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ORONO CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR HIGHWAY 12 We bcUeve: - Tlmt the development of a Freeway or E.Tpresswav through Ore resulting impact over time of increased trajSic, development press________________ impact violates the Orono Comprehensive Plan adopted by the City and the goals of the Metropolitan Council. cno is not acceptable. The ressures, and environmental — ^ ad(htion, most Orono residents value the Lake and rural community setting and wish to retain this. We did not move to this area to "burry up and get down town.” To maintain this we are wilhng to pay the price of a lower level of service and speed through Long Lake as long as safety concerns are dealt with. - That viable alternatives exist for “through ” traffic from the west, fneh as^ghway 55. Therefore, we urge: ~ Elected omcials and Hv^ 12 committees to uphold the Comprehensive Plan in e^^nm nni^tin g Orono 8 standards to MNDOT and all H’vy 12 representatives as soon as possible. Orono's Plan u® support development or transportation upgrades such as freeways or expresswavs. *see the following quotes from the Comprehensive Plan: THE BASIC GOAL OF THIS PLAN IS PRESERVATION: Preservatioa of our resources; preservation cf our distinct urban and rural Ufes^es; preservation of individual initiative and responsibility.’ “Orono baa two distinct personalities: the urbanized lakeshore and the rural woods and fields. The most significant resource, is of course, Lake Miimetorka with over 33% of its area and 40% of iti shoreline ,, , , . , 1® prcno....the rolling countryside is dotted with other li^es and mwsnlMds, creeks, wows and steep slopes... these amenities attract a type of resident whose desires are far dinerent from those attracted to the more crowded lakeshore.* "Open space is to be cherished and protected.* iwe densities consistent with environmental protection and the planned Ian “Ifrbaniiation wll not be e^anded into the existing rural areas. Orono’s Community Management Plan is nc* a staged growth plan and therefore the Urban Service Area will npi be expanded into the Rural Service .Area. Urban services will nilt be expanded into the Rural Service Area.^ ^ard decisions have been made to limit the extension of burdensome urban services into rural areas. Enforcement of these polides as ^ interrelat’d package has been consistent and effective. Through it all, tli average atizens have oeen soundly behind every such endeavor." 7^® system must reinforce the land use plan....providing sufficient capacity for t3*ipe between Orono’s residential neighborhoods and the commercial centers of Navarre and other lalm municipahties as well as the metropolitan area to the east of Orono, As a practical matter, means little or no need for expansion of smy highways or roads in the city in themcass m«e or no need for expansion of stay highways or roads in the city in the natu«....The planned rural densities do not require extensive public roadway systems nor can the^ rural densities support any type of mass transit system." — The City of Orono to work with neighboring corrmiunities such as Long Lake to work towards the above goals. home and land owners to seU their property. —