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