Agenda - Council - 11/25/2008 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Following the initial OST session, a series of subsequent OST sessions were hosted starting in August of 2007 to work on a vision for each section of the Comprehensive Plan. These comments were eventually worked into a Vision and Values statement as part of the final report for Ramsey3's McKnight Foundation grant. This also serves as a basis for a vision for the Comprehensive Plan. The final report to the McKnight Foundation was submitted in mid -2008. Following the completion of the Ramsey3 Final Report, staff began working with Bonestroo on several land use alternatives for consideration at a City Council/Planning Commission Joint Worksession. At the worksession, staff was directed to work with the Metropolitan Council on a more realistic population projection and how to accomplish that number, how to bring the information to the community through a charette process, how to involve the public to a greater level and to develop a new plan based on those items. A community visioning session was held on October 18, 2008 to amend the future land use map. All residents of Ramsey were notified through a special mailing. Participants were able to come to a consensus on a future land use map which was used to determine population projections and serve as the base for drafting the remainder of the plan. Representatives from Bonestroo will present findings from the draft plan. The City will need to authorize a draft plan for adjacent agency review by November 29 2008 in order to meet the state mandated deadline, with the allowable extension period of May 29, 2009 for adjacent agency review. If a draft is not submitted by the deadline, the City will risk losing Metropolitan Council funding and Comprehensive Plan Amendment capabilities. A letter from the Metropolitan Council outlining these requirements is attached for your review. The Planning Commission met on November 6, 2008 to hold a Public Hearing regarding the draft plan. At the Public Hearing, several property owners requested to be included in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) with a Low Density Residential (LDR) land use designation (subject parcels are highlighted on attached map as Requested Additions). Only parcels recommended for change at the October 18 meeting were included in the initial Future Land Use Map draft. The Planning Commission recommended including these requested parcels as LDR. Staff recommends that if these parcels are to be included, an additional two parcels should be included in order to create a contiguous MUSA line and avoid the perception of spot zoning. At minimum, the parcel at 7046 166 Ln NW should be included as LDR to prevent being completely isolated as Rural Developing. Staff has had some contact with the Property Owner, and feels that the Property Owner will be open to the land use change. Staff has sent notice to three property owners affected by the proposed change. The property owner at 16514 Jaspar Street NW has responded that they do not wish to change their land use designation changed (parcel is not highlighted on the map). Staff has not received a response from the property owners at 7046 166 Ln NW or 7150 166 Ave NW (parcels are highlighted and noted as No Response on the map). Finally, a request for parcels in the Northfork development to be removed from the MUSA has been submitted after the Public Hearing. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has requested a portion of the landfill property be designated as Closed Landfill. A letter outlining the request is included for your review. Staff met with a representative from the MPCA and came to the conclusion that a Public /Quasi - Public land use designation was more appropriate. A zoning change can then follow completion of the Comprehensive Plan as a Closed Landfill Zoning District or Overlay District. —272—