12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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� MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 11 � noted that the village of Orono was blessed with marshes and other perculation areas �presently that would act as natural filtration and purification areas for storm water run-off. The village can not allow these areas to be � densely developed. Searles noted that the report by Dr. Wood, Director of the Fresh Water Biolog- � ical Institute, Navarre Minnesota, on September 3 , • 1974 and various Metropolitan Council data support the findings of the Countil that these � areas must be rezoned. It was noted that keeping some of the areas of the village as 2 acres would � allow for the continuation of the life styles already enjoyed in that area. Searles intro- � duced a map from Minnesota Highway Department which indicated that Highway 12 would be ex- � tended beyond Wayzata through Orono and would ! bisect that area which is presently zoned as 1 acre and is proposed to be rezoned to 2 acres. � He noted that the project engineer for this project had given this map to the police depart- � ment of zhe village of Orono. A copy of this map is hereby incorporated. Searles noted that � the roads in area presently are sufficient to support 2 acre developments. The village and � county roads in the area would not be sufficient • to support 1 acre subdivisions in that area. �Members present thought it would be a disservice to the property owners in this area to allow for 1 acre subdivisions in the path of a major � freeway. The village just cannot allow for dense development in that area until the village has been t1 able to develop a complete network of arterial roads to service that area. It was noted that � the City of Long Lake which is located to the • northeast of area "B" has applied sewer hookings �Eor one small lake of sewer section of the area "B" � in the past. However , the City of Long Lake has refused to extend its sewers lines to service � any of the area in area "B" because they pre- sently have a lack of capacity for any sewer � increase. Moreover it was noted that to allow development in the area of 1 acre lots would cause � major traffic problems for the area and for the . Long Lake road system in downtown Long Lake which is presently inadaquate for the traffic � in that area. The Orono traffic counts which have been taken over the last several years � show the inadequacy of the roads presently in the area, which inadequacy would only be in- � tensified by development of the area as 1 acre lots. � � i • A