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I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Board). The council opposes this changed trail routing because it would eliminate any visual or physical access to the river. This is contrary to the intent of the Mississippi River Critical Area designation and subsequent planning guidelines calling for a river-oriented trail. Furthermore, the developer initially submitted this plat in August, 1990, and proposed a river-oriented trail. (August 1, 1990 letter from Sylvia Frolik to Rand Klugel). Council staff made no comment about the trail at that time because it was consistent with the Critical Area planning guidelines. The city of Ramsey should require the developer to route the trail along the river-oriented alignment indicated in the August 1, 1990 letter as a condition of approving the plat for the Faye addition. Transportation Gateway North Airport lies directly north of the proposed subdivision. Areas around Gateway North Airport are affected by MnDOT land use safety zoning ordinance requirements. Implementation of this safety zone may require local rezoning of incompatible land uses, especially residential land uses that cannot be permitted in any part of the airport safety zone A as well as density and use restrictions in safety Zone B. The eastern portion of this subdivision is within the safety zone and its development should be coordinated with the city's efforts to make the Gateway Airport a municipally owned facility. Sewers As stated earlier, the western portion of the proposed development is presently located outside the city's MUSA expansion approved by the Council on July 7, 1989. Sewer service cannot be extended until another MUSA expansion is approved by the Council. The western portion of the project is located in the remaining portion of the MUSA expansion request which the Council indicated it would approve as part of a plan amendment incorporating three city resolutions regarding rural residential development, off-site sewer systems and connection to the municipal sewer system. The MUSA expansion request is pending before the Council to determine its completeness. The city is reminded that it cannot approve service to the western area until a comprehensive plan amendment is approved by the Council. There is sufficient capacity in the metropolitan sewer system to serve this proposed development depending on the staging of this and other development in the city. This area is served by the Anoka Wastewater Treatment Plant which has limited capacity. The plant is scheduled to be phased out in 1992 and replaced by a connection under the river to the CAB interceptor in Champlin. However, the phaseout cannot occur until the new Minneapolis East Interceptor which carries the flow from the CAB to the Metro plant is also completed. The city is under a 500 REC (Residential Equivalent Connection) limit until the Anoka wastewater treatment plant is phased out, which may affect the ~t?:~% of this development. Recommendations That the city should require a map showing the location of trees and other vegetation within 200 feet of the high water mark of the river and it should require a plan showir/g how these trees and other vegetation will be protected. That the city should require the developer to route the proposed trail along the river- oriented alignment indicated in the August 1, 1990 letter as a condition of approving the plat for the Faye Addition.