Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/10/2014

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1) The 2003 population of Ramsey is 18,993. 2) Total city population is expected to increase to 43,000 by the year 2020. 3) The Ramsey Town Center project will occur in the years 2004-2007, and will add a total of 10,378 to the service area population. This will add an average of 2595 per year for these 4 years. 4) Other development will add an average of 802 people per year to the overall city population, 5) Current rural population is estimated to be 8,201. Population in the Rural Preserve area is estimated to be 182. 6) Rural development will continue, accounting for an average of increase in the total population of 66 people per year. Of this development, it is estimated that an average of 3 houses per year, equivalent to 10 people per year, will be added in the Rural Preserve Area. 7) Current population being served by the water system is estimated to be 7,264. 8) By the year 2020, 90% of the current urban population that is not connected to the water system will be connected. This accounts for an average of 144 additional people per year serviced by the water system. 9) By the year 2020, 90% of the rural population (not including the Rural Preserve north of the Trott Brook) will be connected to the water system. Historical and population projections are summarized in Table 2.1. Appendix A contains further data regarding population projections. TABLE 2.1 PROJECTED CITY OF RAMSEY POPULATION GROWTH (SERVICED AREA PROJECTIONS) Year Total Ramsey Population Population served by water system 2000* 18,510 6,270 2001* 18,668 6,579 2002* 18,830 6,918 2003 18,993 7,264 2004 23,254 11,246 2009 34,183 25,964 2014 38,193 32,899 2020 43,000 41,216 *Census Data City of Ramsey, Minnesota—M21.34343 Page 2-2 Water System Study Prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc.