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• 4. GOAL: Preserve, maintain, and/or strengthen the cultural, social, historical, physical and <br /> visual qualities unique to the community. <br /> POLICIES: <br /> • Reserve through purchase, easement, or dedication, public access to wetlands, <br /> waterways, lakeshore, or other natural preservation areas. <br /> • Work with other public and private agencies to identify, preserve, and protect, sites <br /> • of historical, architectural, and cultural significance. <br /> • Work with developer to preserve existing natural open space areas. <br /> • Require that developers provide for buffer area between differing, non-compatible <br /> land use, whenever possible making use of the natural land characteristics. <br /> C. CURRENT STATUS <br /> The city is endowed with significant recreational assets in the form of rivers and lakes. The <br /> Mississippi River has long stretches of undeveloped land along its shores. This land is conducive <br /> to development into park land and trails for active and passive recreational use. Also, the Elk <br /> River and Lake Orono provide opportunities for active and passive water related recreation. <br /> Following is a summary of parks and associated facilities located within the city (Figure 7-A). <br /> D. PARK PLAN <br /> • It is the City's desire to provide a variety of passive and active recreational activities and <br /> opportunities for its citizens. Therefore, the City desires to improve the existing parks and <br /> develop new parks consistent with future overall growth patterns. Priority items identified by <br /> the City include: 1) Development of existing neighborhood parks and area wide parks to <br /> effectively serve the recreational needs of the population (see Master Park Plan for <br /> classification for criteria of Parks). 2) An integrated trail system for pedestrian and bicycles <br /> which effectively ties together existing and proposed parks and other public areas. 3) <br /> Acquisition of land for future parks. <br /> The long range parks and trails plan (see Master Park Plan) considered natural features, existing <br /> development and projected development. Features considered favorable for park land <br /> include: forested areas, wetlands, shoreland of lakes, streams and rivers and abandoned <br /> railroad beds. Designated locations of parks on the Park Plan are generalized in nature and <br /> are subject to review as land develops. <br /> • <br />