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November 13.. 2018 <br />Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono. MN 55356 <br />RE: Preliminary Review of the City of Orono 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />Metropcfitan Council District 3 <br />Metropolitan Council Review Pile No. 22055-0 <br />Dear Mr. Barnhart: <br />Metropolitan Council staff have reviewed the preliminary draft of the City of Orono's 2040 <br />Comprehensive Plan (Plan), received on August 27, 2018. In the preliminary review, staff focused on <br />whether the draft Plan appeared to be complete and contained any major system issues or policy <br />conflicts Time did not permit as thorough of a review as will occur when the Plan is officially submitted <br />for Council review. A more detailed review may reveal other important matters that were not identified <br />during this preliminary review. <br />When addressing the matters in this letter. City staff are advised to refer to the City's Checklist of <br />Minimum Requirements in the Community pages of the online Local Planning Handbook and the City's <br />System Statement: <br />City of Orono's Checklist of Minimum Requirements: <br />htt s:✓/rrietrocouncil. or lHandbookIFiles✓CI)ecklist✓O2396081 Orcing Checklist. as x <br />City of Orono's Community Page. <br />htt s:✓✓! hot?line.metc.state.mn.us✓CommPa e?ctu=2396081&a licat3t=Orono <br />City of Orono's System Statement: <br />htt s:✓✓metrocouncil.or ✓Communities✓Plannin ✓Local-Plannin -Assistance✓S stem - <br />Staten? ents✓S stem-Statements✓02396081 Orono 2015SS. as x <br />The preliminary review process found the following sections complete for review and did not identify <br />any major system issues or policy conflicts: Aggregate Resources. Surface Water Management. and <br />Solar Access. <br />Surface (Nater Management (Jim Larsen, 651-602-1159) <br />The Plan is complete for review based on the requirement for preparation of an updated Local <br />Water Management Plan (LWMP) element. If available at the time the City submits its formal <br />Plan, we request the City provide the complete final LWMP in an Appendix in the Update and a <br />Water Resources summary in the body of the Update (as was done in this preliminary review <br />submission). incorporating any recommended revisions from the review of the draft LWMP. If <br />available at the time the formal Update is submitted. we also request that the City provide to the <br />Council the date the Watershed District approved the LWMP, and the date the City adopted the <br />final LWMP <br />390 Robert Street North I Saint Paul, MN 55101-1805 <br />P. 651.602.1000 1 TTY. 651.291.0904 l metrocouncil.org ' r <br />An Equal Opportunq Employer <br />