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civil <br />municipal <br />planning <br />environmenlal <br />land surveying <br />geotechnics <br /> <br />November 14, 1978 <br /> <br />consut'n9 engneers d versfied nc, <br /> p.o. boxj. osseo, minnesota 55369 ':~ (612) 425-2181 <br /> <br />Mr. Lloyd Schnelle, City Administrator <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W. <br />Anoka, Minnesota 55303 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Schnelle' <br /> <br />This letter is in response to your request for the rationale for establishing the <br />Rural Service Area in the city's 1976 planning effort and the impact of removing <br />that designation. <br /> <br />The boundary between the Rural Service Area and the Transition Area approximates <br />the boundary of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Service Area No. 3, the <br />outside boundary of the Commission's sanitary sewer service area. (See Maps 3 and <br />5, 1978 Report on Comprehensive Sewer Plan). The area, consequently, has been <br />eliminated from any long-range planning for conventional sanitary sewer service <br />through the MWCC system. <br /> <br />In the city's Comprehensive Sewer Plan it was also determined that the capacity <br />allocation proposed in the Anoka Interceptor for Ramsey will accommodate full <br />development of the urban and transition areas, but only the already-developed <br />portions of the Rural Service Area. <br /> <br />Accordingly, the major negative impact of eliminating the Rural Service Area <br />designation is that, if and when sanitary sewer service is required to currently <br />undeveloped portions of that area, it will be necessary to provide either storage <br />and discharge of sewage to the city system during off-peak periods or separate <br />treatment facilities with effluent discharge to Trott Brook or the Rum River. This <br />is not felt to be an insurmountable problem, however, and must be weighed against <br />any positive impacts of the change. <br /> <br />It can be concluded that storage and off-peak discharge will result in a cost to <br />property developed in that area that will be somewhat higher than costs in the <br />remainder of the city. If separate treatment facilities are permitted by the <br />appropriate regulatory agencies, the city may be required to own and operate them, <br />if the area remains outside the MWCC service area. <br /> <br />keith caswell jr. ti darrell schneider ~ richard sha <br /> <br /> <br />