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WHEREAS, based on the various public hearings concerning this matter, the Planning Co~missions Findings of Fact and all meetings, records, and files on record relating to the Plan Amen~t and its supportive or~nanoes, the Ramsey City Council adopts the following Findings of Fact: 1. The City has received numerous requests for zoning from residential~ type uses to ~cial .tApe uses in the southeast corner of the City, 2. The County of Anoka has proposed a bridge crossing as an extension of Industry Boulevard N.W. across the Rum River to link. the City of Ramsey and the City of An~er. The crossing is proposed to connect with the Seventh Avenue unde~ass Federal demonstration project in the City of Anoka. The County Of Anoka is about to construct a continuation of Industry Boulevard N.W. between Sunfish Lake Boulevard and county 83, thereby making Industry Boulevard a major county thoroughfare. 3. That since 1973, there has been a significant change in the birth rate and a resulting ~need of housing and schools. 4. The Metropolitan Council has developed a regional policy designed to limit and carefully direct development on the fringes of the metropolitan area primarily through the mechanism of sewer staging. 5. That there have been major changes in the economics of home building and residential housing since 1973. 6. That the boundaries of the City of RamseY have been significantly changed due to incorporation and annexation decisions in-1974. 7. That ~ransportation plans have changed since the adoption of the original comprehensive plan in 1973. 8. That the .portion of the City of Ramsey contained within the urban plan is contiguous to a free standing center as designated in the M~tropolitan Council' s development frama~ork. 9. The Metropolitan Council development framework guide indicates that the City of Ramsey should designate between three and 'five square miles for inclusion within the 1990 Metropolitan Urban Service Area. The?Pr~0po<~_~. pl~ ,.~m~ndment does contain between three and five sc~3are miles. ~//,'~t~.7 10. It is probable that the southeast corner of the City which is generally the area on which the urban Plan Amen~t concentrates, will receive metro- politan sewer services through the proposed CAB Interceptor sc~et~ in early to mid 1980's. 11. That in response to Metropolitan council directives, it is necessary to limit the density of .population in those portions of the City lying north of 153rd Avenue N.W. and west of Sunfish Lake Boulevard, generally all that area of the City except that contained within the Plan Amendment. 12. In order to encourage a less de~se pop~olation in the area described in paragraph 1~ above, %t is necessary tp. increa.se lot sizes in these areas. 13. The density 0~--pop~ is directly related to potential pollution pro- blems, including but not limited to ground WaGer'pollution. 14. In order to delay the premature extension of sewerage systems into the more rural areas of %he City, it is necessary to adopt more ccmlorehensive ordinances r .egulating individual sewage disposal systems. 15. That it is in the public interest and necessary to protect and preserve the public health and welfare that the Plan Amandm~nt be adopted. -2-