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h COHP <br />PNVTRONMENT JUNE, 1980 <br />The statistical result of this study was the realization that a natural <br />storm water drainage and filtration system was eccnomicalXy practical <br />for Orono, but that excessive urbanization would outstrip the natural <br />capacity of most of the wetlands leading to flooding potential and to <br />increasing levels of nutrient pollution in Lake Minnetonka. Three of <br />the twelve study recommendations are most significant in terms of the <br />effect on this CMP; <br />1.Every available means should be utilized to preserve the <br />natural water storage and treatment system, which is one <br />of Orono's best assets. <br />2.The City of Orono should protect land adjacent to marshes <br />which require more than their total existing areas to <br />control storm water runoff and preserve the water quality. <br />3.The City of Orono should acquire supplementary land which <br />is needed to preserve the integrity of the natural system <br />of pollution treatment and runoff control. <br />QRQNO^S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITMENT <br />:he Goals and policies of this Chapter are basic to the remaining sections <br />the Community Management Plan. Without environmental stability, Orono's <br />character and vitality would be lost. With environmental care and concern, <br />Orono citizens expect their forefather's heritage to live on for generations <br />to come. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GOALS <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />« <br />t e <br />TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LAKE MINNETONKA. <br />TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF ALL OTHER LAKES IN ORONO. <br />TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S MARSHLAND, WETLAND AND NATURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM. <br />TO PROVIDE FOR SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT SUCH THAT THE CITY IS <br />PROTECTED FROM BOTH FLOODING HAZARDS AND POLLUTION HAZARDS. <br />5.TO PROTECT THE CITY'S GROUND WATER RESOURCES FROM POLLUTION AND FROM <br />DEPLETION. <br />TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM AIR, WATER AND NOISE POLLUTION. <br />TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE, LIGHT AND AIR, INCLUDING SOLAR ACCESS FOR <br />PROPERTI <br />TO PRESERVE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF NATIVE WOODLANDS AS AN INTEGRAL <br />PART OF ORONO'S HERITAGE. <br />9. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF NATURAL WILDLIFE HABITAT <br />IN WOODLANDS AND WETLANDS. <br />10. TO PROTECT THE LAND FROM SOIL EROSION AND THE HAZARDS OF DUST AND <br />SILTATION. <br />CMP 3-18 <br />k <br />I <br />I <br />K <br />— < <br />P| <br />H <br />u <br />m <br />i <br />m <br />n <br />m <br />i <br />1