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To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Mayor, Council and Planning Commission <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Mike Gaffron, Senior Planning Coordinator <br />September 21, 1999 <br />Subject:COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORK SESSION <br />THURSDAY SEPT. 23,7:30 A.M. <br />Council Chambers <br />Attachments: <br />1 .Revised DRAFT Table of Conlents/Outline <br />2.DRAFT Part I: Introduction <br />3.DRAFT Part II: Basis for Plan <br />Recap of Sept 2. Work Session <br />On September 2 Council and Planning Commission reviewed housing and demographic data that <br />helps define who our population is and what needs they may have now and in the future. It is clear <br />we have an aging population that will be looking for housing alternatives that don't currently cxisti <br />in Orono. Most of the needed alternatives will require development densities of 2-3 units per acre, <br />and the full range of utilities and ser\ ices. This limits the potential areas to sites near Highway 12 <br />or bordering the City of Long Lake; and to sites in the Navarre area. <br />Council was presented with maps suggesting possible sites for higher density development to occur. <br />These sites included: <br />Reiersgord et al: 50 acres east of City offices ( perhaps 70-80 townhome units at a <br />density of 1.9 units per acre, plus some commercial/office) <br />James & Dumas:55 acres west of Old Crystal Bay Road between 12 and the RR tracks <br />(60-70 units of mixed residential at a density' of 1 .2-1.4 units per acre) <br />Hackberry Area:20-30 acres East of Willow Drive between Watertown and RR Tracks <br />(207-30?- 40? units of single family at a density of 2 units/acre±) <br />There are few areas within Navarre with a potential fo: more than a handful of higher density units. <br />Using just the above-noted sites and the noted densities, Orono would al best be providing 200 <br />dwelling units at densities greater than 1 unit per 2 acres. <br />The September 2 packet also included a partial draft of the sewer policy plan and a proposed MUSA <br />staging plan. I will provide further detail on these topics for review in October. <br />Met Council Concerns <br />Mary Hill Smith, District 3 Metropolitan Council representative, invited a number of Lake area cities <br />staff to a meeting on Sept. 20 to discuss stormwater and on-site system management aspects of the <br />comp plan requirements. I was the only invitee present, so I updated Ms. Smith and the other MC