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. » A RESOLUTION APPROVING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT #1 WHEREAS, in June 1980, the City Council of the City of Orono (hereinafter "the City") adopted a Community Management Plan (hereinafter "CMP") to provide for the orderly development of the City. An hitegral part of the Plan provided that sewered areas of the City be included within the Metropolitan Urban Ser\ ice Area (hereinafter "MUSA"); and WHEREAS, the MUSA boundar}' originally adopted via Resolution No. 1135 on April 14,1980 was subsequently revised by Resolution No. 1337 on November 23,1981; Resolution No. 2131 on February 23, 1987; Resolution No. 2437 on May 23, 1988; Resolution No. 3153 on August 10,1992; Resolution No. 3283 on May 24, 1993; Resolution No. 3348 on October 25, 1993; and Resolution No. 3791 on October 28, 1996; and WHEREAS, since 1962 the City of Orono has made a concerted effort to bring sewer to its nearly 40 miles of Lake Minnetonka shoreline, a majority of which has historically been developed residentially, with the result being that a high percentage of Orono's population resides in the defined Shoreland district, within 1000 feet of the Lake; and WHEREAS, one of the few shoreland areas remaining to be sewered is the northeast shore of Ma.\well Bay and the southeast shore o^ Stubbs Bay, a 1 55-acre area with shoreline length of approximately 1.2 miles, zoned for 2-acre minimum lot size; and WHEREAS, the existing residential subdivision known as "Farview" was developed in this area at a 2-acre density in the late 1970's. At that time Orono's septic system management program was in its infancy, and the level of expertise in the on-site industr>’ regarding soil conditions as they relate to septic sites was not well developed. As a lesult, the septic systems installed within this subdivision may not have the longevity of current mound systems, and the adequacy of the alternate drainfield sites is not assured, hence it would be prudent to plan ahead for the potential need to provide this subdivision with sewer; and WHEREAS, on April 13. 1998 the City Council granted preliminary plat approval for a 7-lot residential plat of a 17-acre parcel at the cast end of Maxwell Bay, known as "Little Orchard" and located within the area subject to this amendment. This portion of Maxwell Bay's shoreland. which includes the undeveloped portion of Noerenberg Park, is one of the most pristine Page 1 of 3