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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> dry buildable land per residential lot. with an area in the northwest corner of the <br /> City requiring at least 5 drv buildable acres. When wetlands. roads. steep slopes <br /> and public open space are factored in, nearly 80% of the City's land will be <br /> developed at densities averagin�from approximatelv 1 unit per 3 �ross acres up <br /> to 1 unit per 7 �ross acres. sufficient to meet the Citv's environmental protection <br /> goals. The net developed densitv will be not more than 1 unit per 2 acres of <br /> dry-buildable land (0.5 units per acre), this being determined on a detailed review <br /> of individual site conditions. <br /> �eee� Over time, changes in national priorities, population trends, <br /> metropolitan plans and metropolitan facilities have continued to reinforce <br /> the planning and development objectives of Orono. The 1950's and 1960's <br /> were years of great expansion and reliance upon the powers of science and <br /> industry to solve all problems. Population graphs showed growth projections <br /> running off the paper. Suburbs boomed while core cities were fighting for their <br /> very survival. The 1970's brought a new environmental awareness and an <br /> understanding that nature, not science was the key to our planet's survival. This <br /> simply caught up to Orono's environmental protection philosophy that has driven <br /> development of the City since the 1950's. <br /> ��� �,ToQn�� .,ra ,oon�r �� The Twin Cities metro area �as continues to <br /> expande� both in population and in territory covered. �s Suburban <br /> developments continue to �pear at the urban-rural fringes and <br /> have expanded past the Metropolitan Council's jurisdictional limits into <br /> surrounding counties and even into Wisconsin. Pressures have mounted to control <br /> this "urban sprawl", focused at redevelopment of the core cities, greater use of <br /> higher density infill development in the inner ring suburbs, and greater density of <br /> new development at the developing fringe. Hand-in-hand with the attempts to <br /> curb urban sprawl have been pressures (and a real need) to provide new housing <br /> to meet the needs of a population that is widely diverse in age ranges, lifestyles, <br /> and income levels. <br /> Orono's ultimate population projections have been dropping from estimates of <br /> 37,000 made in 1970, to 23,000 in 1972, to 14,000 in 1974, to *'�� "'��*r�r^'�*�� <br /> r'^�����''� ^�^��^*�^^ ^� 11,000 �e in 1979. Population trends during the last?9 <br /> 30 years and a careful analysis of development capabilities of remaining land as <br /> compared to Orono's current zoning and land use plan, «��*'� ^ �m^„ ^„~~'��r ^� <br /> ����' �'��r���, suggest an ultimate population of around �88 9.000. This <br /> figure is very close to Orono's current f?9893 2( p0g) estimated population of <br /> 7,800. This downward trend over the last 3 decades is clearly a result of Orono's <br /> 1975 city-wide rezoning to lower residential densities, reacting to environmental <br /> concerns regarding protecting the water quality of Lake Minnetonka and other <br /> Orono lakes. <br /> The projected population is in line with and a direct result of Orono's <br /> environmental protection policies and is consistent with the proposed public <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-11 <br />