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Context <br />Overview <br />Although unique to Ramsey, the Town Center is not intended to <br />be a stand alone district within the the City; instead it will be a <br />part of, and connect with, a variety of local, city-wide and <br />regional systems. Each development project, whether a single <br />building, one lot, or a series of blocks, must provide reasonable <br />links to these systems as a primary design objective. <br />Guideline Recommendations <br />To ensure that the Town Center takes full advantage of local and <br />regional systems, development should: <br />• Provide safe, easily recognized connections to city, county <br />and state trail corridors <br />• Make provisions for city and regional transit service and <br />amenities (including the future Northstar Line) and <br />encourage their use <br />• Tie into, and improve, the Ramsey utility network <br />• Integrate with and complement the existing (and future) <br />street framework <br />• Become an integral part of the city and county drainage/ <br />stormwater management plan <br />Objectives <br />• Overall Town Center design (and all new private development <br />within the Center) will accommodate stormwater from new <br />projects and from off-site, and highlight stormwater features <br />as an amenity <br />• Bikeways and pedestrian routes into the Town Center from <br />adjacent neighborhoods must be designed for safety and <br />ease of access, suggesting that a child on a bicycle has an <br />equally accessible route to downtown. <br />• Parks and open space will be easily accessible to all Town <br />Center residents, visitors, people who work here and also for <br />the citizens of Ramsey and the surrounding area. This <br />connected green system is reminiscent of the world <br />renowned `Grand Rounds' of Minneapolis <br />Regional Transit Map <br />Anoka Parks, Trails Map <br />Ramsey Town Center Development Guidelines 3 <br />