mceea 99 ike leke kmve dimtimbked mmd dtergfmte heceme Incremslmgfy velmmkte from year to year^we muu not forget Ikml Ae pmUk Inckidet persona other Aon Aote In Ae Immediate rklnity. The general public has a true concern A Ae recreationalfaeUltka offered by the takes which nature has so freely given us in this slate. Their generous shoring hy M mill moke for m keolAler pnd happier people. The many not fortunate enough to be able Aocgmlre Aeadonmogu of ownership if lake Aore properties should mot be deprived of Aese benefits. This me mould do If me permhmd streets teoAng A Ae Utkeshore A be rocoted... "The has a Ae public ^ ISO feet of shoreline out of m total of approximately 100 miles may to the Baldwins seem Aconseguentlol or even hfimttesimki and noAAg A be disturbed obout But, of Ala 100 miles of precious shoreline, ou^ o smoBfincBon has been reserved for Ae public: and fthe courts Aould create m precedent by permkAtg o single Arood, however smalt, i^on AepubBc's Aare ofAe AorelAe, oAer Aroads wUI AevUably foBom, untB Ae ogg regau becoma a realAreot A AepubUe’s free mecess A Ae take. To ovoid any pouAUity of suA a raauB, Ae courts Aould mkh equal vigor repulse Ae first, the second, and every ether assault upon Ae Less than \% of Orono*s lake shoreline has been dedicated as public access corridors. Nearly all the rest is privately ouned. and not available to the public for lake access purposes, save for the DNR Moxu’ell Bay Access, Hennepin Count>’*s North Arm Access and the Cit>'*s Summit Park on Long Lake. Hennepin County ’s Noerenberg Gardens Memorial Park, while abutting Lake Minnetonka, has deed restrictions that disallow use for docking or launching boats. Witli shorcloiid abutting a dozen separate bays in Lake Minnetonka, Orono has a commitment to maintaining access via the dedicated access corridors. Lake Acr—i PaUclr* It is the City ’s intent to permanently retain for public use all existing lake access corridors and fire lanes, regardless of the current level of use or maintenance. To this end. the City will follow these policies: 1. Requests for vacation of dedicated lake access right-of-ways will be denied in all cases except where equal or better lake access will be granted nearby in return. 2. The Cit>- will identify and lake necessary action to preserve the public’s right to use of any such accesses which exist but which may not have been formally dedicated. 3. The Cit>‘ will endeavor to work with propert}’ owners adjacent to lake access corridors to ensure that both the rights of the public and the rights of the private landowner are upheld. Orono’s lake accesses are enumerated in Table 4A-6. Chy of OroaoComnaally MaHafcncnt Plan Scyirakrr 2PM Pagt4A-33