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� � CMP Part 3C. Housing Plan � Housin�Needs Related to Rerouting of Highwa� ' _ � The rerouting of Highway 12,expected to be completed ca.2006,will result in the acquisition and removal by MnDOT in 2000-2001 of approximately 90 homes within the City of Long Lake (and potentially as many as 10-15 in - Orono). The City of Long Lake does not have sufficient land area to � accommodate relocation of these homes,many of which aze in the$100,000- ' " 200,000 price range. Orono's CMP now proposes to expand the MUSA in the area east of Willow Drive between the Burlington Northem Railroad and.Watertown Road,and plans to re-guide this area from 2-acre Rural SFR to Urban SFR at a density • � of 2-3 units per acre, similaz to the adjoining development in Orono's Hackberry Hill neighborhood and�to abutting residential development in Long Lake. The purpose for this expansion is to provide land for moderate- priced housing. This housing could accotrimodate the relocation of some of •-- • - the Long Lake households displaced by the Highway 12 rerouting. Because market forces would potentiallytend to result in development ofthis . area with homes in the $350,000-500,000 range, the City of Orono will investigate and promote methods by which more moderate priced housing �°'� � � � can be provided. Metropolitan Livable Communities Program � In 1995 the Minnesota legislature enacted the Metropolitan Livable . Communities Act,which established funding for metro-area cities to invest in local economic revitalization and affordable housing initiatives. The � Metropolitan Council is responsible for implementing the Metropolitan � Livable Communities Program, and negotiating � with individual municipalities to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals consistent with the Metropolitan Development Guide Orono has participated in the Livable Communities program since 1996.The program establishes benchmarks for housing affordability,life-cycle housing, and housing density. In response to the Met Council benchmazks, the City Council in June1996 adopted a Housing Action, Plan identifying rehabilitation of existing substandazd housing as the City's top priority, citing limited commercial- industrial development and employment opporhanities, as well as limited availability of public services, and the skyrocketing price of land as barriers to providing opportunities for affordable housing in Orono. City of Orono Community Management Plan Page 3G17 September 2000/Revised September 20U1