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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Me. rs Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street. St, Paul. MN. 55101 ECEIVED 1991 ............ 612 291-6359 February 19, 1991 Mr. Larry Hattman Environmental ~evi~w Program Environmental ~ua!ity Board Room 110, C0p!tal Square Building 550 Cedar StrUt St. Paul MN 55101 RE: Proposed !Preliminary Plat--Faye Addition--Located in the Critical Rivers Corridor--City of Ramsey Dear Mr. Hartman: The Council h~ reV, iewed the Preliminary Plat of the Faye Addition for consistency with the Mississippi River Critical Area Interim Development Regulations. The interim regulations will continue to aPpiy until the city submits a revised final Critical Area Plan and Regulations to the Environmental ~ual{ty Board for approval. The Faye Addjtibn Will consist of about 103 acres located between TH 10 and the Mississippi River. It is proposed ;£6r d~Velopment into single family residential lots, commercial sites and parks. (The pre-preliminar~ ~lat ',also indicated multi-family lots which have been deleted). The Faye Addition is proposed to: l~vc .~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 ou _t,si~te 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 ~how~ how vegetation on the site will be protected. From the information contained in the prelimi~a~ pleat packet transmitted to the Council, there is no indication of a plan by the developer to prdteet :vegetation. Par-ks Critical Area pla~pning 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 meet~ this requiremenq The city's proposed plan and pre-preliminary plat indicated the trail would be routed in proxim'!ty t¢ the river to take advantage of river hews. However, the preliminary plat for the Faye AdditiOn indicates a change in the routing of a trail away from the Mississippi River contraD, to the: t~ail layout as shown in the city's plan for this segment of the river corridor. (Letter of January 29, 1~}91 from Sylvia Frolik, City ~f Rarnsey to Larry. Hartman, Environmental Quality