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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Metropolitan Council for the Region, Planning for the Future April 11, 2002 Patrick Trudgeon, Principal Planner C[~ of &zmsey I 5153 Nowthen Blvd. Ramsey, MN 5530_3 City, of Ramsey- Comprehensive Plan Amendment- Sunflower R/dge Metropolitan Council District 9 (Natalie Haas Steffen, (763)-753-4298) Referral File No. l 8160-5 Dear ~Vfl'. Tmdgeon: Metropolitan Council' staff reviewed the Sunflower Ridge comprehensive plan amendment, received by the Council on March 28, 2002. The amendment proposes to change the land use from Farm Residential with a land use designation/rom [:ow Density U~:ban Residential (up to 4 units per acre) to.Medium Density Urban Residential (up to 7 units per acre). The compretxensive plan amendment will allow for a townhouse development to be constructed. The site is 18.5 acres in size. Council staff has determined that the proposed amendment has no potential impacts upon any of the Metropolitan System Plans. Therefore, the city may place the amendment into effect immediately. The following advisory comments are offered: Advia'ory Comments Section IJ A - Transportation The plan information form states: "The amendment will allow for construction of townhouse units that could contain units serving the elderly population who may desire the use of mass ~ransit." The [and use plan map also shows a bus stop located within the development. It should be noted that Metro Transit does not currently serve the city of Ramsey, although the city may eventually receive bus service when the regional transit service is expanded beyond the historic transit, taxing distr/ct. Whether or not bus service could actually be routed through this deve[opment would depend on a number of factors including connections to arterial roads. Section LI A further indicates 'that only 3-4 of the project's 34 additional trips would be in the peak hour. [f they add an average of' 1.5 residences per acre that equals 28 residences. There w6uld surely be more than 34 trips resulting erom this development, and would probably be mostly in [he.pea/( hour. At a minimum there would probably be 56 a/ps/day. This is a much different picture than what was shown. Evergreen Point Townhomes project to have up to 113 townhome units. This is adjacent to the Sunflower development and both would have transportation impacts. A walkab le design incorporating multi-modal transportation (pedesuSan, bicycle, ete.) with safe and convenient connections to any trails in the area would create a neighborhood atmosphere for the development. AREA CCDE CHANGES TO 851 IN JUL',"', 1998 230 Eaat Filth Street St. Paul. Minnesota .55 I01-t626 [612} 602-t000 Fax 602-t550 TDD/Ti'Y 291-0904 Metro lnt0 Line An £quaJ Opporztmtod ~molo~er