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CITY OF 0JRC_,1f4JC,1 <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 6580 <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING <br />AMENDMENT #3 OF THE <br />2008-2030 CITY OF ORONO <br />COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />WHEREAS, the City of Orono is a municipal corporation located within <br />Hennepin County and within the planning jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Council; and <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with the Metropolitan Land Planning Act of 1976 and <br />its amendments, -and with Minnesota Statutes Chapters 462 and 473, the City of Orono in <br />September 2010 adopted a comprehensive municipal plan known as the 2008-2030 City of <br />Orono Community Management Plan (also referred to as the 2008-2030 CMP) to provide for the <br />orderly development of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, an integral element of the 2008-2030 CMP is the Comprehensive <br />Sewer Policy Plan, which identifies certain areas of the City as being within the Metropolitan <br />Urban Service Area (MUSA) in which connections to the metropolitan sanitary sewer system are <br />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 />Pagel of 3 <br />