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D~elopment in the rural area can have adverse tmpac~ on the quality oi' the natural environment, Protectin$ and maintaining the qualiW of suria~ water and groundwater is a k~' ~n~rn of the ~uncll, pm~r im~l[~tion and m~inten~n~ fl ,till a ~tti~l R;garding on.sit; sewage systems, Mr. Dom states in his letter of February 2, 1993 to '!~e Honorable James Oll~rtaon, Mayor of th~ tflty of I:t. ams~ that: some time ago the Met Council indicated to u~ that it was reconsidering its position on the usc of "package treatment plants" for sewer service outside the MUSA line, This was in recognition o~ the fact that there are c~natn free-standing developments that merit current usage, anal that forcing cttle, s with areas outside thc MUSA line to landbank 100% of their unsewered areas eoultl, in some ~ttuatiol~, unfairly cause such cities to lose opportunities to acquire valuable tax base or amenities, The city of Ramsay la advised that it assume, s full responsibility for thc operation and function of any private w~te treatment systems located in the c}ty, The city ts to ensure that all on.site sewage and private waste treatment sy~teras fully comply with state and federal standards. Council wastewater treatment policy 1-10B atates that metropoIitan services will not be ex-tended to the rural service area, and any pollution problems resulting from development activity or inadequate management of existing private sewer facilities must be re~olv~ and finaneexl by the responsible local government. in regard to on.site systems, the site plan submitted as part of your letter doe~ not specifically Identify the location of aeconclary drainfield sites as required by the Council's current rural area policy, cto~ not identify th~ location of drinking .rater wells on the site, and do~ not appear to be tn conforman~ with all of the city's on.site orainane¢ setback requirements, Because of this it may be difficult to ac~equately separate on-site clraintielcis and drinking water wells, Soils mapped in the vicinity of the proposed site are the Dalbo silt loan and Dickman sandy loam, The Dalbo soil la charaeteriz~-~ as having severe limttatlon~ in terms of its suitability for usc in the siting et on.site system drainfieltts due to its mtxlerately slow permeability, The Di~kman soil is characterized as having only slight limitations in terms of its lack of p~rmeability, but tn fact is rapidly permeable and is known xo be susceptible to poasFol¢ contamination of underground supplies of water when allowed to develop th.rough the utilization of os.alto ~eptic a3atema, The material enclosed in this lett¢r simply reflects comments made by the Council on land use issues facing other citl~ la the metropolitan area, Feel free to contact me at 291.6594 if ! may be of further assistance r~g~rding this matter. C. ompr~henalv~ Planning Roger Scherer~ Metropolitan Council District 9 Barb S~nness, Metropolitan Council Staff I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I I