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t whether in the urban or rural planning areas) residential development is permitted at a maximum density of one unit per 10 acres with a 2.5-acre minimum lot size. In summary, the plan as revised represents a radical departure from past practice in the city, and is appropriate for a city which is becoming part of the metropolitan urban service area. IV. ANALYSIS A. Consistency with. Me.t~o@oli~an ~evelopment Framework (Robert Ryan) The Development Framework shows Ramsey to include three policy designations befitting the community's location as a transition from the Urban Service Area to the Rural Service Area. (See Attachment I.) The extreme southern portion of the city, containing approximately one and a half square miles in area, is shown to be added to the Urban Service Area during the 1981-1990 period. The remainder of the community is shown in the Rural Service Area, General Rural Use Region with the exception of the extreme northwest corner which is shown in the Commercial Agriculture Region of the Rural Service Area. The Framework expectation is for development in the Urban Service Area portion to be staged in an orderly fashion based on the best available forecasts for growth and the financial capability of the city to expand all services, as well as sewer. The Framework expectation for the General Rural Use Region is a maximum residential density of one unit per 10 acres, and a minimum of city service commensurate with a rural area. For the Commercial Agricultural Use Region, the Framework expectation is to identify and protect prime agricultural lands and a maximum residential density of one unit per 40 acres. 1. Forecasts (Mike Munson) Ramsey and the Council do not agree on the amount of growth which will occur during the next ten years. COMPARISON OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND RAMSEY FORECASTS Metropo~i~a~ CQun?]IL Forecasts 1980 Census 1980 1990 2000 Population 10,093 10,000 13,900 Households 2,660 2,550 3,850 Housing Units 2,749 ...... Employment 568* 1,000 1,500 17,500 5,000 3,000 Ramsey Population 10,090 15,225 Sewered 0 4,491 Housing Units 2,780 4,758 Sewered 0 1,404 (labeled households in plan) *Minnesota Department of Economic Securities estimate for Ramsey and Andover combined.