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CMP Part 2. Community Management Plan Foundation <br /> <br /> <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 2, Page 6 <br />1906 New Orono town hall constructed in Crystal Bay <br />1913 New library begun at Long Lake Bank <br />1917 St. George Catholic Church founded <br />1923 Leo Feser begins building Orono Golf Course <br />1932 Trinity Lutheran Church formed <br />1930's Drought hits midwest, Lake Minnetonka level drops 6 feet <br />1950 First Orono Township Zoning Ordinances adopted <br />1951 Village of Spring Park incorporated <br />1955 Orono becomes an incorporated village <br />1963 Orono sewer plant constructed near French Lake, Navarre area provided with municipal sewers <br />1965 May 6 - Tornado devastates parts of Orono, Navarre hard hit <br />1970 Navarre municipal water system constructed <br />1974 Orono becomes a city; new zoning ordinances enacted to maintain low density development <br />ca. 1973 U.S. Highway 12 freeway section extended to Orono's eastern border <br />1980 Orono sewer plant decommissioned, replaced by Metro interceptor transporting Orono’s <br />wastewater to Blue Lake Treatment Plant in Shakopee <br />1981 McCulley Road Ring Route opens to traffic providing an alternative to County Road 15 for east-west <br />traffic <br />1989 Orono commemorates its Centennial Year <br />1992 Orono municipal offices, police, and public works relocated to new complex on Old Crystal Bay Road <br />North across from Orono Schools <br />2000 Question of proposed consolidation with City of Long Lake receives positive response from Orono <br />voters but fails in Long Lake <br />2000 William and Susan Lurton donate 39 acres for Passive, natural environmental park. <br />2001 City Council approves Orono Woods Senior Housing, creates first Tax Increment Financing (TIF) <br />District <br />2006 Orono acquires Big Island Veterans Camp <br />2006 Navarre Fire Station 2 added <br />2008 Completion of new Highway 12 “Super 2” segment from Orono’s eastern border to County Road 6 <br />2015 Lakeview Golf Course redeveloped as residential development <br />2015 City expands Hackberry Park as part of a living trust with the Gleason Family <br />2016 Dayton property, one of the last Big Woods parcels, develops as estate residential. <br />Sources: Excerpts from "Orono, Minnesota 1889-1989: 100 Years By the Waters of Minnetonka" edited by James R. <br />Roehl; Excerpts from "Picturesque Minnetonka" published by Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society, 1976; <br />City files.