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• Goal 2: Collaborate with Anoka County to guarantee and improve public access of Rice Creek Regional Park waterways for recreational use and enjoyment of the community. Rationale: Rice Creek Regional Park is a unique and extensive community asset. Citizens want this asset preserved and they desire more access points into the park Policies: 1. Identify, develop and maintain new public access points to area lakes so that residents can enjoy these unique recreational opportunities. 2. Ensure the new access points are designed to minimize adverse impacts on lakeshore quality, water quality and adjacent environmental features: i.e. uplands, etc. Goal 3: Develop, maintain, and connect the current and proposed trails in the City of Lino Lakes and Rice Creek Regional Park in a manner that preserves and sustains the natural environment. Rationale: Connectivity among trail systems and between the trail system and Rice Creek Regional Park is desired by the city's residents. Policies: 1. Continue to work with adjacent jurisdictions to achieve interconnectivity among local and regional trails. 2. As development occurs, require an interconnected trail system. 3. Locate trails within or adjacent to greenway corridors, where appropriate. 2030 Vision for Natural Resources and Amenities The unique and extensive natural resources and amenities which are highly - valued and enjoyed by the community including wildlife, wildlife habitats, and other ecologically significant assets have been restored to the fullest extent possible and preserved. This has been accomplished in part through the on-going partnership between Lino Lakes and the Rice Creek Watershed District which provides a conservation -based framework for the city's upland and aquatic resource management. Goal 1: Identify, protect and preserve the desirable natural areas and ecological and aquatic resources of the community. Rationale: The preservation of Lino Lakes' natural resources and amenities is high priority to the community's citizens. Policies: 1. Pursue a well- defined natural resource restoration and management plan consistent with the RCWD /Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan (RMP). 2. Continue to provide natural resource staff and advisory board. 3. Maintain the partnership of Lino Lakes and Rice Creek Watershed District and other groups such as Anoka County to maintain, restore, and manage the aquatic and upland areas of the city.