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II i « i f I) PARKS JUNE, 1980 3. THE CITY WILL IMPROVE LOCAL ACCESS TO AND BETWEEN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The City will work toward improving neighborhood access to all recreation facilities including especially provisions for safe walking and bicycling within the immediate area of each park. The City will work toward linking all public recreation facilities with an expanded bike-hike trail system. RURAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE POLICIES 1. PROVIDING FOR RURAL AREA OPEN SPACE WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OP EACH LANDOWNER. There is sufficient open space provided on each rural lot to accommodate all passive and many active forms of outdoor recreation. No City or public investment is necessary. 2. RURAL RECREATION FACILITIES MUST NOT REQUIRE URBAN SERVICES. Major emphasis will be on passive recreation areas that do not attract large numbers of people because urban services such as sewer, water and frequent police patrolling are not available in the rural service area. 3. RURAL RECREATION AREAS WILL BE COORDINATED BETV7EEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. The principal rural recreational facility provided by the City is the bike-hike trail system which is intended to link urban and rural neighborhoods with the DNR's Luce Line Trail and Morris T. Baker Park Reserve. 4. THE CITY WILL ENCOURAGE THE PARK RESERVE TO CONTINUE ITS EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS AT MORRIS T. BAKER PARK RESERVE AND AT NOERENBERG GARDENS. Neither facility has any significant activity level and Orono will encourage that this limited usage continue as appropriate to Orono's rural land use plans. Orono will encourage retention of the natural open space and nature areas in the Orono portion of Morris T. Baker Park Reserve. Orono will encourage the existing conservancy and limited use aspects of Noerenberg Gardens. Orono will discourage extensive development in either location. CMP 8-11