06-30-1982 Council Meeting Minutes - Special Mtg

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_ � CITY OF ORONO 7 :30 P. M. Special Meeting of the Orono Council , June 30 , 1982 BIG ISLAND The Orono Council met on the above date with the following members present : Mayor Van Nest , Councilmembers Butler and Hurr . Absent : Coun- cilmembers Adams and Frahm. Also present : City Planner Olson andOn-Site Septic System Inspector Gaffron . Also present : 50-70 persons , inc- luding persons representing at least 29 properties . Mayor Van Nest called the meeting to order calling this an informal work session designed to keep the Island owners informed of and involved in the City ' s planning process . He gave a brief introduction explaining the mandatory land planning requirements in the metro area . The Island studies are an �_ntegral and necessary part of that process . The CityCouncilischargedwithprotectingpublic health , safety and welfare . Council is concerned that the City is physically and financially incapable of providing extensive public services to the Islands . Under the historic low-level of seasonal land use , this hasn ' t been a terrible problem. But the more development , more people on the Island , the more important these services become . The Couneil does not want to change the character of existing seasonal use of the Islands . The Council is concerned that increasing development pressures on all of Lake Minnetonka will soon turn to Big Island and Deering Island . The Council wants to be ready with a realistic zoning plan for the Islands . The purpose of this planning is to discover existing problems � and to identify an aceeptable level of ultimate development for the Islands . City staff has visited every island property; inventaried its size, existing struetures , septic systems , wells and topography ; and has photographed this development . They have determined how many cabins are on the Islands now, and how many could be built in the future at various zoning densities .