Comp Plan 1978-1980 FILE #2 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

· ° \ 300 Metro ~quare ~uilding, 7th Street and P, obert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Area 612, 291-6359 April 22, 1977 The Honorable Arnold Cox Mayor of Ramsey 17705 Nowthen Street Anoka~ Minnesota 55303 Dear Mayor Cox: The staff of the Metropolitan Council has completed its review and assessment of the City O~ Ramsey~s existing plans and regulations for consistency with the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area standards and guidelines, The staff has also reviewed the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Scenic and Recreational River Management Plan which overlays the Ramsey and Dayton segments of the Critical Area Corridor. Under the Executive Order No. 130 [amended), which designated the Critical Area, the DNR plan is to be consistent with Critical Area stan- dards and guidelines. The staff finds that the DNR plan is not adequate to serve as the Critical Area plan for Ramsey and Dayton and additional planning is necessary. It is our understanding that many of the requirements of the Critical Area standards and guidelines could not be addressed by the DNR in its Scenic and Recreational River Management Plan due to lack of the proper authority. Further, some of these requirements are more of a local interest. Therefore, the staff recommends that the Ramsey plan address the deficiencies in the Management Plan with the available state Critical'Area funds for planning. Ramsey would include these planning~items in its application to the EQC for planning funds. The EQC and Metropolitan Council will treat the DNR Management Plan as a supplemental program which provides easement and land acquisition benefits to the area and resource information, It is our understanding that the DNR will continue to use the Management Plan bUt will not require regulation adoption by Dayton and Ramsey. Staff also recommends that the DNR address a number of Critical Area requirements as part of their overall Departmental Critical Area Plan for the total River Corridor. These are also enclosed for your information. Based on these assessments of the City's plans and regulations and the DNR's Management Plan, the staff has prepared and attached An Agency Created to Coordinate the Planning and Development of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Comprising: Anoka County 0 ¢3ttrver County o Dakota County o I~ennepin County O 'Ramsey County O Scott County O Washington County