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EXHIBIT D-3 Revise wording of Paragraph 3 on Page 3B-8 (Basic Land Use Concepts and Principles) ? Orono is partly in the Metropolitan Urban Ser\ice Area and partly in the rural ser\ ice area. The Metropolitan Council as part of its Regional Growth Strategy has established a MUSA boundary that rings the Twin Cities defining the urban area, the permanent rural area, and an urban reserve which is expected to be converted from rural to urban over the next 40 years. Within the MUSA area, metropolitan facilities will be provided for urban development. Outside the MUSA area, in the Permanent Rural Area, developed density is expected to be low and metropolitan facilities and capacities will not be provided. In the past the Metropolitan Council's broad-brush maps have shown the MUSA boundary to be running through Orono dividing our City into Urban and Rural sections. While the current MUSA boundary does divide Orono, the illustrative 2020 MUSA shown in the Metropolitan Council’s “Regional Growth Strategy” (Map 3B-1) places all but the northwest tip of Orono within the MUSA, and virtually all of Orono is shown within the MUSA by 2040. -This does not match Qrono’s goals or intention for expansion of sewers, as certain areas of the City are likely to never require munieipal se>ver. Since certain areas within the City of Orono may never require municipal sewer due to the use of fully functional private sewage treatment systems, the Regional Growth Strategy’s illustrative MUSA map encompasses areas of Orono to which it mav ultimately not apply.