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<br /> <br />February 12, 2019 <br /> <br />Mr. Jake Reilly <br />Sector Representative VIA EMAIL <br />Metropolitan Council Jake.Reilly@metc.state.mn.us <br />390 Robert Street North <br />Saint Paul, MN 55101-1805 <br /> <br />Re: City of Orono Comprehensive Plan <br /> Incomplete resubmittal <br /> <br />Mr. Reilly, <br />Thank you for your comments of December 18, 2019, received January 22, 2019 regarding the City of Orono’s <br />Comprehensive Plan submittal. We appreciate the opportunity to clarify areas within our Comprehensive Plan. <br />Below, our responses to your request for additional information are provided in bold. This is intended to help and <br />expedite the review of our submittal. <br /> <br />REQUIRED INFORMATION <br /> <br />Forecasts (Todd Graham, 651-602-1322)) <br />The Plan needs to include some measure of employment-bearing land use <br />intensity. Acceptable measurements of intensity include Floor Area Ratio (FAR) <br />or building footprint. This was not found in the Plan. Response: Additional <br />text was added to the Urban Medium High/ Mixed Use Category and the <br />Industrial Land Use Categories. <br /> <br />Advisory Comments <br />In table 3B-1A, the City's Utility Department estimates that the City in 2016 was <br />already at 2,253 sewer-serviced households. The City could request that the <br />sewer-serviced forecast be revised to stage more growth in the MUSA portion <br />of Orono; and less growth in the rural portion. This is recommended. Response: <br />Orono does not intend to add more residential growth to the sewered areas <br />above what is already prescribed by the Metropolitan Council. <br /> <br />Council staff recommend adding +145 sewer-serviced households and +450 <br />sewer-serviced population to each of the 2020, 2030, and 2040 milestones. <br />(Unserviced households forecasts would be reduced by the same amount.) This is <br />advisory; the sewer-serviced forecast will not be changed unless the City makes <br />this request. Please contact your Sector Representative to discuss. Response: The <br />City does not intend to add additional growth over what is already estimated. <br /> <br />Housing (Hilary Lovelace, 651-602-1555)