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I i I I I I I i I I I I I perigd. Long range service is recommended in the reSident, iai community being created in the northeast comer of the Township, Residential construction has been occurring here over a long period of time but the land remains relatively more open than elsewhere within Ramsey. This basic outline of potential, service areas within the Township is generalized and represents a basic guide for future construction drawn from the deveibpment experience currently available. It suggests the importance of extending utility services throughout urban areas and i~ not meant to be interpreted as an inflex- ible development guide for the community. Ad]ustments will need:to be made as the community continues its rapid growth. The most important recommendation is that service areas should be deVeloped on a neighborhood basis rather than in scattered locations throughout the Township. _ Community Facilities Ramsey Township is presently developing a new set of options for developers of residential land to exercise whenever a parcel is divided. TheSe bptions will incorporate the recent state legislation on park l'and dedication, but also under consideration is the levying of a special fee for park land acquisition and develop- ment each time a building penmit is issued. The purpose of such a 'fee will be to augment the land areas dedicated b~ developers through direct participa- tion by each new resident to help create and develop the facilitie~that will benefit them. The high water table land areas and flood plains adja~en~ to Trott Brook and the Rum River will have a very high priority for acquisition. The drainage area connecting Trott Brook with the Rum River apprOximatel~one mile to the south also would be recommended for early purchase. This is the greenbelt that' will connect all recommended community facilities in Ramsey Township as suggested in the following discussion. Acquisition or acceptance of land dedicated for park purposes through the platting process will become.more important as RamseY continues to experience population growth. Land availibility in the future will have a major. impact on price. Land values today are likely to qu_adruple over the next 15 years if the current projections of population are reasonable. In addition the loss of land from current tax rolls ultimately will be considered a veFy modest investment compared with major park aquisitions after the township is more fully developed~ The Board of School District 11 has determined that Ramsey Township now has a population that will justify the Construction of one elementary school. Citizens of the Township have further suggested that within two years there will be a need for two schools, whereas the population statistics prepared as Part of the initial planning work indicate a need for three large elementary schools by the year 2000. While there have been a x~,ariety of opinions concerning the size and type of school necessary for th® community. The Planning Commfssion strongly re- commends that school sites should be-selected On the basis of the long range needs of the community rather than existing student concentrations. There' are therefore three generalized locations for elementary school s}tes at the center of the three communities outlined in the land use plan. The sites proposed are adjacent to the greenbelt system, suggesting a.waiking l~ink, between all schobls, and are also near recommended shopping facilities and medium density development. The first site