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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> 1. Focuses on downtown Long Lake remaining a strong retail area, <br /> and helps preserve owner-operated small service businesses in <br /> Long Lake which are vital to Orono and Long Lake residents. <br /> 2. Focuses on maintaining a vital downtown and "sense of place" for <br /> both Long Lake and Orono. <br /> 3. A compact retail area encourages pedestrian activity. <br /> 4. It is easier to plan, coordinate and control the development of a <br /> more compact retail area than an extended retail strip. <br /> 5. Focusing development toward Brown Road could strengthen the <br /> ability to obtain desirable development on the north side of <br /> Wayzata Boulevard east of the Otten Brothers Nursery. <br /> 6. Enables better control over the amount of retail development that <br /> occurs along Wayzata Boulevard. <br /> 7. Provides the opportunity to generate stable jobs in office, high <br /> tech,medical,etc. <br /> 8. A more compact community scale retail area matches the design of <br /> new Highway 12 with no interchanges through Long Lake. <br /> 9. Limits the impact on north/south roadways (i.e. increased traffic <br /> and activity levels) as compared to the more intense "big box" <br /> retail uses. <br /> 10. Maintains a lower activity level in the area west of Willow Drive. <br /> 11. Would create less pressure for providing an access from new <br /> Highway 12 to the retail area. <br /> Orono's 2000-2020 CMP reguided the easterly 4 acres of this area to <br /> allow for development of senior housing. The remainder of this area <br /> should be developed with a mix of commercial uses including retail, <br /> service and office components. Access via a service road paralleling <br /> Wayzata Boulevard is still desirable rather than direct access to Wayzata <br /> Boulevard, since traffic levels are expected to again creep upward, and the <br /> long-term need for a service road may again manifest itself. For this <br /> reason,it is in the best interests of the City and the business community to <br /> preserve at least a partial service road corridor between Brown Road and <br /> Willow for future use which will provide all properties with access options <br /> other than direct access from Wayzata Boulevard. The City supports the <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-40 <br />