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PARKS JUNE, 1980 <br />ORONO WILL PROTECT AND PRESERVE NATURAL RECREATIONAL AND OPEN SPACE <br />AMENITIES INCLUDING LAKE MINNETONKA, OTHER LAKES, MARSHLAND, WETLANDS, <br />AND NATURAL WOODLAI'IDS. This recreation policy works <br />hand in hand with Orono's Environmental Protection <br />plans and policies. Once preserved for environmental <br />purposes, these areas provide excellent wildlife <br />habitat and recreational opportunities for all citizens. <br />Orono citizens rely on these natural amenities for a <br />major portion of their outdoor recreational activity. <br />ORONO WILL COORDINATE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS WITH OTHER <br />GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. Duplication of programs and <br />facilities will only be a burden on the taxpayer <br />without providing any new benefits. Orono will <br />actively encourage all school districts to coordinate <br />their programs and facilities and to open them to <br />the public at all reasonable times. Orono will <br />actively support joint school district - city <br />coordination of community service recreation programs <br />and will coordinate the location and type of <br />recreational facilities with those provided by the <br />State Department of Natural Resources, Hennepin <br />County Park Reserve and the local school districts. <br />ORONO WILL CAREFULLY LOCATE ACTIVE-USE PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES <br />SO AS TO BENEFIT NEIGHBORING LAND USES. All park <br />facilities, and especially community facilities <br />that are expected to draw citizens from outside <br />the immediate neighborhood, will be carefully <br />designed and located so as to serve the best <br />interests of all citizens without disrupting or <br />disturbing established neighborhood lifestyles <br />or traffic patterns. <br />ORONO WILL ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND <br />DISCOURAGE THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. <br />As can be seen on Map Nc. 16 and in the table of <br />existing facilities, Orono already has an inordinately <br />high percentage of land area devoted to recreation <br />open space. When this is added to the large amount <br />of unbuildable wetlands, there is little developable <br />or taxable property remaining. Therefore, Orono will <br />discourage the conversion of any additional large <br />parcels of private land into public ownership, except <br />for the eventual control of Big Island by Hennepin <br />County Park Reserve. This policy does not preclude <br />the creation of small neighborhood or mini-parks <br />necessary to directly serve local residents within <br />the urban area of the city. <br />_Li <br />CMP 8-9