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Recommendations: 1. Improve riverfront connectivity. Strategies: • As opportunities arise, consider adding riverfront property to the City's park system with priority on properties or easements that allow for linear connections along the river. • Maintain a boat launch on the Mississippi and on the Elk River above the dam. If the existing boat launch is removed with future Highway 10 improvements, move to another location above the dam. • Consider additional "Quiet Craft" launch opportunities. • Partner with local businesses, organizations or schools to provide kayak and canoe rentals at Orono Park and River's Edge Park. Expand to other locations as opportunities allow. Acquire prairie river bluff lands south of the Focus Area Study as opportunities arise. 2. Connect existing riverfront public property with pedestrian and bicycle trails. Strategies: As opportunities arise, extend a connection from Bailey Point Nature Preserve to Babcock Park. Consider: ► Opportunities along the river's edge. ► Adding on -road bicycle facilities on Angel St., Morton Ave., and Main St. Extend the Riverfront trail in conjunction with development, redevelopment, or other opportunities east from Babcock Park and west from Bailey Point. 3. Acquire and Develop Houlton Farm Property. Strategies: • Develop hunting rules for Houlton Farm that allow for trail- based, non- hunting recreation during hunting season. • Develop a Planning Committee for the Houlton Farm Property to oversee planning efforts such as a restoration management plan and a hunting plan. The hunting plan needs to be approved by the DNR to ensure the safety of adjacent property owners. • Provide for passive, natural resource based recreation such as: natural surface walking trails, informal picnicking, shore fishing, cross country skiing, and primitive unpaved parking areas. Draft 11.25.1 4 Chapter 5: How We Get There 50