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PECEI 'ED 1991 ............ METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Meats Park Centre. 230 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN. 55101 612 29t-6359 I I I I i February 19, 1991 Mr. Larry Hartman Environmental Review Program Environmental Quality Board Room 110, Capital Square Building 550 Cedar Street St. Paul MN 55101 RE: Proposed Preliminary Plat--Faye Addition--Located in the Critical Rivers Corridor--City of Ramsey Dear Mr. Hartman: I I I I I I I The Council has reviewed the Preliminary Plat of the Faye Addition for consistency with the Mississippi River Critical Area Interim Development Regulations. The interim regulations will continue to apply until the city submits a revised final Critical Area Plan and Regulations to the Environmental Quality Board for approval. The Faye Addition will consist of about 103 acres located between TH 10 and the Mississippi River. It is proposed for development into single family residential lots, commercial sites and parks. (The pre-preliminary plat also indicated multi-family lots which have been deleted). The Faye Addition is proposed to have 45.84 acres in commercial uses, 30.30 acres in single family uses, 5.26 acres in park uses, 5.73 acres in easements and 15.78 acres in streets. What the city refers to as the 1990 MUSA line bisects the property so that'the westerly part of the property is outside the MUSA. The city has submitted a plan amendment to the Council for adding the westerly part to the MUSA. That amendment is presently being reviewed for completeness. in the Council's letter to the EQB dated September 7, 1990, the Council recommended that the preliminary plat show how vegetation on the site will be protected. From the information contained in the preliminary plat packet transmitted to the Council, there is no indication of a plan by the developer to protect vegetation. Parks I I ! Critical Area planning standards require all local units of government to indicate the location of a river trailway. The city of Ramsey has previously submitted a trail plan to the Council which meets this requirement. The city's proposed plan and pre-preliminary plat indicated the trail would be routed in proximity to the river to take advantage of river views. However, the preliminary plat for the Faye Addition indicates a change in the routing of a trail away from the Mississippi River contrary to the trail layout as shown in the city's plan for this segment of the river corridor. (Letter of January 29, 199I from Sylvia Frolik, City of Ramsey to Larry Hartman, Environmental Quality