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^ --I <br />- <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />PART II CHAPTER 2 <br />*•• • - • »»i <br />GOALS AND POLICIES <br />Any plan is necessarily a compromise of ideals and reality. <br />What Orono is today has been shaped by its locatxon, history* <br />geology and past population. What Orono becomes tomorrow <br />is dependent upon how Orono's citizens manage their social <br />and economic decisions in the years ahead. <br />THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THIS PLAN HAVE MET THE ‘I'EST OF TIME IN ORONO. <br />The basic premise of maintaining distinct urban and rural <br />neighborhoods continues a hundred-year tradition. The <br />commitment to environmental preservation was early, has <br />been supported by Regional, State and Federal policies, <br />and remains uppermost in the list of priorities of Orono's <br />residents. The interreliance of lake-area communities <br />for shopping and commercial needs, for housing variety <br />and for provision of basic public services is both historic <br />and economically practical. <br />THE FOLLOWING GOALS AND POLICIES, BOTH IN CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION REFLECT <br />THE BASIC PHILOSOPHIES OF ORONO. Goals and policies affecting <br />the entire city are grouped in an "overall" category. In <br />addition, more detailed goals and policies are separated <br />under their appropriate "urban" or "rural" classification. <br />Finally, each separate CMP chapter has detailed goals and <br />policies relating to that particular subject. <br />OVERALL GOALS AND POLICIES <br />ORONO'S PLANNING GOALS <br />1.THE FOREMOST GUIDING PRINCIPLE AND GOAL OF ORONO'S PLANNING IS TO <br />PROTECT AND PRESERVE LAKE MINNETONKA, ITS WATER QUALITY AND ITS <br />RECREATIONAL ASSETS. This goal continues a commitment <br />established at least twenty five years ago. It includes <br />preservation of the associated marshland, wetlands and <br />natural drainageways as the only practical, cost effective <br />way cf preventing flooding and of filtering out the nutrient <br />pollution from storm water runoff. <br />CMP 2-1