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RESOLUTION OF THE.CITY COUNCIL <br />5675, <br />NO. <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING <br />AMENDMENT #3 OF THE <br />2000-2020 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 />November 2001 adopted a comprehensive municipal plan known as the 2000-2020 City of <br />Orono Community Management Plan (also referred to as the 2000-2020 CMP) to provide for the <br />orderly development of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, an integral element of the 2000-2020 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 875 Wayzata Boulevard West in Orono (hereinafter <br />the "Property") was incorporated into the MUSA in 1988 and guided at that time for single <br />family rural residential use at a density of 1 unit per two dry buildable acres; and <br />WHEREAS, the City received an application from the owner of the Property for <br />an amendment to the CMP to allow the property to be developed for residential single family use <br />at an urban density of 1 unit per 0.70 dry buildable acres (1.43 units per acre); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to published and mailed legal notice to the affected and <br />nearby property owners, on May 15, 2006 the Orono Planning Commission held a public hearing <br />and subsequently recommended approval of the proposed CMP amendment on a vote of 3-2, <br />based on the unique nature of the property and subject to compliance with City wetland <br />regulations; and <br />WHEREAS, on July 12, 2006 Council directed staff to draft language for an <br />amendment of the 2000-2020 Community Management Plan (CMP) that would allow <br />development of the Property in the manner proposed by the applicant; and <br />Pagel of 3 <br />