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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 13, 2010 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 3 of 14 (5. ADOPT 2008-2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, Continued) 2. The City is advised to continue to participate in the Met Council Plat Monitoring Program. 3. The City is advised to work with Long Lake to resolve the intercommunity infrastructure agreements. 4. Acceptance of the revised forecasts (for employment) as they appear in Table 2-2 of the Plan. 5. Approval for changing the Regional Development Framework planning area designation for portions of the City of Orono from “Diversified Rural Area” to “Rural Residential” as shown on the map attached to the Metropolitan Council Review Record dated August 17, 2010. The effect of this change is that those areas identified in the plan update as not being within the 2008 MUSA not within the five proposed MUSA additions shall henceforth be designated as “Rural Residential” and therefore are not subject to the one unit per acres density restriction that accompanies a Diversified Rural designation. 6. Approval of the City of Orono’s Tier II Comprehensive Sewer Plan. Murphy asked Gaffron to explain the importance of changing the Regional Development Framework planning area. Gaffron stated the majority of the City has already been developed at a density greater than one unit per ten acres, and for cities surrounding Orono, such as Minnetrista and Medina, because they have significant areas of open area remaining, they are required to put properties into what is called the Urban Reserve and designate significant areas of their cities as not developable at a higher density than one unit per 10 acres, with the expectation that at some time in the future those areas will develop at a density of greater than three units per acre. Gaffron noted there is only one property in Orono that is in excess of 40 acres at the present time. Gaffron noted the resolution requires a super majority or 4/5ths vote of the Council. McMillan asked Gaffron to give some examples of the ordinance revisions mentioned in Staff’s report. Gaffron stated one of the things Staff will be looking at is whether there are any text changes to deal with the mixed use designation. Staff will need to create a zoning mixed use set of standards. For other areas of high density in the City, the City will rezone those at the time an application for rezoning comes before the Council. McMillan asked whether there will be any pressure to rezone those parcels before an application comes before the City. Gaffron stated it is highly unlikely those parcels will need to be rezoned prior to an application being submitted. McMillan asked Gaffron to give an overview of the agreements that were previously entered with the City of Long Lake. McMillan noted the new comprehensive plan will be negating those agreements. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 09/27/2010 Approval of Council Minutes 09/13/2010 [Page 3 of 14]