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j 7:ii7 <br />>fTice» <br />CITY <br />OF <br />ORONO <br />CITY of ORONO <br />post OfficM* Box tMS*Crystal Bay, MinnesoUi Municipal Offices <br />On the North Sh<)re of Lake Minnetonka <br />■ -i <br />i <br />■J <br />Three paragraphs later, there is a requirement to <br />provide new low and moderate income housing. In a <br />rural community, like Orono, this can only mean <br />expansion of Metro systems. Which policy do we <br />follow? (Incidentally, Orono has a relatively <br />large amount of low to moderate income housing <br />which has been served with sewer, water or both in <br />the past 13 years.) The basic direction is unclear <br />in this regard and the covering letter of November <br />22nd is in direct contradiction with the Systems <br />Statement itself. <br />The Metro Urban Service Line through Orono vory <br />inconsistent with; <br />a. Orono*s Comprehensive Plan <br />b. The Metro Council's own Rural Service Area <br />Line (See Agricultural Planning Handbook, <br />July, 1976). <br />c. Your personal assurances that this rural- <br />urban line is largely a local decision. <br />Orono has placed great reliance in all it's planning <br />on this agreement regarding the line between urban and <br />rural service areas. Has the person drawing the Systems <br />Statement been part of recent planning efforts? (See <br />first paragraph of page 1 of Statement.) <br />The Planning Considerations paragraph (Page 6) indicates <br />the author is using a Trunk Highway #12 planning cut-off <br />at 1990. This implies possible programs for freeway ex­ <br />tension through and beyond Orono after this date. <br />The fact is, the MHD has no plans at all for the next <br />25 years for such a program. This realization puts <br />other land use plans in a different light. <br />The Orono-Long Lake Interceptor function (See first <br />paragraph, page 19) refers to serving the entire Corpor­ <br />ate area of Orono. This is not the original purpose of <br />■^j^0 interceptor which was to remove existing effluent <br />from the Lake Minnetonka area. Adopting such an expan- <br />purpose (and sizing the interceptor for such an <br />area) is directly contrary to Metro Council goals of <br />controlling urban sprawl, is directly contrary to Orono <br />(Page 2)