Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/12/1989

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Mr. Otto proceeded to review City Staff's proposal for justifying expansion of Kamsey's urban area. (See Attachment I) Mr. Hartley ~tated that Metro Council has indicated ~hat they would be agreeable to expanding Ramsey'~ urban area by 100 acres; Ram~ey is requesting an expansion of approximately 400 acre~. Er. Tom Patchen - 5?00 148th Lane - Inquired why gamsey s is requesting expansion of the urban area. Mr. Hartley stated that Rsmsey is attempting to define an appropriate level of ~SA boundary based on what is likely to happen, prepare a plan and have that plan approved by other agencies. There is also some desire by developers to expand the urban area to meet customer demands. Mro Tom Patchen - Stated that 5 )'ears ago the City forced sewer and water into F. amsey and told the residents they would not have the services for P0 years; now they are projected to have it in 1991. Mayor Reimann noted that sewer and water was not forced into Ramsey; the City worked and planned for over 10 years to get the services to Ramsey's bounds.'%' and the area it was intended to serve. Mr. Hartley noted that the policy City Council has set has been that these utilities are not et:tended where residents do not want utilities and considerable effort has been taken to keep people in those areas informed about what is happening. Tom Patchen- Inquired if the objective is to get sewer and water to City Es!! and ~amsey Elementary School. Mr. Ear=!ey sta~ed that getting sewer and water to the City Hall and school is certainly not :he objective in ezpanding :he .~?CSA boundary. Commissioner Hendriksen stated that Planning and Zoning takes into considers:ion the consistency of developmen~ with surrounding areas and chose nc= to include some of .the proposed development areas in the request for ..~SA boundary at:pension; inquired as to why =hose areas are still included in the expansion request. ~-.... 0ute replied that urban development between tm-al, a-ecs, can be ac¢c--__p!ished; :he properties in c. ue.tion~ l~_e wi:bin :he u_~=inate urban ~e~. James ¥~artin - Requested that his property be included in :he proposed ~SA expansion bezause if %he Ci=y is fcrzunate enough :o ge: a Mi~slssippi Eiver cros~ing i= :his area, :he property would have :o be in the MUSA bounda~- :o qualify for funding. Er. O::o stated '.ha: :he City canno=~.~.,'s:ify adding =ha: much more land the expansion. ~- Greenberg s~=~ed that in his cpi-_ion, getting the proposed river crossing area into the ~SA boundary would be a great benefit to F~msey. City Council -EDC - P & Z/December 5, 1988 Page 2 of 3