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Backgroundi PROPOSED MUSA EXPANSION By: James Gromberg, Project Manager CASE #2 The City .is cu[re~tly completing a proposed expansion of the MUSA area located in the City of Ramsey. Th~ p~t0posed expansion of the MUSA boundary would extend the current MUSA boundary to 1 ,$3r'd. Avenue N.W. in the north to County Road #83 (Armstrong Boulevard N.W.) in the west. This i~xpansion would result in the addition of the following acres of property: The proposed expansion would increase it by 105 acres. The total included in the MUSA boundary would then be 214 acres. The proposed expansion is 821 acres. The total in the MUSA boundary would be 1,014 acres. Commercial and Business: Industrial: Residential: The proposed expansion is 296 new acres within the MUSA boundary. The total within the MUSA boundary would be 367 acres. Based upon tt~e average rate of consumption for industrial land of 15 acres per year, the City would then hage g reservoir of over 68 years supply of properly within the MUSA boundary This large amount ~f s~i'plus property that is industrially zoned may cause the Metropolitan Council to reject the pro,os ~f):t MUSA expansion. The EDC, in looking at future plans for this area of the City, may wani td'dook at rezoning part of the area that is currently zoned industrial to some type of residential z0n~ng4, thus allowing for a smaller reserve of industrial properly and the easier possible acceptance and~ a~proval of the MUSA expansion. Commission, Action: After discussion Of the proposed MUSA expansion, the EDC should make a recommendation to both the City }C0,u,ncil and the Planning and Zoning Commission to look at the possibility of changing the ~ning of some of the industrial areas to some form of residential property. Review Che~ekl~ist: Project Manager , City Administr~ator EDC:02/12/92~