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Y 0F U_Rk-0f,4G;) <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />t <br />NO. O57zi <br />A RESOLUTION <br />GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF <br />AMENDMENT #3 OF THE <br />ORONO 2008-2030 COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PLAN: <br />480 RUSSELL AVENUE — MUSA <br />FILE #15-3791 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Orono (hereinafter "City") is a municipal corporation <br />organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and <br />WHEREAS, in September 2010 the Orono City Council adopted the 2008-2030 <br />Orono Community Management Plan (hereinafter "CMP" or "the Comprehensive Plan") to <br />provide for the orderly development of the City, in compliance with the Metropolitan Land <br />Planning Act of 1976 and Minnesota Statutes Chapters 462 and 473; and <br />WHEREAS, an integral element of the 2008-2030 CMP is the Comprehensive <br />Sewer Policy Plan, which identifies areas of the City as being within the Metropolitan Urban <br />Service Area (MUSA) in which connections to the metropolitan sewer system are allowed; and <br />WHEREAS, the property at 480 Russell Avenue within the City of Orono <br />contains a single family residence structure constructed in 1939 and is approximately 1.8 acres in <br />area. The property is zoned RR -1B Rural Residential, 2 -acre minimum lot size and currently has <br />a non-compliant septic system; and <br />WHEREAS, the property is located along Russell Avenue in which a lateral of <br />the Orono municipal sewer system was installed in 1980 to serve the Minnetonka Bluffs <br />neighborhood. The property is not currently within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area <br />(MUSA), but is directly across Russell Avenue from the Minnetonka Bluffs neighborhood which <br />is within the MUSA; and <br />WHEREAS, when the municipal sewer was installed in the Minnetonka Bluffs <br />neighborhood in 1980, the property owner requested to be exempted from the project due to the <br />lot size and the expectation that future sewage treatment needs could be met via on-site systems; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, due to changes in state and local regulations regarding the use of <br />on-site sewage treatment systems over the ensuing 35 years, it has been determined that suitable <br />sites for replacement septic systems do not exist on the property; and <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />