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10. The costs of extending municipal sewer to existing neighborhoods will be borne primarily hv the property owners being served, but may be partially home bv the general taxpayer where the costs of sewer are excessive in relation to property values. 11. The costs of extending municipal sewer to serve new residential and nonresidential development will be home entirely bv the developer. 12 Municipal sewer will be extended to recently-defined areas alonn and near the Highway 12 corridor where higher density residential development (I or niore homes per acre') is planned. The City recognizes and acknowledges that existing and continued development at densities of 1 home per 2 acres and I home per 5 acres will not accommodate the density of population currently being accommodated in adjacent 2nd-ring suburbs such as Plymouth and Minnetonka. The City further acknowledges that the inability to accommodate a high populP ’i':.n in Orono due to environmental constraints mav result in the need for what Metropy-:'f.tn Council mav deem as "premature" extension of sewer interceptors through Orono to d^'-nv for added populations further west. This is the cost of protecting Lake Minnetonka as a premier recreational resource. To allow the degradation of Lake Minnetonka bv forcing high density development to occur throughout Orono. would be simply 'robbing Peter to pav Paul*. B. MUSA EXPANSION POLICIES J_. Orono has e.xpanded the MUSA boundary into the Rural Scr\ice Area on a number of occasions since 1980 to allow retrofittine of existing neighborhoods with municipal sewer. Most of these neighborhoods were historically developed at densities greater than I home per 2 acres, or were located on the lakeshore. All such neighborhoods were studied prior to sewer installation to determine the feasibility of long-term use of septic systems. In each case the City concluded that municipal sewer was the most appropriate permanent sewage treatment solution. 2. This 2000-2020 CMP will immediately expand the current (1999) MUSA bv approximately 325 acres to accommodate the following: a. Expansion of opportunities for higher density residential development along Highway 12 and adjacent to or abutting the City of l.ong Lake. ^ Incorporation into the MUS.\ of most remainimi non-MUSA Lake Minnetonka lakeshore properties to allow their development or retrofitting with municipal sewer. c. Incorporation of certain properties ^•■■hich have been provided with municipal sewer under an agreement between the City and Metropolitan Council which allowed up to 50 seuer connections for properties which were not within the MUSA but were adjacent to existing municipal sewers. CMP 6-6 I I I J I I J