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Resolution No. /p�9 • � Page 62 . I. THE PUBLIC INTEREST � • A. �OMPREHENSIVE PLANNING � l. �omprehensive Planning is important for Orono to assure that future growth and development is managed in the best interests of the general public. T'he approach is growth management, not growth limitation and not manageable development. The emphasis is on providing a rational plan for coordination of public services with private interests . 2. The Council confirms the findings and conclusions � of the 1974 Comprehensive Guide Plan regarding the . paramount objectives of al the preservation of the quality of Lake Minnetonka as a unique yet fragile • � ecologicat and recreational asset and b) the maintenance of tow-density rural land use policies as opposed to � the expansion of urban development. • 3 . Restrictive ordinances and regulations have been • developed and are a �ontinuing necessity to assure , that speciat interests do not abridge the goals of� environmentat protection. The preservation of woodlands and wetlands , lake quality and shoreline integrity are in the general public interest. Protection of these natural assets must be paramount to private development interests . Too often private interests disregard environmental concerns . 4. Low-density rural residential land use is a " legitimate "ultimate" land use and is not, in Orono, to be considered a holding pattern for future development. The Council confirms the„policy of retaining the existing t rural areas for low density rural residential development without urban services , and retaining the existing urbanized areas for medium density residential and ' neighborhood commercial development. The rural ar eas of Orono are to remain rural without threat of expanding urban development. . � .