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approved which would serve the Mississippi River watershed (see Attachment IV). The second connection, which the city is requesting in the plan, would serve the Rum River watershed. Sewer service is discussed in detail on pages 7 and 8. Council estimates show a land demand for the period from 1981 to 1990 of approximately 724 acres, including an estimated land demand of 536 acres for residential uses and 153 acres for commercial and industrial uses. The sewer element of the plan indicates that the 1990 sewered area would include the following acreages by watershed: Rum River Mississippi Watershed River Watershed Total Total Gross Net* Gross Net*- Gross Net* Industrial/Commercial 30 30 373 320 403 350 Residential 941 681 56 54 997 735 Total 971 711 429 374 1400 1085 The city expects actual new development (acres) by 1990 of the following magnitude: Rum River Mississippi Watershed -- River Watershed Total Industrial/Commercial 64 202 266 Residential 242 99 341 Total 306 301 607 *Developable The proposed 1990 Urban Service Area is within 1.5 times the Council estimate which is equivalent to a 15-year supply of urban land. This is considered to be consistent with Development Framework policy. However, the proposed urban planning area, shown in Attachment II, is considered overly ambitious. Expansion of the 1990 Urban Service Area should be considered only to accommodate new growth beyond the amounts forecast by the Metropolitan Council for 1990. The plan forecasts an additional 1,851 households in the planning period to 1990. Of these, 1,277 will locate in the sewered area (in addition to 127 existing units which will be sewered). Residential development outside of the 1990 Urban Service Area will be largely a matter of infiQling on existing platted lots. Any new residential platting in this area will be restricted to an overall density of one unit per 10 acres. The plan forecasts an additional 574 units in the unsewered area. Although the plan does not identify prime agricultural land, it does contain policies which would allow participation in the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act. The city will rezone agricultural land to a density of one unit per 40 acres at the request of a land owner.