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' RESOLUTION ADOPTING A
. GENERAL CONCEPT PLAN
FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGHWAY 12
WI�REAS,the update of the City's Land Use Plan is an important element of the
Comprehensive Plan update process; and :
WI�REAS,the construction of new Highway 12 will have a significant impact ori� �
land use along both new and old Highway 12; and �
WHEREAS, developers are currently pursuing sites for retail development
throughout the Highway 12 area; and
• WHEREAS, it is important that the Council has a clear vision for land use along
Highway 12 to guide its review of proposals for development along Highway 12; and
WI�REAS,the Highway 12 area has,in recent years,been the subject of extensive
study by the City; and
WI�REAS,at its February 12 work session,the Council reviewed several general
concept plans for development along Highway 12 as a way to clarify its vision for how the Highway �
12 area should develop; and
Wi�REAS,the consensus of the Council at the work session was that community
. scale retail development focused in a more compact area in or near downtown Long Lake (closer to .
Brown Road than to Willow Drive, at least in the short-term) most closely reflects the Council's
vision for the Highway 12 area; and
WHEREAS,this concept plan has the following benefits:
1. Focuses on downtown Long Lake remaining a strong retail area.
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2. Focuses on maintaining a vital downtown and "sense of place" for both Long Lake
and Orono.
3. A compact retail area encourages pedestrian activity.
4. It is easier to plan,coordinate and control the development of a more compact retail
area than an extended retail strip.
_ 5.� .Focusing development toward Brown Road could strengthen the ability to obtain
. :� desirable development on the north side of Highway 12 east of Otten Brothers
� ' Nursery.
6. Enables better control over the amount of retail development that occurs in this area.
• � 7. Provides the opportunity to generate stable jobs in office,high tech, medical, etc.
8. A more compact community scale retail area matches the design of new Highway 12
with no interchanges through Long Lake.
9. Limits the number of north/south roadways that would be affected by retail
development(increase traffic and activity levels).
10. Maintains a lower activity level in the area west of Willow Drive.
11. Would create less pressure for providing an access from new Highway 12 to the retail
area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orono City Council, that a
general concept plan for land use along Highway 12,calling for community scale retail development
focused in a compact area in and near downtown Long Lake(closer to Brown Road tlian to Willow
Drive, at least in the short-term) most closely reflects the Council's vision for development along
Highway 12.
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. Adopted by the CiTy Council of the City of Orono, Minnesota at a regular meeting
held this 23rd day of February, 1998.
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Gabrie ab our, Mayar ��
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Linda S. Vee, City Clerk �
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