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': MET~O~0L~TAN COUNCIL Suite 300 Metro Square B~ilding, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amendment M.C. Referral File No. 3537 INTRODUCTION The City of Ramsey in Anoka county has submitted an amendment to its comprehen-sive plan that would define an urban planning district in the City. This amendment was submitted in May, 1976. Council review was postponed until now because the City's proposal is dir- ectly related to the availability of metropolitan sewer service through the CAB interceptor. In September, the Metropolitan Council a~dressed issues related to the CAB interceptor con- struction through approval of an amendmeht to the Me~ropclitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) Development Program. Council 'review of Ramsey's plan amendment was resumed following action on the Development Program. ' Ramsey's plan amendment comes before~he~Metropolitan Council during the transition period to the coordinated metropolitan local-planning process established by the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. The City of Ra~sey has received its preliminary Metropolitan Systems State- ment which initiates the new process, HOwever, Ramsey's proposed plan amendment is reviewed~ under provisions of the 1967 law establishing the Metropolitan Council, as amended. There- fore, the Council's review co~ents are advisory and based on the Metropolitan Development Guide. Primary emphasis of the Counoi!'s review is focused on the adequacy of the plan content and consistency with metropo~itahdevelopment policy and system plans. The comments and recommmn~ations of this review will not exempt the City from the procedures, requirements, and deadlines of the Land P!anning Act. But the Council's comments at this time should help the city fulfill the req~irements of the Act in the future. Ramsey will receive its final system statement by Ju!y. The statement will provide information on fore- casted population, households, and e~ploYme, nt and the characteristics of existing and planned metropolitan sewers, highways, transit, a~rports and regional recreation open space facilities serving the City. Within three years following receipt of the formal system statement, the City is required to have prepared a compkehensive planaddressing land use, environmental protection, housing, public facilities, and implementation. The City's plan is to be con- sistent with the metropolitan system-plans. PLAN A. R~VIEW Purpose of the Proposed Plan Amendment The original comprehensive plan for~Ramsey was developed by the Township in 1973. The Metropolitan Council did not review the plan because the Township was undergoing annexa- tion and incorporation proceedings.~ The Council recommended that the Township review the plan after the incorporation waS lsettled, revise it if necessary, and resubmit the plan for review. Ramsey was incorporated in 1974. The very southern edge of the City was annexed by Anoka; the ~ River became the border dividing Ramsey from A~dover. Apparently, the township's comprehensive plan was adopted by the City of Ramsey without review by the Metropolitan Council. The proposed amendment to that plan lis an "Urban Planning District Study Report". There are several reasons for the amendment. First, Ramsey has experienced significant growth for a rural community in~the~past six years. Development has been largely resi- dential, scattered throughout the City, and served by on-site septic systems. The 1970 population of 2,727 has grown t~ a 1976 estimate of 7,620 even with the loss of some population through a~nexation by Anoka in 1974. Household size is estimated at 4 persons per household which i* larger than the 1976 metropolitan average of 2.885. Secondly, the City has exPreeee~ a commitment to acoom~z~ate continued development in an orderly and economic man, ex. Ramsey recognizes that continued development will require major public improvements. This plan amendment assumes construction of a county bridge across the Ru~ River by 1978 and availability of metropolitan sewer service by 1979. Ramsey has participated in ~the efforts of the Champlin - Anoka - Brooklyn Park (CAB) Interceptor Study CO~nittee to plan for future sewer service. The Metro- politan Council emphasized to that Committee that local comprehensive planning, inclu- ding delineation of local Urban~Service Areas, would he a prerequisite for metropolitan sewer service. Furthez~nore, Ramsey decided to postpone action on any rezoning within the study area until a plan was developed for the area. A moratorium on development within the study area was established in October, 1975, and is still in effect. The City is concerned with the duration of the moratorium. Following Metropolitan Council review, the City intends to adopt the plan amendment and rezone the property within the Study Area ac- cordingly. Scope of Metropolitan Council Review Because Ramsey's plan amendment~is not a complete comprehensive plan, Council review comments are correspondingly limitedto the subject matter of the.amendment. For example, the amendment does not ad~ress housing policy; therefore, no housing comments are in- cluded. The amendment would establish some very basic physical development policies