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L <br />July 22, 1993 <br />Members of the Metropolitan Council: <br />The City of Orono is a primarily residential community on the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. <br />Approximately one-third of Lake Minnetonka’s 110 miles of shoreline lie within Orono. and the <br />vast majority of that shoreline is developed witli single family residences. <br />Orono has been active in providing municipal sewer to its developed lakeshore areas over the <br />last 3 decades, while strictly limiting density to avoid sewering the rural areas away trom the <br />lake. More than 80% of Orono’s Lake Minnetonka shoreline has been sewered to date, and <br />while the remaining 20% contains relatively low density residential development, it is expected <br />that sewer will ultimately be provi. ed. <br />The City ’s main objective in sewering these shoreline areas has been to ser\'e pre-existing <br />development. The City Council has held fast to maintaining the l-acre and 2-acre lot size <br />requirements when lakeshore neighborhoods are sewered, and has not and does not intend to <br />allow provision of municipal sewer to result in new high density development. The City ’s <br />development philosophy is further defined in the attached flier. <br />Please feel free to contact City Administrator Ron Moorse at 473-7357 if you have any <br />questions. <br />J