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• • � CMP Part 4A. Transportation Plan lake populatio�:,however,tl:e extent of lakeshore available to the public generally and the meai:s of public access to tlie lake liave diminislied and tlierejore become increasingly valuable from year to year...we must not forget t1:at the public includes persons other tican t/:ose i�z tfie immediate viciniry. Tlie general public Icas a true concern ii: tlie recreational facilities offered by tlie[akes whicfe r:atute lias so jreely given us in t/iis state. Tleeir generous s/iaring by all wi11 make for a liealtliier and lrappier people. The many reot fortunate enougli to be able to acquire t/ie advantages of ownership of lake s/eore properties s/:ould not be deprived ojtl:ese benefits. Tleis we ivvuld do if we permitted streets leading to tlie lakesJ:ore to be vacated.. "The loss to tl:e pub[ic of ISO feet of slloreline out of a total of approximately 100 miles may to tlee Baldwins see»i inconsequential or even infinitesimal and notlsing to be disturbed about. But, of t/iis 100 niiles of precious shoreline, only a s»iall fraction I�as been reserved for the pub[ic; and if the cou�ts sliould create a precedent by pern:itting a single inroad,I►owever small, upon tl�e public's sliare ojtlie shoreline, ot/ter i�troads wil!i�tevitably jollow,until the aggregate becomes a real t/:reat to tfte public's free access to tl:e lake. To avoid any possibility of sucli a result, t/ie courts s/tould witle equal vigor repulse tf:e first, tlie seco�:d, a�:d every otlier assault upon tlie public don:ai�i." Less than 1% of Orono's lake shoreline has been dedicated as public access corridors. Nearly all the rest is privately owned, and not available to the public for lake access purposes, save for the DNR Maxwell Bay Access, Hennepin County's North Arm Access and the City's Summit Park on Long Lake. Hennepin County's Noerenberg Gardens Memorial Park, while abutting Lake Minnetonka, has deed restrictions that disallow use for docking or launching boats. With shoreland abutting a dozen separate bays in Lake Minnetonka, Orono has a commitment to maintaining access via the dedicated access corridors. Lake Access Policies It is the City's intent to permanently retain for public use all existing lake access corridors and fire lanes, regardless of the current level of use or maintenance. To this end,the City will follow these policies: 1. Requests for vacation of dedicated lake access right-of-ways will be denied in all cases except where equal or better lake access will be grantee� nearby in retum. 2. The Ciry will identify and take necessar� acticn to pr�s�:ve the public's right to use of any su�h accesses which exist but which may not have been formally dedicated. 3. The City will endeavor to work with property owners adjacent to lake access conidors to ensure that both the rights of the public and the rights of the private landowner are upheld. Orono's lake accesses are enumerated in Table 4A-6. �aty of Orono Cominunity 1Vlanagement Plan Page 4A-33 September 2000