03-23-2010 Council Work Session Packet

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C:��TP Part 3B. Land lise Plan • The Twin Cities metro area continues to e�pand both in population and in territory covered. Suburban developments continue to appear at the urban-rural frin�es and have expanded past the Metropolitan Council's jurisdictional limits intoysunoundina counties and even into Wisconsin. Pressures have mounted to control this "urban sprawl", focused at redevelopment of the core cities, greater use of hi�her density infill development in the inner ring suburbs, and b eater density of new development at the developing fringe. Hand-in-hand with the attempts to curb urban sprawl have been pressures (and a real need) to provide new housing to meet the needs of a population that is widely di��erse in aae ranges, lifestyles, and income levels. � Orono's ultimate population projections have been droppin� from estimates of 37,000 made in 1970, to 23,000 in 1972, to 14,000 in 1974, to 11,000 in 1979. Population trends durinQ the last 30 years and a careful analysis of development capabilities of remaining land as compared t rono's urrent zoning and land use plan, suggest an ultimate population of aro nd 9,800. his fiQure is very close to Orono's current (2008) estimated populatio , 0. This downward trend over the last 3 decades is clearly a result of Orono's 197� city-wide rezoning to lower residential densities, reactinb to environmental concerns regardin� protecting the water quality of Lake Minnetonka and other Orono lakes. The projected population is in line �vith and a direct result of Orono's environmental protection policies and is consistent with the proposed public facilities plans of Orono, the Hennepin County Public Works Department, the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES). Table 3B-l: Orono Population and Households 1970 - 2030 � (Sewered and Unsewered Forecasts) � Population I"ear � 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 � 2030 Se«�ered -- -- -- -- �,800 7,000 i,300 Unsewered -- � -- -- � -- �.500 � ?.�00 �.�00 � Total Cit�� 6,787 6,84� � 7,28� i 7,�38 8,300 � 9,�00 9,800 � � Households i i I 1'ear 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 I Se��ered — -- -- ?,�56 �,950 3.020 Unsewered — — i -- i -- 944 1.000 1,080 Total Cit�• 2,146 2,291 2,613 ; 2,766 3,200 3,9�0 4,100 Persons/HH � 3.16 ?.99 ?.79 �.73 � ?.59 ?.41 2.39 Source: Metropolitan Council System Statement Cit`• of Orono Communih'nlanagement Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-11