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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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A RESOLUTION
GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
AMENDMENT #3 OF THE
ORONO 2008-2030 COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PLAN:
480 RUSSELL AVENUE — MUSA
FILE #15-3791
WHEREAS, the City of Orono (hereinafter "City") is a municipal corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, in September 2010 the Orono City Council adopted the 2008-2030
Orono Community Management Plan (hereinafter "CMP" or "the Comprehensive Plan") to
provide for the orderly development of the City, in compliance with the Metropolitan Land
Planning Act of 1976 and Minnesota Statutes Chapters 462 and 473; and
WHEREAS, an integral element of the 2008-2030 CMP is the Comprehensive
Sewer Policy Plan, which identifies areas of the City as being within the Metropolitan Urban
Service Area (MUSA) in which connections to the metropolitan sewer system are allowed; and
WHEREAS, the property at 480 Russell Avenue within the City of Orono
contains a single family residence structure constructed in 1939 and is approximately 1.8 acres in
area. The property is zoned RR -1B Rural Residential, 2 -acre minimum lot size and currently has
a non-compliant septic system; and
WHEREAS, the property is located along Russell Avenue in which a lateral of
the Orono municipal sewer system was installed in 1980 to serve the Minnetonka Bluffs
neighborhood. The property is not currently within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area
(MUSA), but is directly across Russell Avenue from the Minnetonka Bluffs neighborhood which
is within the MUSA; and
WHEREAS, when the municipal sewer was installed in the Minnetonka Bluffs
neighborhood in 1980, the property owner requested to be exempted from the project due to the
lot size and the expectation that future sewage treatment needs could be met via on-site systems;
and
WHEREAS, due to changes in state and local regulations regarding the use of
on-site sewage treatment systems over the ensuing 35 years, it has been determined that suitable
sites for replacement septic systems do not exist on the property; and
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WHEREAS, the property owner has formally requested that the property be
incorporated into the ML SA to allow for connection to the municipal sewer system; and
WHEREAS, in light of the above noted facts the Orono Planning Commission
pursuant to published and written notice held a public hearing on November 16, 2015 and on a
vote of 6-0 recommended that the property at 480 Russell Avenue be added to the MUSA; and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council staff have confirmed that this property can be
added to the MUSA through an administratively -approved amendment to the CMP. The
amendment is exempt from the 60 -day comment period by adjacent jurisdictions because it is
less than 40 acres in area, it does not change any Metropolitan Growth Forecasts, and is further
from adjacent jurisdictions than the City's standard notification distance; and
WHEREAS, based on staff calculations, inclusion of the property in the MUSA
will not drop Orono's density calculation below the 3.0 units per acre threshold; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orono City Council
conditionally approves an amendment of the 2008-2030 Community 'Management Plan to
include 480 Russell Avenue in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area subject to Metropolitan
Council review and approval, and directs City staff to prepare such an amendment and submit it
to the Metropolitan Council for review and approval.
Adopted by the City Council of Orono, Minnesota this 14th day of December, 2015.
ATTEST:
f
Tiegs, City Clerk
Lih Tod McMillan, Mayor
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