Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/11/2011

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December 17, 2010 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Attn: Jeffrey Berg 500 Lafayette Road St Paul, MN 55155 -4032 RE: MRCCA Rulemaking Jeffrey: The City of Ramsey has reviewed the most recent draft of the proposed MRCCA rules. The City of Ramsey appreciates the side -by -side comparison of existing standards and proposed standards. We thank you for your willingness to incorporate comments provided into the draft rules. We hope that we can continue to facilitate open conversation. We provide the following comments: General/Land Use Districts: 7550 Sunwood Drive NW • Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 City Hall: 763 - 427 -1410 • Fax: 763 - 427 -5543 www.ci.ramsey.mn.us We greatly appreciate the revisions to the land use districts to better match actual development patterns. We certainly are in support of the tiered land use district approach that focuses regulations on the areas of highest need. We continue to have concern regarding CA -2 designations remaining in certain areas, although feel much more comfortable with the latest version of the land use map. Our approved Comprehensive Plan and underlying zoning districts allow for minimum lot sizes of 10,800 square feet, which was used to detennine future population, household, and employment forecasts. Changes in minimum lot size may result in reduced forecasts, which will require a revision to the City's System Statement, a discussion the City is not willing to start at this time. Our main concern is the level of discrepancy between bulk standards in CA -2 and CA -3. The City feels there is room for adjustment to CA -2 regulations, especially related to setbacks, before it could support any areas guided as CA -2. Furthennore, we greatly appreciate the attempts to avoid overlapping regulations of MRCCA and Wild and Scenic. We look forward to your legal counsel's opinions on the feasibility of this standard using the current rulemaking process. Cn, of Ramsay ]t]D Comprtha n. bee Plan Draft 7030 Land Use Plan