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PARKS JUNE, 1980 <br />RASIC 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 />SPECIFICALLY TO THIS ONE ELEMENT OF COMMUNITY PLANNING, THE OVERALL <br />GOALS 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 />REQUIREMENTS 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, fisning, boating, camping, <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 />GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND A LARGE NUMBER OF USERS. Regional parks are intended <br />to provide facilities for outdoor activities which are not normally available <br />in neighborhood parks or local municipalities. This might include such <br />unique features as a zoo, or a river, or simply more space for picnicking, <br />boating, hiking or experiencing an uncompromised sense of nature. Use of <br />these facilities is typically infrequent for any one person or family <br />because of the special effort necessary to reach the park from a distant <br />neighborhood and/or the infrequent desire to participate in the special <br />activity. <br />CMP 8-3