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� r <br /> MINUTES OF THE <br /> � SPECIAL ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Wednesday,Apri17,2010 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> If the inconsistencies are not resolved,the City's Comprehensive Plan will not be approved and future sewer <br /> connections into the MUSA will not be allowed. In addition,no further Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br /> will be allowed. Recent city actions to address those inconsistencies were to meet with the hierarchy of the <br /> Metropolitan Council in October of 2009 to discuss what is expected and why it is expected. In December of <br /> . 2009,the City hired Northwest Associated Consultants to assist the City in determining options for addressing <br /> the inconsistencies. Under the City's current zoning,the majority of Orono is fully developed. <br /> In January of 2010,the City's analysis of the remaining developable rural area parcels found that the <br /> remaining developments are widely scattered among developed two acre and five acre neighborhoods and that <br /> relatively few parcels larger than 10 acres remain for development. Future infill development with high <br /> density in rural areas would be inefficient and inappropriate. <br /> , In order to address those inconsistencies, in March of 2010,the City has proposed some revisions to the <br /> Comprehensive Plan,which includes reguiding specific parcels to allow for higher residential densities. The <br /> bases for the proposed changes include a slower population growth of less than one percent annually,the <br /> shrinking size of households,and the higher than average age of the City's population,which is 40.7 years <br /> versus 34.2 for the entire metropolitan area. <br /> Under the Metropolitan Council's affordability and density mandates,the City must provide 311 affordable <br /> units by 2020 and overall new sewered development must average at least three units per acre. Affordable <br /> housing units are considered to be priced under$233,000 and affordable rent for a two-bedroom aparhnent is <br /> $942. Market-driven housing options have increased in the City over the past decade and include townhomes <br /> in Navarre,the Stonebay development,and the senior rental housing located on Wayzata Boulevard. The City <br /> has not independently sought any high density housing but there are pending zoning applications for behind <br /> the�re station on Willow and assisted living in two locations, in one Navarre and one in Orono. The City will <br /> continue to participate in the Community Development Block Grant Program and other programs to assist <br /> homeowners to maintain existing affordable housing stock. The majority of the affordable housing units are <br /> located in Navarre. <br /> The City's Land Use Plan is to preserve the dual character of the lakeshore and nonlakeshore areas. There <br /> currently are no plans to expand the commercial and industrial areas. Development of the rural area at two <br /> acre and five acre densities will continue but likely at a slower pace than previously experienced due to low <br /> availability of large parcels. <br /> Housing options being considered to meet the Metropolitan Council mandates are to provide for e�cient use <br /> of inetro sewers by setting minimum sewered density requirements,provide a wider range of housing options <br /> for first-time buyers, empty nesters, and seniors. In order to meet the three units per acre mandate, a limited <br /> number of strategically located paxcels along Highway 12 and in Navarre are being reguided. The intent is to <br /> guide su�cient acreage of land to allow for continued development of the majority of the remaining <br /> developable rural properties at the low densitites for which they have been historically guided and zoned. <br /> The type of use being proposed only for the Navarre area is a mixed use. This mixed use zoning will affect <br /> designated commercially zoned properties abutting Shadywood Road and additional commercial and <br /> � residential properties abutting Shoreline Drive. Under the mixed use designation,they could be senior living, <br /> � townhomes,condominiums or apartment buildings. Development of those properties would not happen until a <br /> developer submits an application to redevelop the property and there will be ample opportunities for public <br /> input during that process. <br /> Page 3 <br />