05-23-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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2 Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework The original Metropolitan Development e'ramework proposed including a large portion of eastern Orono within the Metropclitan Urban. Service Area. The city in its comprehensive plan submitted to the Council in 1981 chose to maintain; a rural residential character and to not request sewer service beyond a few locations that were experiencing ons' . system failures. The addition of the proposed 258 acres, while not of the magnitude of the earlier service area envisioned for Orono, is consistent with original Council intent. The city is proposing the addition of 245 acres north of the city of Long Lake. This includes 124 acres which the city assessed in 1967. A smaller area, the 13 acres, is 1,jested between the city of Long Lake, which Orono surrounds, and the city of Wayzata. The areas proposed for se -vice are contiguous to existing serviced areas and in the case of the larger parcels provide service to the north side of Highway 12 complementing existing service (,n the south side. With the proposed amendment the supply of land wil' exceed the demand plus overage forecast by the Metropolitan Council. The Council's demand, however is based upon continuation of Orono as a solely rural residential community, not as a city with an urban service area. The 1980-2000 demand with five year overage is estimated at 335 acres with estimated supply rf 220 acres. A review of the city's vacant available land shows only 50 acres of developable land within theurban service urea. The additional 258 acres should be anproved to give the city a critical mass for an urban service area. The city permits residential development in the rural arts on two acre lots. This is incvr,istent %1th the Counci?'s recommended density for the general rural area ;,f one housing unit per ten acres. The city should consider low.dring Its permitted densities in the rural area which is more supportive of the investments it is making in sewers. The 'uuncil will consider progress the city is making in reducing rural area der•sity in any subsequr.,L requests for expansion of the urban a-rvice area. Sewers The city of Orono by choice had limited sewer capacity allocated in the metropolitan sewer system. The request for additional servii:e required the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission to 1.--c^*tgate available capacity. The M'dCC has determined that sufficient capacity can be pros+.led (see attached letter) to serve the proposed development of 500 rosid%ntial equivalent units. The MiCC will need to add a third pump to the Long Lake lift station. With this improvement the commission will have jufficient capacity for the development and still be able to provit'.e the currently allocated capacity to upstream ceomunities at minimal cost to the commission. TransW rtation - Steve Alderson The Orono plan amendment is consistent with the Council's transportation policy plan. The proposal that frontage roamsz 'r paid for locally is commendable. Also the strategy will allow some deve.,omenr to o,^ur :nd provide for safety imprevemer:t.s .