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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 26, 2010 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 15 (7. ORONO 2010-2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, Continued) The property owner of 3559 Lyric Avenue requested that it be added to the mixed use area in order to be able to create two single-family building lots from an existing 150-foot wide parcel. Since it was not the City’s intent to allow conversion of the entire south side of Lyric Avenue to multi-family housing, Staff would recommend denial of that request. The neighbors to the south and west of the bowling alley have requested that the property not be included in the mixed use area for a variety of reasons. Staff has not heard from the property owners and do not know whether they want to be reguided to mixed use. The impact of removing that would result in 15 fewer units, which would not have a significant impact on the numbers. Further west in the Navarre area, there are a number of properties that are being proposed for the mixed use overlay district. The City will need to provide some standards for these properties that have that option for multi-family. Staff has been working on the Comprehensive Plan for a number of years and there are still a few remaining loose ends. The surface water management plan is in the process of being submitted to the Minnehaha Watershed District. Staff will also need to complete a capital improvement plan for the next seven years, which will need to be completed in the near future. One further requirement of the Metropolitan Council is that they be provided with all agreements regarding sewer and water service with adjacent cities. Gaffron stated the next step in the CMP approval process is preliminary adoption of the plan by the City Council for formal submittal to the Metropolitan Council. Upon approval by the Metropolitan Council, the City will be able to adopt and implement the plan. In addition to the resolution granting preliminary approval of the Orono 2010-2030 Community Management Plan, a Letter of Submittal and Plan Submittal Form will be forwarded to Metropolitan Council with copies of the complete updated/modified CMP. The Letter of Submittal is rather lengthy in order to address certain critical items noted in the Metropolitan Council incomplete letter dated August 12, 2009. It also requests that Metropolitan Council, in its final approval of the Orono CMP, specifically address certain issues in a manner that leaves no question as to Orono’s ability to proceed with future development as intended by the City. Staff recommends that the Council adopt the Preliminary Approval Resolution and direct Staff to submit the CMP to the Metropolitan Council per the Letter of Submittal and Plan Submittal Form attached to the staff memo dated April 23, 2010. Murphy asked if Gaffron can discuss in some detail what guiding really means for the City over the next 10 years. Gaffron stated the Comprehensive Plan is the City’s plan for how land use will be guided for the next 10 to 20 years, and the City is required to define specific areas of the City for different residential densities and to guide areas that are to be used for institutional uses, commercial uses, and parks. The Metropolitan Council has guidelines that require that future development be guided so that there is at least the possibility of meeting three units per acre density. The City of Orono has been part of a plat monitoring program since the year 2000 and is required to report to the Metropolitan Council every year. The Item #02 - CC Agenda - 05/10/2010 Approval of Council Minutes 04/26/2010 [Page 5 of 15]