Laserfiche WebLink
C COMMUNITY PHILOSOPHY <br />Orono's Coiomunity Management Plan is a statement by the citizens as to what <br />we are, where we have been, and where we are going. Future development and <br />growth will occur in Orono as in most other municipalities in the metropolitan area, <br />but the growth rate is expected to continue at a slow, steady pace as it has for the pxM <br />two decades. In addition, Orono will retain its own special identity through carehil <br />growth management in the best interest of the environment, the natural resources, the <br />watershed of Lake Minnetonka and the community of citizens, both present a^'^d <br />future. <br />(Figure I - Summary: City of Orono Population and Household Projections) <br />The basic goal of this plan is preservation: Preservation of our resources; <br />preservation of our distinct urban and rural lifesty les; preservation of Lake <br />Minnetonka and its sensitive watershed; and preservation of individual initiative and <br />responsibility. <br />Orono's past growth and development patterns have been greatly influenced by <br />the extensive and varied natural features found within our borders. Map No. <br />__ indicates the pattern of land use as it exists today. It is apparent that <br />development has been drawn by the lakes and clustered by the many bays and <br />marshes. Of the City's 24.1 square miles of area, nearly 1 1 square miles is in lakes <br />and wetlands. <br />The most signiflcant resource, of course, is Lake Minnetonka with over (33%) <br />of its area and (40%) of its shoreline in Orono. The largest lake in the metropolitan <br />Twin Citier. area, Miimetonka has 22.4 square miles of surface area and <br />approximately 110 miles of shoreline running along numerous bays, channels and <br />inlets. Lake Minnetonka's watershed, including the Lake itself, encompasses 123 <br />square miles, and appro.ximately 1/5 of the contributing watershed lies in Orono.