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CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br /> The problems of Lake Minnetonka were intensively studied by many <br /> agencies in the 1960's and 1970's. These agencies included the Minnesota <br /> Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the <br /> Metropolitan Council, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the Lake <br /> Minnetonka Conservation District and the City of Orono. The major publications <br /> addressing Minnetonka's problems and which formed the basis for the goals and <br /> policies of Orono's 1980 and 2000-2020 CMPs and this update e�i-�, are as <br /> follows: <br /> 1969 Overall Plan for Water Management MCWD <br /> 1971 "Narza Study", A Program for Preserving the Quality of Lake <br /> Minnetonka; LMCD & Mn. PCA <br /> 1973 Shoreland Management Regulations of the Mn. DNR <br /> 1973 Stormwater Impact lnvesti�ation for the Metropolitan Council <br /> 1974 Surface Water Management Plan for the City of Orono <br /> l 979 208 Water Quality Management Plan for the Metropolitan Council <br /> Orono's special involvement with Lake Minnetonka is based upon the real <br /> concerns of our affected citizens and our intimate and important impact on <br /> the total lake environment. While Orono's population is not as large as that of <br /> other municipalities in the Lake Minnetonka Watershed, Orono does have the <br /> largest land area and potential environmental impact of any local unit of <br /> government. Orono is the largest city totally within the Watershed. Orono has <br /> one sixth of the total dry land in the watershed, one eighth of the wetlands and <br /> one third of the lake surface. Orono ��es encompasses one third of Lake <br /> Minnetonka's total shoreline. Over 30% of the total Watershed's surface runoff <br /> flows through or from Orono on its way to the Lake. <br /> No other community has the same potential as Orono for affecting Lake <br /> Minnetonka's water quality or water quantity, therefore, no other single <br /> community has as heavy a responsibility for careful protection of this general <br /> resource as does Orono. <br /> Table 3A-1: Lake Minnetonka Physical Statistics <br /> Lake Minnetonka ! Portion within ' °/� in <br /> City of Orono Orono <br /> Water Surface Area 14,300 acres 4,750 acres 33% <br /> Shoreline Length 13l miles' 40.4 miles� 31% <br /> Watershed Area 71 sq.mi.dry land 13.4 sq.mi. 19% <br /> 22 sq. mi.wetlands 2.7 sq.mi. 12% <br /> 7 sq.mi. other water bodies 0.6 sq.mi. 9% <br /> 23 sc�mi.basin of Lk. Mtka 7.4 sq.mi. 32% <br /> l23 s . mi. 24.1 s .mi. 20% <br /> ' MCWD Water Resources Management Plan zCity calculation <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3A-3 <br />