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recommendations; and CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS, the Orono City Council reviewed the sketch plan for the Property on February 12, 2018, and has reviewed the formal applications at its regular meeting on May 14, 2018; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby makes the following findings in regard to this application for RPUD General Concept Plan CMP amendment, and rezoning: FINDINGS A. Community Management Plan Conformity; CMP Amendment 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #LA18-000036. 2. The Property is currently zoned RR -113 PUD. The Property contains approximately 2.55 acres. The CMP guides the property as office. 3. The property has sat vacant for many years; the city recognizes that there is not a market, nor is one likely, for office uses on the subject parcel. 4. The Metropolitan Council established density goals for the City of Orono, and the city responded by carefully selecting parcels at densities that would potentially allow for more affordable housing options. Metropolitan Council guidelines require an overall new sewered development density of at least 3 units per acre. In order to meet these goals, certain parcels within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) were guided for densities significantly higher than 3 units/acre — to allow those shoreland areas in the MUSA historically zoned and planned for low density, to develop at the 1 -acre and 2 -acre lot sizes desired by the City. 5. Recent developments within the MUSA have been approved at densities lower that prescribed in the CMP. 6. The city desires to identify additional areas appropriate for high density residential within the community. The rationale for the density increase at this site was primarily the location adjacent to a high -traffic roadway; the availability of municipal utility services; and the remote location from single family residential development. Page 2