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� + ' , � Paqe 41 Mr. Charles Weaver -2- 12/28/7y fact is that extension of urban sewer service into an area which has no hope of getting a comparable level of trans- portation service has become an obvious planning contradic- tion. It also constitutes a violation of the original purpose of the Metro Council , i.e. , to limit and control urban sprawl. This doesn' t even constitute a rational form of urban sprawl. As I understand it, there is an impasse at this time with Metro Waste Control Commission staff telling Orono that local plans have to accept a MSSR line bulging far into rural land areas which cannot receive comparable road ser- vice. Orono planners point out the contradiction, and also call attention to critical storm water runoff pollution which will act to degrade Lake Minnetonka if urban density development is encouraged in the area. Since the extension of interceptors into the subject area has yet to be designed, contracted for or actually in- stalled, it appears reasonable to re-examine the MV7C� staff views which may be somewhat out-dated in light of today' s knoialedge and concerns . Does a 10 year-old policy for ex- pansion o� urban sprawl stand the test today? Did such a policy ever have validity when our Metro area land use policies were originally set up to avoid continued urban • sprawl? Does such a policy have validity today in the , light of an opposite decision by Mn/DOT in the area in question? � My own conviction is that this question cries ou� for a rational solution. Given the Mn/DOT decisions , the only course of action open to us is to avoid introducing new urban services in the area, as the Orono planning process has delineated in its comprehensive plan. The MWCC staff insistence on its out-moded projections is what has to be changed, not the local plans . If there are factors or considerations which are more im- portant or critical that are known to MWCC planners , I ' d be very interested in seeing and �evaluating them. So far I have heard of none. What I am asking, Chuck, is that this planning impasse be � resolved in favor of what appears to be the more rational Orono approach, and that official maps and area descrip- tions (such as the MUSA and P�iSSR lines) be appropriately