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THIS FACILITY WILL BE UNIQUE NOT ONLY TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA BUT ALSO TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THE NEAREST SIMILAR FACILITY IS THE DISPLAY GARDEN WITHIN THE BOERNER BOTANICAL GARDEN IN MILWUAKEE, WISCONSIN WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE A14D DRAWS OVER 1,000,000 VISITORS PER YEAR. THE METROPOLITAN AREA LACKS A PUBLIC DISPLAY GARDEN AM PIE 'DEMAND APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT HAVING ONE. THE QUESTION 15 THEN RAISED WHETHER THE NOERENBERG SITE IS CONDUCIVE TO SATISFYING THE DISPLAY GARDEN NEED. SEVERAL FACTORS INDICATE THAT IT 15. 1. ACQUISITION OF LAND THE 73.81 ACRES WITH 1.61 MILES OF SHORELINE ON LAKE MINNETONKA WERE GIVEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A DISPLAY GARDEN AND SANCTUARY. IN ADDITION TO THE LAND, STOCK CERTIFICATES WERE GIVEN WHICH PROVIDE INTEREST INCOME THAT WILL BE USED TO HELP DEFRAY OPERATING EXPENSES. 2. HERITAGE OF THE SITE THE SITE WAS A PRIVATE ESTATE WITH A SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE GARDEN. IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DEVELOP A GARDEN AT LEAST A3 ATTRACTIVE AS THAT WHICH ONCE EXISTED THERE. THIS SITE IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE ESTATE AREA OF THE LAKE MINNETONKA REGION WHICH MAKES THE DEVEL-OPMENT f�S A GARDEN A VERY COMPATIBLE LAND USE. A NUMBER OF GARDENS OF THIS TYPE THROUGHOUT TFEE COUNTRY ARE L KATED ON FORMER ESTATES WHICH WERE BEQUEATHED TO THE PUBLIC. 3. PHYSICAL SETTING THE SITE IS LOCATED ON LAKE MINNETONKA, THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE METRO- POLITAN AREA AND IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST SINGLE PUBLIC LAKESHORE OWNERSHIP ON THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE ORIENTATION AND SITE CHARACTER MAKES THIS AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE SETTING FOR A DISPLAY GARDEN. RELAT I Ot ISH I P OF SITE TO LOCAL CC lUN I TY AND METROPOL 1 TAN AREA THE SITE IS LOCATED W1TMjJ*TTK CITY OF ORONO WHICH IS WITHIN THE DEVELOPING RING OF SUBURBS IN TME.YGW~ST MltNEAPOLIS PLAN41NG SECTOR OF THEIMETRO- POL I TAN COUNCIL. THE URBMJ!^SERV I CE AREA AS SHOWI"I "' THE DEVELOPMENT FRA -EWORK PLAN OF THE MJ_TROPOL I TAN COUNCIL INCLUDES WiST OF I TY OF ORCYJO. THE SOUTHERN PORTICfJ OF THE CITY AROUND LAKE MINNETONt, INCLUDED IN THE 14 UP.BA4 SERVICE AREA. THE NOERENBERG SITE IS WITHIN 1�, CATEGORY. THE CITY'S COMPREHE-P;SIVE GUIDE PLAN (AUGUST 1.97b) IDENTIFIES AND RECOGNIZES THE NOEREIBERG MEMORIAL COU•ITY PARK AS EXISTING WITHIN THE COwuNl TY'S DEVELOPMENT. TRAVEL TO THE SITE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE "E TkOPOLITAN AREA IS BY PRIVATE AUTO AND PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORTATION.