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- 12- <br /> <br />As noted previously most of the City's 7,620 population <br />currently reside in the center of the proposed Transition <br />Area. The vacant platted lots are also concentrated in <br />the Transition Area. This implies that under the proposed <br />City policies, Ramsey could well have 10,000 persons <br />living in its Transition Area by 1990. The Urban Area is <br />planned for less than this -- 8,375 persons by 1990. <br /> <br />Ramsey should give careful consideration to the' implications <br />of these proposed policies for the Transition and Rural Area <br />upon their own development ob3ectives. On the one hand,',,. <br />the City is planning major capital inve'stment commitments' <br />for local sewers,' streets, and other public services in its <br />Urban Service Area over the next 10 years. At the same <br />time, the City is apparently willing tO accept continued <br />development in that part of the City that has experienced <br />the strongest growth in the past six years, the proposed <br />Transition Area. The reason for Ramsey's rapid development <br />in the past six years has been precisely that housing could <br />'be built relatively cheaply on lots without urban services. <br />If the City follows its proposed policies, a local leapx <br />frogging of development could take place. Existing platted <br />lots in Transition and Rural Areas could become developed <br />while the City's Urban service Area remains undeveloped. <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Council is primarily concerned with <br />protecting and managing the integrity of metropolitan <br />systems. But the Council is also concerned that the <br />plans and policies of local units of governments do not <br />create local financial crises. Metropolitan sewer service <br />will be provided to the City of Ramsey in the 1980's and <br />the Council is concerned that the City's plan promotes a <br />development pattern that can be served by the 'metropolitan <br />system through local sewer system construction. <br /> <br />There appears to be two alternative solutions to the potential <br />problems with the City's proposed policies for the Transition <br />and Rural Areas. 'First, as suggested previously, the City could <br />redefine its Urban Service Area to include more of the existing <br />development in the center of the City. This option should be <br />explored by the City since.so many of the current residents <br />live in this portion of the City. It is difficult to conceive <br />how these residents can live without upgraded services over <br />the next 25 years. Alternatively, the City could continue to <br /> <br /> <br />