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consult'n© eh© neers d vets f ed nc, p.o. box j. osseo, minnesota 55369 ~ (612) 425-2181 civil municipal planning environmental land surveying geotechnics Mr. Lloyd Schnelle April 11, 1979 Page Three the area that drains to the Rum River (to be served by the "second Ramsey connection"). Ramsey has set aside an urban planning area in its extreme southeast corner which is intended to receive urban services when and to the extent that they will be available. In the absence of sanitary sewer service in that area at this time and with- out a reasonable estimate as to when service will be available, developers have been reluctant to invest in either,long-range or temporary on-site sewage disposal facilities. As a result of these planning uncertainties, Ramsey is witnessing rapid development on one and two and one-half acre lots outside the urban planning area and virtually no development in the urban planning area-precisely the kind of leap frog development that the City and the Metropolitan Council are attempting to avoid. In view of this situation it would appear that Ramsey will not be able to justify the extension of the "second Ramsey connection" until on-site systems outside the urban planning area beg~n to fail, unless the Metro Council's current policies on interceptor extensions are changed. The failure of those policies in Ramsey's case is becoming 'increasingly evident. There are now approximately 10,000 residents in Ramsey utilizing on-site systems. Approximately 90 percent of those are~occupying one-acre lots. "Map showing sewer service areas and the timing of local sewer service to them through 1990." Page 50 of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan shows the proposed sequence of trunk sewer construction through 1989..Map'4 Of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan shows the location of those trunk segments. keith caswell jr. [J darrell schneider ~ richard sha