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MASTER PLAN FOR NOERENBERG MEMORIAL COUNTY PARK GARDEN AND SANCTUARY BACKGROUND IN 1972, AT THE BEQUEST OF MS. LAURA HOPPE, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY PARK RESERVE DISTRICT ACQUIRED THE NOERENBERG FAMILY ESTATE, NOW CALLED THE NOERENBERG MEMORIAL COUNTY PARK. THIS SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN CRYSTAL AND MAXWELL BAYS OF LAKE MINNETONKA WITHIN THE CITY OF ORONO. IT CONSISTS OF TWO PARCELS, 15.98 ACRES SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 51 AND 57.83 ACRES NORTH OF COU11TY ^.OAD 51 FOR A TOTAL OF 73.81 ACRES. THERE IS APPRnXIMATEL'r 6,230 FT. (1.18 MI.) OF SHORELINE ON MAXWELL MY, 1,200 FT. (.23 MI.) OF SHORELINE ON CRYSTAL BAY AND 1,06u FT. (.20 MI.) OF SHORELINE ON THE CONAJECTING NOERENBERG CHANNEL FOR A TOTAL OF 6,490 FT. (1.61 MI.) OF SHORELINE ON LAKE MINNETONKA. THIS LAND WAS GIVEN TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY PARK RESERVE DISTRICT FOR CERTAIN USES ONLY AS STATED IN THE WILL. THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 51 HAS BEEN GIVEN "... WITH THE REQUEST THAT THE SAME BE OPERATED AND MAt4AGED IN ITS APPROXIMATE NATURAL STATE AS A PLACE WHEREON WILD FOWL AND OTHER WILD GAME WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONGREGATE ON THIS LAND AS A NATURAL AREA." Tug PROPERTY SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 51 "... SHALL BE OPERATED AND DEVOTED TO PUBLIC PARK PURPOSES AS AN ARBORETUM FOR FLOWERS, SHRUBS, AND TREES, WITH SUIT- ABLE PATHWAYS AND DECORATIVE FEATURES. THIS INDICATION AS TO USE SHALL NOT IMPLY ANY AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER IN THE DISTRICT TO USE THE LAND FOR PICNIC PURPOSES, FOR CAMPING, FOR BOAT OR WATER CRAFT LAUNCHING, OR FOR ANY USES INCOMPATIBLE WITH THAT OF A GENERAL DISPLAY GARDEN AREA." PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE WILL, THE AREA NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 51 WILL BE DEVELOPED IN A NATURAL STATE AS A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION IN THIS MASTER PLAN, THIS PART OF THE SITE WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE SANCTUARY. THE AREA SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 51 WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A GENERAL DISPLAY GARDEN. FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION IN THIS MASTER PLAN, THIS PART OF THE SITE WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE GARDEN. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THIS SITE WAS FORMERLY THE NOERENBERG FAMILY ESTATE. INCLUDED WITHIN THIS ESTATE WAS THE LARGE FAMILY HOME, GARAGE, BOATHOUSE/ GA77BO; PUMPHOUSE AND APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF ACRE OF FLOWER GARMS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CO. RD. 51; 44D A SEPARATE RESIDENCE, BARN, MISCELLANEOUS OUTBUILDINGS, WATERTOWER, AND A SMALL GREENHOUSE NORTH OF CO. RD. 51. A PROVISION OF THE WILL REQUIRED THAT THE FAMILY HOUSE BE TORN DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND A MEMORIAL ARBOR BE ERECTED ON THE HOUSE SITE. THE RESIDENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS GIVEN AS A LIFE ESTATE IN FAVOR OF MR. PAY FORD, LONG, TIME CARETAKER FOR THE NOERENBERG FAMILY.