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Metropolitan Council Meeting of January 9, 1986 Business Item: METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 612-291-6359 55101 REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPM~;T COMMITTEE REFERRAL REPORT NO. 86-2 DATE: TO: SUBJECT: January 9, 1986 Metropolitan Council City of Ramsey - Northfork Planned Unit Development Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) Metropolitan Council Referral No. 13B63-1 BACKGROUND At its meeting on Jan. 9, 1986, the Metropolitan and Community Development Committee discussed a staff report and recommendations dealing with the review of an EAW for Northfork Planned Unit Development in the city of R~msey. Barbara Senness, Council staff (ext. 419), presented the report and answered questions from the committee. ISSUES AND CONCERNS Following are major points of concern raised by the committee:- The committee questioned R~m~ey's approach to detem-_ining density and concluded that it was not in keeping' with what they ~-e considering in the .~O~iF ~ud · ~h~-ther that it does not mitigate the potential problems associated with small lots developed with on-site syste~. The comnittee, however, questioned the co~ents on the iegali:y of the city's approach. Jay Heffern suggested that comments such as these were probably not contemplated in the MEQB rules. He also noted that if the city's density policy is iu fact an official control, it would not be apprcprlate for the Comucil to comment and further, he was not s~-e how one would ad~-ess the question of legality from a practical perspective. He concluded that the pragmatic approach would be to exclude the comments. C=~.NGES IN REPORT/RECO~?:'--hDATI. ON$ The committee made the following changes in the report: The co,,~ttee added the following paragraph: