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Jeremy Barnhart, Orono <br />November 13, 2418 <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />The Metropolitan Council requires that 2020. 2030.. and 2040 forecasts be assigned transport <br />analysis zones. or portions of TAZs within the city boundaries. Chapter 4A (Transportation Plan) <br />includes TAZ allocations with a total that is substantially higher than city total forecasts. <br />Summary of the 21 TAZs provided in Orono's Chapter 4A. Appendix A. <br />Population 12837 13490 14430 15270 <br />Households 5186 5690 6220 6700 <br />Employment 4180 4230 4570 4830 <br />Council staff expect that the employment and population are in error due to including Long Lake <br />and portions of other neighboring cities. Council staff advise City staff that in TAZs shared with <br />neighboring cities, totals should include only the portion within Orono. The sum of TAZ <br />allocations should match the city total forecast. The City can consult a preliminary TAZ <br />allocation, split by city. available here: haps.-14gisdata.mt7.govldatasetltts-mn-state-mete-tratrs- <br />anl ys-zones-frest-taz-com. <br />Finally, the Metropolitan Council requires some rreasure of employment -bearing land use <br />intensity. Acceptable measurements of intensity inc ude Floor Area Ratio (FAR) or building <br />footprint. This was not found in the preliminary Plan Update and must be included for the final <br />Plan submittal to be considered complete <br />Based on information included in table 313-1. the City estimates, from its utility accounts that <br />Orono in 2016 was already at 2.253 sewer -services households. Council staff suggested that <br />the City request that the sewer -serviced forecast be re -benchmarked to stage more growth in <br />the MUSA portion of Orono; and less growth in the rural portion. This is recommended, but not <br />required. <br />Land Use (Jake Reilly. 651-602-1822) <br />The Plan is incomplete for Land Use. To be complete the following items must be addressed <br />Existing Land Use <br />c The Plan provides the Metropolitan Council s 2016 Generalized Land Use map (Map 3B- <br />1) and a reinterpretation of this map with additional categories (Map 38-2, page 170 in <br />the PDF). To be complete, all Land Use maps must be consistent throughout the Plan. <br />Council staff recommend that City staff remove Map 313-1. <br />* It is difficult to distinguish between Island Residential and Undeveloped on the Existing <br />Land Use map (Map 313-2). <br />Planned Land Use <br />The Plan needs to consistently use allowable density ranges among its descriptive text <br />and tables. <br />• Table 38-4 identifies several propert.es as having a minimum density of eight (8) <br />units per acre. yet the descriptive text and the accompanying proposed land use <br />maps do not contain a guided land use with that minimum density. <br />• Similarly. the text for Urban High Density Residential indicates a density range of <br />20-25 units per acre. yet Table 38-5 uses a category called "High' with a <br />minimum density of 10 units per acre. To provide clarity, Council staff <br />