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7 <br /> • <br /> �� � Clt� of ORONO <br /> � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> � NO. ��1i5 <br /> • - • • <br /> . This Resolution is intended to explain why <br /> Orono opposes urban designation of Sewer Study <br /> Area #2, including why such urban designation <br /> could be viewed as dangerous precedent for <br /> urban sprawl in other more serious cir.curnstances. <br /> 5. By this Resolution, the City of Oron� hereby <br /> requests that aur rural designation of Sewer <br /> Study Area #2 be considered and approved by <br /> the Physical Development Committee and the full <br /> Metropolitan Cc�uncil as an ex�eptional case <br /> pursuant to Water Quality Management Policy <br /> Plan Policy 7, either individually as pr�sented <br /> herein, or within the scope of a general Policy <br /> exception. <br /> I. BACKGROUND FACTS <br /> 1 . Sewer Study Area #2 (hereinafter "Area #2") is identified on <br /> r"ap 12 in the CSPP element of Orono ' s Communi�y Management <br /> • Plan. <br /> ? , tilap 12 identif.ies rural hausi�g cl.usters as part of Orono' s <br /> On-Site Waste Management Pro�,ram, consistent with WQMPP <br /> Policy 12 , Orono CSPP Policy 1�, and the detailed program <br /> �xplanation beginning on page 6-40 of Orono ' s CSPP . <br /> 3. Area #2 was one of five study areas identified in Orono ' s <br /> CSPP where 201-style alternative waste management evaluation <br /> studies were deemed necessary because of public health and <br /> pollution problems with existing on-site systems. <br /> 4 . Orono ' s CSPP text, page 6-44 , discusses 8 options for resolvinc� <br /> on-site treatment d�ficiencies . Connection to municipal <br /> sewer "wauld only be used to co.rrect exi.sting deficienci�s, <br /> and then only if this option is cost-effective compared to <br /> the other viable alternatives . " <br /> 5. Area #2 contains 12 hames and no vacant lots . Al1 have been <br /> built for many years . <br /> 6. There is physically no land av�ilable for any new development <br /> within Area #2 . Al1 lots are already developed to their <br /> maximum density. <br /> 7 . Area #2 is separated from existing urban parts of Orono by <br /> considerable distance and by natural barriers . <br /> a} The homes in Area #2 abut Lake Minnetonka �n <br /> � the south. <br /> bj The extensive French Lake wetlands bound Area #2 <br /> on the north, <br /> 2 of 12 <br />