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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 10, 2010 7:00 o clock p.m. • (9. FOREST ARMS COUNTRY CLUB HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION (FACCHA) 2010 JOINT USE DOCKLICENSE, Continued) Murphy stated the City has the opportunity to have Staff look at these issues that were raised and that he is unsure what the overall program will be going forward in terms of how often a new survey should be submitted. Orono has a reputation for being tough on these types of issues. Murphy suggested Staff review the survey situation in the upcoming year. Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to amend the motion approving the application for a dock use license for the Forest Arms Country Club Homeowners Association for 2010 based on the current survey, with the requirement that a new updated survey be obtained prior to the submittal of the dock use license application for 2011, with the additional requirement that the City Engineer review the runoff situation, determine what the City's responsibility is as it relates to the delta, and to direct Staff to develop a policy regarding how often the surveys should be updated. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 1, McMillan opposed. 10. ORONO 2010 -2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE — AMEND PRELIMINARY APPROVAL — RESOLUTION NO. 5933 Gaffron noted on April 26th the City Council voted 3 -2 to adopt a resolution to forward the comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council for approval subject to specific revisions of the Land Use Plan. The first revision was to revise the allowed density for 3245 Wayzata Boulevard upward from 7 -10 units per acre to 10 -15 units per acre. The second revision was to add the rear portion of 2525 • Shadywood Road to the Mixed Use Area in Navarre. Gaffron stated the Metropolitan Council requires a supermajority vote on the Comprehensive Plan in order for it to be adopted by the City. Murphy moved, Franchot seconded, to reconsider the motion made at the April 26, 2010, City Council meeting. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. Gaffron stated another point of discussion at the work session was whether proposing an overall planned development density for the entire city in excess of the 3 units per acre threshold is in keeping with the City's low density philosophy. There are some pros and cons to meeting the 3 units per acre density. The first advantage is that it shows the Metropolitan Council that the City is making a good faith effort to meet that threshold. By slightly exceeding the threshold, it will allow the City some flexibility if the development does not meet the 3 units per acre to still remain in compliance with that density. The disadvantage of having the density number higher than the threshold is that there is a risk by submitting a plan at 3.74 units per acre as it is currently set that it will become the standard of the Metropolitan Council and may become something that they expect the City to achieve. Submitting a threshold at less than 3.74 will also give the City some room to change the density if necessary. Gaffron stated the two issues before the City Council tonight are whether the mixed use area should exclude the Minnetonka Mudd and bowling alley sites and whether the plan should be revised to reduce the overall planned density to mirror the 3.0 units per acre threshold. In the information that was previously provided to the Council, one of the options is to remove properties • from the Mixed Use Area. Staff picked three sites that were likely not to be developed. Those include a Page 12 of 17