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� � <br /> ���� � <br /> ' MINUTES OF TFIE --� <br /> SPECIAL ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Wednesday,Apri17,2010 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: <br /> ' Chair Kim Kang, Commissioners Loren Schoenzeit,Tess Rice,Denise Leskinen,Jon Schwingler and <br /> Alternate Janice Berg. Representing Staff were Assistant City Administrator for Long-Term Strategic <br /> Planning Mike Gaffron,Planning and Zoning Coordinator Melanie Curtis,Planner Evelyn Turner,Finance <br /> Director Ron Olson, City Clerk Lin Vee, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie Young. Mayor Jim <br /> White, Council Members Lili McMillan and Doug Franchot were present. <br /> ' Chair Kang called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. <br /> , NEW BUSINESS <br /> 1. REVIEW OF ORONO 2010-2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> Staff Presentation—Mike Gaffron <br /> Gaffron addressed the audience regarding the City's draft 2010-2030 Comprehensive Plan. Gaf&on stated the <br /> City of Orono is a dual character community and was originally developed in 1880. Since the 1960s,the <br /> primary overall philosophy of the City has been to preserve Lake Minnetonka. Studies conducted back in the <br /> early 1970s indicated that limiting phosphorus input is necessary to protect and preserve the water quality of <br /> the lake. Primary sources of phosphorus have included municipal sewage treatment plant discharges and <br /> urban runoff. <br /> The City's original CMP was adopted in 1974 and established land use principles for protection of Lake <br /> Minnetonka. The plan included eliminating discharges from the sewage treatment plants,rezoning and <br /> reguiding areas to avoid high density along the lake and managing urban runoff through the adoption of strict <br /> hardcover regulations and lakeshore development regulations. <br /> In 1975 the City underwent some rezoning,with 85 percent of the City's land area being designated as rural <br /> area,which included two acre and five acre zones. The urban area was established as one-half acre and one <br /> acre zones. Gaffron indicated the rural zoning areas of the city have been developed more recently. <br /> The City's 1980 Comprehensive Plan philosophy was the same as the 1974 plan,which was to provide for low <br /> density development. 1980 was also the initial designation of the Metropolitan Urban Services Area or <br /> MUSA. The MUSA defines the areas where sewer can be extended,which is determined by the Metropolitan <br /> Council. Orono's MUSA includes areas of low density in Shoreland District to allow sewering of lakeshore <br /> properties. Future extensions of existing sewer systems outside of the current MUSA system are limited to <br /> areas meeting pre-1985 development and have to be approved by the Metropolitan Council. Planned higher <br /> density in specific areas is necessary to offset continued low density development in rural areas brought into <br /> MUSA since 1997. <br /> Gaffron display a map illustrating the Orono MUSA area. <br /> During the 1980s and 1990s,older high-density lakeshore neighborhoods in rural Orono were provided with <br /> 'sewer where needed. The central part of the city was developed with two acre lots and septic. In the late <br /> 1990s, urban housing options were expanded.The 2000 CMP identified areas for higher density development <br /> around the Highway 12 area. Since that time there has been development of various new life-cycle housing <br /> Page 1 <br />