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Future Affordable Housing Need allocations may be updated throughout the decade if local <br />projected sewered growth changes. <br />Orono should consult the complete Housing Policy Plan when preparing its local <br />comprehensive plan. In addition, Orono should consult Imagine 2050 and the Local Planning <br />Handbook for specific requirements necessary for the housing element and housing <br />implementation programs of local comprehensive plans. <br />Climate Policy <br />In 2023, the State legislature amended the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minn Stat. <br />473.859, subd. 2 and 7) to include new requirements that comprehensive plans address <br />climate mitigation and adaptation. In climate policy, mitigation strategies focus on minimizing <br />contributions to climate change through efficiency measures and reducing greenhouse gas <br />emissions. Adaptation strategies focus on how to change policies and practices to adjust to <br />ongoing and future impacts of climate change. <br />The Met Council will assist communities in addressing climate mitigation and adaptation <br />elements by providing communities with greenhouse gas inventories and technical assistance <br />for identifying appropriate strategies. <br />Community Designation <br />Community designations group jurisdictions with similar characteristics for the application of <br />regional policies. The Council uses community designations to guide regional growth and <br />development; establish land use expectations including overall development densities and <br />patterns; and outline the respective roles of the Council and individual communities, along with <br />strategies for planning for forecasted growth. If there are discrepancies between the Imagine <br />2050 Community Designations Map and the Community Designation map contained within this <br />systems statement, communities should follow the specific guidance contained in this <br />document. Imagine identifies the City of Orono with the community designations of Diversified <br />Rural and Suburban Edge on the Community Designation map. <br />Diversified Rural cities and townships include some prime agricultural land and farms, as well <br />as large -lot residential development and clustered housing. Most of these areas were <br />developed just prior to 2000 with lower residential densities. This pattern of development is <br />most conducive for future expansion of urban infrastructure, as some of these areas are within <br />the Met Council's LongTerm Service Area. Considering the long-term plans for orderly growth <br />of these areas, urbanized levels of residential development is discouraged to avoid premature <br />demand for wastewater expansion, as are subdivisions that would preclude future urbanized <br />development. Diversified Rural cities and townships may have more than one community <br />designation based on forecasted growth and current or planned development patterns. <br />Suburban Edge municipalities are on the edge of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) <br />and primarily developed after the 1990s. While denser downtown or core areas are often <br />present, the predominate development pattern is low or medium density residential <br />subdivisions characterized by cul-de-sacs and limited access to major thoroughfares for traffic <br />2025 SYSTEM STATEMENT INTRODUCTION 4 7 <br />