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\ . , <br /> CMP Part 4C. Com rehensive Sewer Policv Pla I <br /> The 1950's and 1960's were year great expansion and r ' e upon the <br /> powers of science and industry to solve a p . opu ation graphs showed <br /> growth projections running off the paper. Suburbs boomed while core cities were <br /> fighting for their very survival. <br /> The 1970's brought a new environmental awareness and an understanding that <br /> nature, not science was the key to our planet's survival. New social concerns <br /> revived the cities and showed how characterless the suburbs had become. <br /> Inflation and population stabilization brought unlimited expansion to a halt as <br /> roads, schools, and all public services began scrambling for maintenance dollars <br /> while overbuilt facilities quickly became terrible taxpayer burdens. The cost of <br /> energy dramatically refocused everyone's attention on conservation and careful <br /> planning of any new facility. <br /> � The result of these changes on the Twin Cities region and on Orono was <br /> significant. Orono's ultimate population projections have been dropping from <br /> estimates of 37,000 made in 1970, to 23,000 in 1972, to 14,000 in 1974, to 11,000 <br /> in 1979. Population trends during the last 30 years and a careful analysis of <br /> development capabilities of remaining land as compared to Orono's current <br /> zoning with a small number of proposed changes, suggests an ultimate population <br /> of around 9,800. This figure is not far from Orono's current (2008) estimated <br /> population of 7,800. This downward trend over the last four decades is clearly a <br /> result of Orono's 1975 city-wide rezoning to lower residential densities, reacting <br /> to environmental concerns regarding protecting the water quality of Lake <br /> Minnetonka and other Orono lakes. <br /> Table 4C-l: Orono Population and Households 1970-2030 <br /> Population <br /> Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 20I0 2020 2030 <br /> Sewered -- -- -- -- 5,800 7,000 7,300 <br /> Unsewered -- -- -- -- 2,500 2,J00 2,500 <br /> Total City 6,787 6,84� 7,285 7,538 8,300 9,�00 9,800 <br /> Households <br /> Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 <br /> Sewered -- -- -- -- �,2�6 2,950 3,020 <br /> Unsewered -- -- -- -- 944 1,000 1.080 <br /> Total City 2,146 2,291 2,613 2,766 3,200 3,950 4,100 <br /> Persons/HH 3.16 2.99 2.79 2.73 2.59 2.40 2.40 <br /> Sources: 1970-2000 U.S. Census data;2010-2030 Metropolitan Council System Statement <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Pa�e 4C-9 <br />