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I ,I I City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 (612) 427-1410 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I March 12, 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 Critcial Rivers Corridor - City of Ramsey Dear Mr. Hartman: The following is a response to concerns raised in Metro Council Chair Mary Anderson's transmittal to you dated February 19, 1991 regarding the proposed preliminary plat of Faye Addition. The first item of concern expressed was that the westerly part of the subject plat is outside of the MUSA. The area in question is included in Phase II of the City's 1989 submittal for a MUSA expansion. City Staff has been informed by consulting en~neers that Metro Council is projecting that their final review of the Phase II MUSA expansion should be completed by May 1, 1991. Final plat approval of Faye Addition by the City of Ramsey is not anticpated to occur until late in June of 1991, at the very earliest. In the event final approval of Ramsey's Phase II MUSA expansion does not occur by May of 1991, the phasing plan which will be required at the time of final plat approval will reflect staged development beginning with the easterly portion of the plat. The City, would also consider making final approval of the MUSA expansion a contingency to recording the £mal plat. The next issue to be addressed is the Vegetation Plan. The proposed plan to preserve the woodlands adjacent to the Mississippi River consists of dedicating Outlot E as Scenic Easement as shown on the attached WOODLANDS exhibit. Another issue of concern at Metro Council is the shift of the traitway location north ~'rom what was presented in the sketch plan for Faye Addition. The Rarnsey Park and Recreation Commission is of the opinion that the trail alignment proposed in the preliminary plat is acceptable because it provides a connection between the proposed plat park on the east to the County Regional Park on the west. The trail alignment in the sketch plan connected to the Kelly property southwest of the plat and at this point in time there is no evidence to indicate that property will be a part of the County Regional Park in the future. In addition, the Ramsey Park and Recreation Comm/ssion was concerned that the southerly trail alignment crossed several streets and the northerly alignment only proposes t~o cross tvTo streets.