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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Met~r.~ Park Cet~itrc. 230 ~ast Frith $treeL S~. Paul. MA' 55101-1634 612 291-6359 FAX 612 291-6550 TD' 612 291-0904 March 30, 1993 Ryan R. Schroeder City Administrator City of Ramse), 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. Ramsey, MN 553031 RECEIVED MAR 3 1 !9S3 An 'd ............ RE: Rum River Hills Golf Course Outlo! C, Lb! 1, Block 2 Dear Mr. Schroeder: This letter is in respqnse to your February. 8, 1993 correspondence regarding the Rum River Hills Golf Course, specifically the use o~[ outlot C and Lot 1, Block 2. It is my understanding from material provided by you that Wilbur Dom and 'Ibm Anderson own as partners outlot C, Lot 1, Block 2 and propose to develop the property as 12 twinhomes. It is my understanding that the project site is approximately 4.6 acres and planned for multiple-family dwelling units as part of a Plarined Unit Development (PUD) agreement. This PUD agreement states that development may occur on the su_bject property at a density of up to 10 units per acre when municipal sewer and water services become available. It appears that the project site is approximately 1.5 miles from the city's urban service area. The Metropolitan L,~d Planning Act requires the use of comprehensive planning to coordinate the planned, orderly and staged d~elopment of the metropolitan area. Minn. Stat, § 473.851 (1992). In particular, a local community's public f~-' cilities plan must "describe the character, location, timing, sequence, function, use and capacity of existing a~d ~uture public lacilities of the local government.' Minn. Stat. § 473.859, sub& 3 (1992). The PUD for Rum Rl~ver Hills indicates that future high density development can occur at the time sewer and water service becom6 available. The city of Ramsey has indicated that development of Rum River Hills as proposed at this time is premature because sewer and water are not available. To allow such premature development would ~ inconsistent with the timing an0 sequencing of public facilities as indicated in the city's comprehensive plan ~and would not ensure the orderly and staged development of the metropolitan area. This would be inconsisten[ with the city's comprehensive plan and with several Metropolitan Council policies. The project site is otitside the city's urban service area and is not planned to receive urban services at least unul the year 2000. ~etropohtan Counctl and c~ty of Ramsey pohcy for res~dentml development m the rural service area allow de/gilles of no more than one unit per 10 acres. Council policy specifies that the density is computed on a 6404acre basis. The Council makes no commitment to providing urban services to densities exc. e.~ing one unit par 10 acres in the rural service area. The Council's rural service area policy is based on several factors. Development in the rural area results in increasing demands f~r local services, and can change the character of rural communities. While existing service levels may be !ow, new residents are likely to demand additional services. Development can result in erosion of the natural; an~l man-mae environment Ih[il atlra¢t~ resi0¢nu in the f~13t place, Conlli¢t~ often develop between new. exurban residents and residents who depend on agriculture for all or part of their livelihood. Recycled Paper