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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II. I METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Mear.~ Par} C~*mre, 250 &~$t ~..#h 3'treet, St. ttbul, MA' $~0146M FAX 612 2J/t. 65~0 TTY 61£ 29l-0~ Ryan IL $ohro~or C~ty Adminmramr City of Rarer, e,/ 15153 Nowthon BlvC[, N.W. RE: Rum River Hills Oolf Course Outlot C, Lot I, Block 2 I:~ar Mr, ~hro~er: Tht~ letter h; in response to your February g, 1.993 correspondence regarding thc Rum Rtver Hills Oolf Course, specifically the u~e of outlot C and Lot 1, Block 2. It ts my understanding from material provld~ by you that Wilbur Dom and Tom Anderson own a~ partners outlot C, Lot I, Block 2 and propose to d~,elop the pro~rty a~ I2 tw~nhomo~, It ts my uncter~mndtng that thc project site is approximately 4,6 acre~ and planned for multiple-family dwelling units as part of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) agreement, This PUD agreement states that development may occur on the subject property at a density of up to 10 units per acre when municipal sewer and water ~ervice~ become available, It appear, lhat the project site t~ approximately 1.$ relies from the city*~ urban ~rvtc~ area, The Metropolitan Land Planning Act requires the use of comprehensive planning to coordinate the plann~, ordei'ly and staged development ol~ the metropolitan area. Mtnn, Stat, § 473,851 (1992). In particular, a local communlty'~ public facilities plan must 'fl~crtbe the character, location, timtng, sequence, function, use and mpaetty of e:~ttng anti future public facilities of the local government.' Minn. Stat. {} 473.859, subd. :3 (1992). The PUD for Rum River Htlis indlcate~ that future high density development can occur at the time sewer an~ water service become available, The city of Ramsey has inflicatecl that development or' Rum River Hills as proposed at this time is premature because sewer and water are not available. To allow such premature development would be inconsistent vdt& the timing and sequencing of public facilities as tndlc~t~ in thc city's comprehemtvc plan and would not er~ure the orderly and ~taged clevelopment of the metropolitan area, This would be inconsistent with the city's comprehensive plan and with several Metropolitan Counctl pollcl~, Tho project site Is out~tde the eity'l urban servtee area and Is not planned to receive urban ser'vte.~ at lea~t until the year 2000. Metropolitan Council and city of Ramsey policy for residential development in the rural set'dee area allow densltle~ of no more than one unit per I0 acre~, Council poltcy specLfte~ that the denaity 1~ computed on a 640.ac-re basis. The Council make~ no comrnitracnt to providing urban sevriee~ to den~ttte~ er. ceding one unit per 10 acr~ In thc rural service area. The Council's rural selMce area polic9, is based on several factors..Development in the rural area resulu In Increasing demand~ for local service.~, anti can change the character of rural communities. Whtle existing servtce levels may be low, nwa, rezldents are likely to demand additional services. Development mn result in oroaon of tho natural and man-made envtronmem that attract~ r~10¢nt~ in the llr~t place, conftim oagn develop botween new eomrban residents and residents who depend on agriculture for all or part-of their