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-6- <br /> <br />Framework. It is simply necessary for the City's· Urban <br />Service Area to be sized appropriately and to allow for the <br />elderly and economic provision of services. <br /> <br />MDF Policy 10: The Metropolitan Council shall <br />use its authority to promote a pattern of urbanization <br />within the Urban Service Area that allows the efficient, <br />orderly, and economic expansion of metropolitan <br />systems for future growth and avoids premature and.' <br />scattered, urbanization of rural areas. Further <br />development is urbanized communities and in <br />cluster communities that are contiguous to the <br />currently built up areas shall be encouraged. <br /> <br />The latter statement in the above policy is particularly sig- <br />nificant to Ramse'y,s situation. The City's Urban Service <br />Area could be defined to include some of the existing <br />development in the center of the City. <br /> <br />There are three general approaches Ramsey could take in <br />locating its 1990 Urban Service Area. Each Would be <br />generally consistent with the Development Framework. The <br />choice belongs to the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />First, the southern part of the City coUld be defined as the <br />Urban Service Area. This has the advantage of being most <br />economical to serve with local sewer systems since it will <br />be the area contiguous to the metropolitan sewer service <br />outlet. It is also contiguous to the City of Anoka and Ramsey <br />plans to develop commercial/retail activities that will draw <br />on the Anoka market. A disadvantage of this alternative is that <br />t~he southern~part of the City is the least developed. Aisc, <br />with this definition of the Urban Service Area, urban services <br />will not be provided to most current residents Who live north- <br />west of this area. A particular concern is that most ct~rrent <br />residents will therefore be forced to rely on on-site septic <br />systems for the next 20-30 years. The density of existing <br />development and platted lots in the proposed Transition Area, <br />coupled with a high water table and very porous soils, create <br />potential groundwater pollution problems that should be <br />addressed by the' City. <br /> <br />The second alternative location for the Urban Service Area is <br />the center of the City. This has the advantage of being the <br /> <br /> <br />