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I I I I I 300 Metro Sqt,nre Building, 7th Street and Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Area 612, 291-6359 March 9, 1982 I I I I I I I I Mr. Thomas G. Gamec, Mayor City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. Ramsey, M~nnesota 55303 Re: Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Review Dear Mayor Gamec: At this point in the plan review process, it would be useful to outline specifically what issues remain to be resolved, what the City of Ramsey has the responsibility to do, and how the Metropolitan Council will follow up on the plan review. From the Metropolitan Council's perspective, the City of Ramsey has the responsibility for the following revisions to its plan in order for it to be acceptable: 1. Reduce the size of the 1990 urban service area (sewered area) to approximately 1,O00 acres. The City of Ramsey expects an urban land demand of 607 acres in the 1990 urban service area, which compares favorably with the Council's demand estimate of 724 acres of urban land. The Ramsey plan as originally submitted included a 1990 urban service area of over 1800 acres, which is three times the area that the city actually anticipates will be developed. Council policy is that the 1990 urban service area should not include more than a five-year over- supply of land. I I I I 2. Reduce the size of the commercial/industrial area within the 1990 urban service area to an area realistically sized to the expected demand. Ramsey's plan forecasts a commercial/industrial land demand of 224 acres compared to the Council forecast of 153 acres. The Ramsey plan, as revised January 6, 1982, proposes to sewer 811 developable acres of commercial/industrial land or more than 3.6 times the area that the city actually anticipates will be developed. Therefore, the 1990 urban service area should include a supply of commercial/industrial land much closer to the city's forecast of actual need. The city should keep in mind that the greater the amount of excess industrial land ~ncluded, the smaller the amount of residential and other urban land which can be included within the total 1,O00-acre urban service. Created Coordinate the Planning and Development of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Compnmng: An Agency to ' ' ' Anoka/'C°unty CarveSounty :, Dakota County }lenn,,pin (',,u,x:y lia:e,~t'v ('ounty · Scott County Washington County