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' ` Page 40 . . minimum lot sizes and a thorough on-site septic system ordi- nance pursuant to the standards and specifications promulgated by the Pollution Control Agency and the Hennepin County Soil and Water Conservation District, which on-site septic system ordinance provides for mandatory pumping and inspection of all on-site septic systems , stringent standards of maintenance and _ construction, and provides for a method of repair and altera- tion of nonconforming on-site septic systems . Moreover, the City of Orono has hired additional personnel specifically to administer and enforce these environmentally sound regulations . 6 . In addition to and separate from the concerns of the quality of surface water runoff, any greater density of development in the rural service area as shown on Exhibit A than is as found presently and as is provided for in the Com- prehensive Land Use Plan for the City of Orono would necessitate a premature, uneconomical and fiscally unsound increase in capital improvements , such as to transportation, fire and police services . 7 . Before there should be any increase in density beyond that which is already provided for in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the Zoning Code of the city for those areas beyond the MSSR, MUSA and Interceptor Sewer Service Area lines C as shown in Exhibit A, in addition to the increase and availa- bility of the urban services , there will need to be adopted and implemented an effective environmental protection program along with the necessary public works , to among other things , insure the purification of the surface water runoff prior to its discharge into the marshes and creeks leading into Lake Minnetonka. FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED: Based upon the above findings of fact and contingent upon the hereinafter set forth actions to be undertaken by the Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, the City Council of the City of Orono agr�es on behalf of the City of Orono as follows: i. �'o s�pport -tfie constznction of tfie proposed Drono Interceptor as presently designed as shown in Addendum 3 to the Preliminary Engineering Report for the Orono Interceptor by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission dated November, Z977 , and as shown in the design plans and specifications for the Orono Interceptor dated July 7 , 1977 and not to appeal the City of Orono ' s Systems Statement , as long as the Metropolitan Council and Metropolitan Waste Control Commission agree as follows: �. -3-