Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/09/2017

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City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 5: Land Use much of this land has been developed, and vacancy rates for industrial property in Ramsey are generally low. To increase the supply of land for business and office park development, the plan for 2030 guides land south of Highway 10 near the proposed Mississippi River Bridge crossing for Office Park use. General Goals for Business Park and Office Park The following are the goals of the City: 1. To ensure a diversity of good paying jobs to residents of the City of Ramsey. 2. To provide a sound economic base for the City, local school districts and Anoka County. 3. To improve the ratio of jobs to housing in order to lessen Ramsey's dependency on job centers elsewhere in the region. 4. To provide opportunities for growth of existing businesses (business retention). 5. To create opportunities for high quality development that contributes to a good image for the City of Ramsey. 6. To ensure adequate means of transportation and transit for employees to be able to get to and from places to work. It is the intent of the plan to create industrial/office park settings where buildings and uses relate to each other to become places rather than function as freestanding elements. Future business park and office park uses will be served by urban utilities in order to insure the highest quality of public infrastructure and public and private investment. Development of these areas is intended to maximize the efficiency of land use by optimizing street widths and utility lengths and creating centralized storm ponds that function not only to filter sediments from surface runoff but also provide amenities for the employees and businesses there. The Business Park designation accommodates uses such as business and professional offices, showrooms, warehousing, light industrial/manufacturing, heavy industrial/manufacturing, and public works facilities. This Office Park designation is intended to accommodate corporate campus, office, office -showroom and other low -impact, job -producing uses that are less intense than those found in the Business Park areas. Business Park and Office Park Policy It is the policy of the City to: Cite of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 5-28