Laserfiche WebLink
DUNE, 1980 <br />PRIVATE OPEN SPACE <br />A significant amount of the recreation -open space in Orono is that <br />controlled by private golf and country clubs. Large acreages are <br />are owned by the Wayzata Country Club, Woodhill Country Clu`i, and <br />Lakeview Golf Course. While technically private, these areas provide <br />open space benefits to all nearby residents plus active recreational <br />facilities for many Orono and lake area citizens. <br />LAKE MINNETONKA ISLANDS <br />Land on Big Islar.d, Mahpiyata Islav- and Deering Island has been <br />privately owned for years and has been used for a significant <br />number of seasonal cottages plus few year-round homes. The City <br />of Orono cannot provide cost effective public services to these <br />islands. Homes have been lost because of fire, vandalism rates <br />are significant, sanitation and garbage problems exist, and <br />transportation problems are difficult. Therefore, it has long <br />been the policy of the City to encourage eventual public ownership <br />of the islands as recreational resources far general lake users. <br />The City continues to encourage contro by the Hennepin County <br />Park Reserve as the most appropriate agency for this purpose. <br />The City understands that this conversion is a necessarily slow <br />process. The City does not intend to encourage condemnation or <br />active acquisition programs. The City does encourage the Park <br />Reserve to acquire any and all island property as it becomes <br />available. In the interim, the City will continue to allow rural <br />residential land use subject to strict enforcement of all performance <br />standards and the explicit understanding that the City will nevCL <br />be able to provide even basic public services. <br />:'MF 4 - _31 <br />