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3 <br />3 <br />3 <br />\ <br />n <br />4 <br />3 <br />3 <br />£3 <br />S <br />i <br />» <br />PARKi <br />JUNE, 1980 <br />PARK AND OPEN SPACE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES <br />THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE PLAN IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ORONO’S COMMUNITY <br />management plan. although THE STATISTICS AND DETAILED POLICIES APPLY <br />QPPriFICALLY TO THIS ONE ELEMENT OF COMMUNITY PLANNING, THE OVERALL <br />rOALS AND OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM JOINT AND CONCURRENT <br />CONSIDERATION OF ALL COMMUNITY PLANNING ELEMENTS. THEREFORE,- THE <br />POLICY DECISIONS RELATING TO ORONO’S FUTURE RECREATIONAL FACILITY <br />^OUIREMENTS COMPLEMENT AND BALANCE REGIONAL PLANS WITH LOCAL CONCERNS <br />for historic DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FISCAL <br />RESPONSIBILITY AND GENERAL LAND USE. <br />PARK AND OPEN SPACE NEEDS ARE FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PURPOSES. <br />Active recreation areas are oriented toward sports and recreation <br />activities such as baseball, football, tennis, hockey, etc. On the <br />other hand, passive recreation areas are oriented towards leisure <br />activities such as environmental and nature areas, cultural and <br />historic sites, wildlife habitat areas and open vistas. Ideally, <br />a variety of active and passive recreation facilities will be provided <br />within a city to ensure that all needs of the entire community are met. <br />Typical outdoor recreation activities include the following; <br />PASSIVE -walking, sitting, scenic viewing, observing wildlife, <br />photography, art (such as painting) , card playing, <br />picnicking, historic preservation or documentation, <br />crafts. <br />ACTIVE _jogging, tennis, baseball, softball, soccer, football, <br />hockey, skating, skiing, fishing, boating, campxng, <br />swimming, playing on special equipment such as slides, <br />swings, sandboxes, etc. <br />REGIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES ARE. INTENDED TO SERVE A WIDE <br />area and a large number op users. Aesion.l 'tab <br />to provide facilities for outdoor activities which are not normally a <br />in neighborhood parks or local municipalities. This might ® .. <br />inique features Is a soo, or a river, or simply more space for picnicking, <br />boating, hiking or experiencing an uncompromised sense of nature. Use <br />these facilities is typically infrequent for any one f distant <br />because of the special effort necessary to reach the Pf ^ <br />neighborhood and/or the infrequent desire to participate in the special <br />activity. <br />CMP 8-3