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^ -vT <br />'V <br />t <br />hi: <br />lli. <br />u <br />EXfflBIT D-9 Added language to paragraph re: decreasing population projections <br />that appears on Page 4A-5 as well as on Pages 3B-10,3C>6 and 4C-9 <br />The results of these changes on the Twin Cities region and on Orono are significant. Orono's ultimate <br />population projections have been dropping from estimates of 37,000 made in 1970, to 23,000 in <br />1972, to 14,000 in 1974, to the Metropolitan Council's projection of 11,000 made in 1979. <br />Population trends during the last 20 years and a careful analysis of development capabilities of <br />remaining land as compared to Orono's current zoning, suggest an ultimate population of around <br />9,400. This figure is very close to our current (2000) estimated population of7,800. This downward <br />trend over the last 3 decades is clearly a result of Orono’s 1975 citv-wide rezoning to lower <br />residential densities. reactin2 to environmental concerns regarding protecting the water quality of <br />Lake Minnetonka. <br />I <br />1