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Date Application Received: June 17,2019 <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete:June 19,2019 "VLO.Ai <br /> 60-Day Review Period Expires: August 18,2019 <br /> To: Chair Ressler and Planning Commission Members <br /> Dustin Rief, City Administrator �A suO <br /> From: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br /> Date: July 15, 2019 <br /> Subject: #LA19-000047, Scott Gates o/b/o Kruckeberg Real Estate Holdings LLC, 4400 <br /> Deering Comprehensive Plan Amendment: Expand Metropolitan Urban Service <br /> Area <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The applicant is requesting modification to the 2040 Community <br /> Management Plan, expanding the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary to <br /> incorporate Deering Island. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval as proposed. <br /> Background <br /> The applicant, representing the owner, is requesting incorporation of Deering island into the city <br /> of Orono's MUSA boundary. This expansion would allow them to be served by municipal <br /> sanitary sewer services. Service would be provided by the City of Mound. <br /> Deering Island is a 2.79 acre island located in West Arm Bay about 460 feet from land within the <br /> city of Mound. The property owner of Deering Island also owns the most adjacent parcel in <br /> Mound, through which a service line would be extended, connecting to Mounds system. <br /> This project was the subject of a concept review in February, 2019,which was generally <br /> supported. Minutes from that meeting are attached as Exhibit F. A formal application to amend <br /> the Community Management Plan could not be processed until the Met Council approved the <br /> plan, which occurred in June, 2019. <br />