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I . For Release 2:00 P.M.; 6/23/77 • METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55.101 .•1 � 291-6359 June 13, 1977 MEMORANDUM TO: Physical Development Committee FROM: Staff (Sandy Dean, Elaine Stanley, Karl Burandt) SUBJECT: City of Orono Interim Comprehensive Sever Plan District 16, File No. 3940 I, Review Authorit9 comprehensive The Metropolitan Waste Control Commission s(MW ementswithhthezMWCCed o theiCouncil ew and amakes erecommendations sonethe plans (CSP) pursuant to M.S. 473.06. By 8 articularly the Development Framework and the consistency of CSF s with the Council's adopted policies, p Waste Management Policy Plan. I1. Background Staff has held numerous meetings with Orono officials over the past six months at which various issues and recommendations have beenan scusNestsed, debated, and agreed upon. We wish to thank . the Orono officials, and view particularly Mayor he The City of Orono is lo0rono in oaiticipated inuth central nnepin County planning effortsntotimprove theovatereof quality of Lakeke oM nne- Since the late 1960's, P thinks through phasing out sewage treatment plants that discharge to the lake and construct ng metropo tan interceptors to convey sewage out of the Lake Minnetonka watershed to the Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant. Construction of the Orono C• and ent ong Lakepinterceptors lants whichdi 1978e effluey the nt into Control Commmission will phase out two of the three remaining by he 974. The first plans and specifications for the Orono trceptor were approved to June, l The interceptor was planned as a gravity sewer with asubstantial serviceareathat included allofcentral at this time, and was based on the assumption and eastern Orono. Development Framework was being prepared that the interceptor would be built as planned. This is the reason that the Framework map (attachment A shows an addition to the MUSA In eastern Orono. In August, 1974, the Orono Planning Commission completed the City's first comprehensivedeVelothent plan. - It stressed rural or suburban living patterns and maintenance of the environmentaldependenceuality of for these objec- tives the lake and extensive wetland and marsh systems draining into it; g P was placed upon a recent engineering study from which the City concluded that high or urban density development would result in anmanaganthe City'sbly la8aniidentifledties of lantUrbanants tService Area omprising theonka due to csouths n stormwater runoff. Consequently,P the rest of the City vest corner of the City where there already was sever service and urban development; buildable land. was to develop with on-site disposal systems on lots having a minimum of two acres of dry As approved by the Council in June, 1974, the Orono interceptor would have provided sever availability to extensive land areas planned by the City to remain D low density foan stfinite period. a reevaluation off project viously supportive of the interceptor, the City, n December, 975,requested on the basis of its recently f adopted comprehensive tplan. In n response not to this sewecavaiabItlithe7MsoCreadilytto i as alternative design p the share -of Smith Bay and Browns ected to the sewer without forcing 8e open land. The interceptor was routed close to existing developmearsalongthe of undeveloped land into urbani- Bay so that they could be conn1976. ration. This redesigned interceptor was approved by the Council n August, tatement from the Council containing the Development In November, 1976, Orono received a preliminary system s Framework may which still showed the Metropolitan Urban Service Area encompass in8 central and eastern Orono. Since the system statement is incompatible with the City's comprehensive plan, Orono has requested that it be changed. Concurrently, Orono has completed an interim comprehensive sever plan based on its 1974 proposes pensive development plan. Therefore, staff suggests that this CSP review tell Orono how the Council amend - to redefine the development MUSn Orono. The City's system statement can be written to reflect this proposed ment, andto the Framework afinale formally lsystem stamendedment later i 1 - Development year. This matter is urgent because the Council by is requiredissue Development Framework considerations will be explained in the next section of this review. Part IV will discuss waste management issues.