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r J,_` ,' _..� nage 40 <br /> , . , �:;=��� � . �����s��a <br /> Roberi L. Searles ' �t'� '�' <br /> :��h y�, ��L'1��' O� <br /> District 426 '•{ �r��::�,-� <br /> �,=`�---- . <br /> Lake Minnetonka Area ;,���—___ ,r�_�•, - ��������������� <br /> Hennepin County �D �' fr' <br /> Committees: '��'4' <br /> Labor/Management Relations aodney N.sea�ie,SPeake� <br /> Local and Urban Aifairs <br /> Taxes, Division 1, Chairman <br /> December 28, 1979 <br /> Mr. Charles Weaver <br /> Chairman, Metro Council <br /> 300 i�etro Square <br /> St. Paul, MN 55101 <br /> Dear Chuck: <br /> I am writing you about a continuing planning and land nse <br /> problem that has existed for several years, involving the <br /> City of Orono, the Metro Waste Control Cor.imission, and <br /> the Metropolitan Council. <br /> The major factors in this matter concern Iocal comprehen- <br /> sive planning, potential extension of inetro urban sewer <br /> service, and metro transportation decisions. The latter <br /> factor has a recent history starting in 1972 when Mn/DOT <br /> - (then the State Highway Department) projected several new <br /> alternate rights of way for U.S. 12 west of the ne�a by- <br /> pass around Wayzata. Each proposal had as its major <br /> element by-passing the City of Long Lake and the City of <br /> , Maple Plain_ After public meetings on the subject, Orono's <br /> - planning process settled on a route through Orono -- to <br /> serve not only the part of the state west of the city but <br /> also providing an urban level of highway service to Orono, <br /> Long Lake, Maple Plain, and neighboring communities. It <br /> was felt that not only were western areas near U.S. 12 <br /> served by this plan, but the north shore communities of <br /> Lake Minnetonka would also be given a viable alternative <br /> to the existing rural road system. <br /> By 1974 this on-going planning process was turned• around <br /> by a state highway policy decision not to build a new by- <br /> pass through Orono. Even the planning process for such a <br /> new facility was dropped. Orono' s land-use plan had to <br /> reflect this decision and it has �been a major "given" in <br /> the planning equation since that time. <br /> An earlier Waste Control Commission (then Sewer Board) <br /> decision projected urban sewer servie in this same area_ <br /> This has never had the support of most of the citizens of <br /> the area west of Wayzata, although some land developers <br /> and business interests might not have the same vie�a. The <br /> ;� <br /> Replyto: O 173 State Oftice E3uildiny, St Paul, Minnesota 55155 . (612) 296-4309 i <br />