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REVIEW RECORD REVIEW OF THE CITY OF ORONO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACKGROUND The city of Orono is a primarily residential lakeshore community located in western Hennepin County (see Figure 1). The city has over 30% of Lake Minnetonka’s shoreline within its borders. Orono shares boundaries with many of the other Lake Minnetonka communities, including Wayzata, Plymouth. Long Lake. Medina, Independence, Minnetrista, Momd, Spnng Park, Minnetonka Beach, Tonka Bay, Shorewood. Gr^wood, Dee^ven, and Woodland, all in Hennepin County. The city is 24.1 square miles in area, with nearly 11 square miles in lakes and wetlands. According to the 2000 census. Orono had 7.538 residents in 2,766 households, and an estimated 1,200jobs. According to Council forecasts, Orono should plan to accormnodate 9,550 people in 4,000 households and 1,350 jobs by 2020. It ranks 54* among communities in the region in forecasted household growth for the period 2000 to 2020. The significant factors that the city considered in drafting the Orono Community Management Plan are the city’s commitment to preservation of Lake Minnetonka and MnDOT’s realignment of U.S Highway 12. The city's 2000-2020 Draft Community Management Plan establishes policies to guide growth to the year 2020 and replaces the former comprehensive plan, adopted in AUTHORITY FOR REVIEW The Metropolitan Land Use Planning Act requires local units of government to submit comprehensive plans and plan amendments to the Council for review and comment (MN. Stat. § 473.864, Subd. 2). The Council reviews the plans to detennine its conformity with metropolitan system plans, apparent consistency with other adopted plans of the Council, and compatibility with the plans of other local juri^ictions in the Metropolitan Area. The Council may require a local govenunental unit to modify any comprehensive plan or part thereof, which may have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial deiMiture from metropolitan sy stem plans (Minn. Stat. 6 473.175, Subd. I). PREVIOUS ACTIONS The Council reviewed the former comprehensive plan in 1980 and since that time has reviewed seven plan amendments. Orono is a Livable Conununities Act (LCA) participant Orono received a planning grant from the Council in the amount of SI 1,830 to assist in the updating of its conqirehensive plan (SG97-167). The Council has also provided a S32.000 grant in the Spring 2000 from the Local Housing Incentive Account to the Navarre AfTordable Housing Ownership Program for the construction of 29 affordable homes. ANALYSIS SfaflTreviewed the comprehenriw plan update for conformity' with regional syatem plans fut avialiuu, icucaliuii open space, transportation and wastewater resources management, for consistency with the Regional Blueprint and other chapters of the Metropolitan Development Guide, and for compatibility with the plans of adjacent govenunental units and school districts. Materials received for review included: • The City of Orono Commut^ Management Plan, draft 2000 • City of Orono Zoning Map, August 30,2000 • Documents related to the proposed senior housing project • Other supplementary materials lelated to housing. ISTS, land use, sewers and stormwater management • City of Orono 200 1 Budget • Sanitary sewers agreements with adjacent ciUcs • Resolution regarding the status of Orono Surface Water Management Plan • City of Orono Future Development Potential Map A-1