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I <br />I <br />I <br />I « <br />t I <br />I • <br />f • <br />I • <br />M <br />‘ <br />M <br />I * <br />r <br />CHAPTER 2 <br />GOALS AND POLICIES <br />Any plan is necessarily a compromise of ideals and reality. What Orono is today has <br />been shaped by its location, history, geology and past population. What Orono <br />becomes tomorrow is dependent upon how Orono's citizens manage their social and <br />economic decisions in the years ahead. <br />The goals and policies of this plan have met the test of time in Orono. The basic <br />premise of maintaining distinct urban and rural neughborhoods continues a hundred- <br />year tradition. The commitment to environmental preservation was early, has been <br />supported by Regional, State and Federal policies, and remains uppermost in the list <br />of priorities of Orono’s residents. The interreliance of lake area communities for <br />shopping and commercial needs, for housing variety and for provision of basic public <br />services is both historic and economically practical. <br />The following goals and policies, both in content and organization, reflect the <br />basic philosophies of Orono. Goals and policies affecting the entire City are <br />grouped in an "overall" category. In addition, more detailed goals and policies are <br />separated under their appropriate "urban" or "rural" classification. Finally, each <br />separate CMP chapter has detailed goals and policies relating to that particular <br />subject. <br />OVERALL GOALS AND POLICIES <br />ORONO'S PLAimiNG GOALS <br />1.The foremost guiding principle and goal of Orono ’s planning is to protect <br />and preserve Lake Minnetonka, its water quality, and its recreational <br />assets. This goal continues a commitment established half a century ago. It <br />includes preservation of the associated marshes, wetlands and natural <br />drainageways as the primary, most practical and cost efficient method of <br />preventing fiooding and of filtering out the nutrient pollution from <br />stormwater runoff. <br />2.To retain the existing urban-rural land use pattern on a permanent <br />basis. <br />I <br />• i.T It .,“iii -r I T'li ■iwyiT: i irAiVTiSCMh.^ .