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The City is located outside the Metropolitan Transit Taxing District. The southern half of the City is in Market Area III and the northern half is in Market Area IV. The City is in the area for potential transit service expansion. Service options for Market Area III include peak -only express, small vehicle circulators, midday circulators, special needs paratransit (ADA, seniors), and ridesharing. Service options for Market Area IV include dial -a -ride, volunteer driver programs, and ridesharing. The City is located along the Northstar Commuter Rail Line; the nearest station is in the city of Anoka. Aviation Reviewer: Chauncey Case, MTS - Systems Planning, (651- 602 -1724) The Update conforms to the Aviation policies of the TPP and is consistent with Council aviation policy. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Wastewater Service Reviewer: Kyle Colvin, ES - Engineering Services, (651- 602 -1151) The Update is in conformance with the Water Resources Management Policy Plan (WRMPP). The Update summarizes the City's vision for the next 20 years or to year 2030. It includes growth forecasts that are consistent with the Council's recommended forecasts for population, households, and employment. The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services currently provides wastewater treatment services to the City. Wastewater generated within the City is conveyed to and treated at the Metropolitan Council's Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Paul. The City is provided wastewater conveyance service through interceptors 7707 and 8362 -299. The Update projects that the City will have 13,600 sewered households and 11,700 sewered employees by 2030. The Metropolitan Disposal System with its planned scheduled improvements has or will have adequate capacity to serve the City's growth needs. The Update provides sanitary flow projections in 5 -year increments. The rationale, for the projections, is given in the Update and determined appropriate for planning for local services. The Update identifies large areas north of Trott Brook for future sewered development. In order to provide services to this area of the community, the City will need to extend trunk sanitary sewer systems through the community to reach this future growth area. The city of Nowthen has identified an area of approximately 1,020 net developable acres as urban reserve for post 2030 sewered development. The Council will work with Ramsey to coordinate the design and alignment of its trunk sewer system to provide the option of serving the urban reserve area in Nowthen through Ramsey. Ramsey is not currently identified as a community impacted by wet weather occurrences. The Update however does include a description of an I/I reduction plan which includes televised inspection and regular maintenance of the sanitary sewer system. A copy of the 2004 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study, completed by Bolton & Menk Inc., is included in the plan. The City has adopted the Minnesota State C�