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/■ <br />( H-l <br />ENVIRONMENT JUNE, 1980 <br />The statistical result of this study was the realization that a natural <br />storm water drainage and filtration system was economically 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 />ORONO^S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITMENT <br />Tht- oals and Policies of this chapter are basic to the remainxng sections <br />of Che Communitv 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 />CMVTPnMMENTAI PROTECTION GOALS <br />1. TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LAKE MINNETONKA. <br />2. TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF ALL OTHER LAKES IN ORONO. <br />3. TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S MARSHLAND, WETLAND AND NATURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM. <br />4. 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 All., WATER AND NOISE POLLUTION. <br />TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE, LIGHT AND AIR, INCLUDING SOLAR ACCESS FOR <br />ALL PROPERTIES. <br />TO PRESERVE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF NATIVE WOODLANDS AS AN INTEGRAL <br />PART OF ORCNO'S HERITAGE. <br />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 />6. <br />7. <br />8. <br />9. <br />CMP 3-18