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7. <br />To: <br />From: <br />Chair Steve Peterson and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />Date: January 8, 1996 <br />Subject: Comprehensive Plan Amendment No, 6 - MUSA Boundary Revision <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Maps of Existing and Proposed MUSA Boundary <br />B - Legal Descriptions of Proposed MUSA Inclusions <br />C - Selected Excerpts from Comprehensive Plan Amendment Application to Met <br />Council; <br />Background and Summary of Request <br />Current and Proposed MUSA Acreage (Table) <br />Analysis of Need <br />Orono Schools Campus Map <br />Related Issues <br />Non-Related Issues <br />Letter of Transmittal to Metropolitan Council <br />Discussion <br />The Citv Council has been studying options for sewage treatment in the rural area and ten <br />neighborhoods have been identified as potentially being best served by installation of municiptd <br />sewers in the long-term, as opposed to continuing with the use of septic systems. These ten <br />areas are existing residential neighborhoods either close to the lakeshore or having average lot <br />sizes significantly less than the two acre minimum necessary for long-teiro use of septic <br />systems The City Council has determined it would be appropnate for the City to niake <br />application to amend the MUSA (Metropolitan Urban Service Area) boundary in order to allow <br />for the future construction of municipal sewer in these areas. <br />Further the Council has suggested inclusion of portions of the Orono schools property currently <br />Lside’the MUSA which may be necessary to accommodate a new ice arena as weU as otto <br />school facilities, and has included one additional existing residence property and an undefined <br />50 units for future use by the City, in this proposed MUSA amendment. <br />Exhibit B contains the proposed legal descriptions for the aretorr be included in ^A <br />Exhibits A-1 and A-2 show the City’s current and proposed MUSA boundary. B«au« the <br />Citv has chosen to develop its rural area using septic systems, but has recogmzed that pre ­ <br />existing neighborhoods of high density development may not be suited for long-term septic <br />system use* the Orono MUSA boundary is not a continuous "fronf across the Ci^, but <br />contains many non-contiguous ’’islands" and odd-shaped configurations based on property and <br />neighborhood boundaries. <br />The Dublic notice for this proposed amendment has been published as is legally '"equired <br />However no individual property owners have been notified of this amendment, ^ <br />staff have met with each of the ten neighborhoods to review the issues surrounding septic <br />systems and sewers.