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I ! ! I I I I I I I I ! I PART II METROPOLITAN FACILITIES The following section describes existing and planned metropolitan facilities which affect Ramsey. The facilities are those vch[ch are specified in metropolitan system plans as defined by the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (MSA 473. 175) and include metropolitan highways and transit routes; airports; wastewater treatment plants and sewage collection facilities; and metropolitan parks, park reserves and trails. The complete system plans on these subjects may be obtained from the Metropontan Council. Each facility is described here by its character, location, function, prpJected capaciW, timing, and conditions on u~e imposed by the Metropolitan Council. The purpose of these sections is to convey the specific elements of metro- politan system plans that affect your local planning and development decisions. The Land Planning Act provides that the local comprehensive plan "shall contain a discussion of the use of the public facilities specified in the metropolitan system statement..." and "must be in at least such detail as may be necessary to establish existing or potential affects on or departures from metropolitan system plans and to protect metropolitan system plans." ;.The law further provides that the Metropolitan Council "may require a local governmental unit to mQdify · an~r comprehensive plan or part thereof which may have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure from metropolitan system plans." In addition to the four metropolitan systems described in the follo~vfng pages, the Metropolitan Council has adopted other chapters of [ts Metropolitan Development Gu£de. They are Development Framework, Housing, Protection Open Space, Water Resources, Health, Law and lustice, and Solid V~aste. The law' provides' that the Council "shall review and comment on the apparent consistency.of.the comprehensive plans and capital improvement programs with other adopted chapters of the metropolitan development guide." There- fore, communities should be advised to consult the entire Metropolitan Development Guide in formulating their plans. 4