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3. Community Background <br />Introduction <br />This background chapter offers a summary of key community characteristics and challenges facing <br />the City of Ramsey. An expanded version of this background information is found in Appendix <br />A. The following sections will discuss demographics, facilities, natural resources, water resources <br />and the transportation system in an effort to better understand the key issues and challenges of <br />the community. These issues are explored more fully in later chapters of this Plan. <br />As a growing community on the edge of the Minneapolis -St. Paul Metropolitan area, the City <br />of Ramsey has seen many changes, especially in terms of growth over the past several years. The <br />City's last Comprehensive Plan, which established a vision for the City of Ramsey in 2020, was <br />completed in 2001. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan now required by the Metropolitan Council <br />will focus on planning for the next 20 years and more, until 2030. <br />Metropolitan Council <br />In 1967 the Minnesota Legislature created the Metropolitan Council to plan and cootd, <br />the orderly development of the seven -county metropolitan area. Minnesota law requ <br />municipality and county within the metropolitan area to prepare and to submi <br />plan to the Metropolitan Council that addresses all required components of <br />Development Framework. The City's plan must be consistent with the M <br />systems plans. To assist local governments in this effort, the Metropolitan <br />Statements" to each community which describes the specific areas th <br />of the local comprehensive plan. The City of Ramsey received its r <br />December 2005. <br />The System Statement for the City of Ramsey includes <br />forecasts to aid in planning for the future. The Metro <br />Ramsey, shown in Table 3-1. These numbers have <br />further planning and are discussed in later chap <br />Table 3-1: Metropolitan Council Forec <br />Population <br />Households <br />Employment <br />1990 20 0 <br />12,408 18,510 <br />3,620 5,906 <br />1,941 3,587 <br />p ulat n, ho sehcild <br />ounci <br />en revis <br />Pla <br />00 <br />*ded forec o <br />ward stlQiew t in <br />nt Framework <br />020 <br />43,000 <br />15,500 <br />9,100 <br />2030 <br />44,000 <br />16,500 <br />11,300 <br />The City of Ramsey is classified by the Metropolitan Council as a "Developing Area." The <br />Metropolitan Council defines "Developing Area" as a part of the region that is in the path of <br />urban growth (Figure 3-1). It includes the communities beyond the fully developed area up to the <br />metropolitan urban service area boundary. The Metropolitan Council's Regional Development <br />Framework sets an overall minimum residential density standard of 3 to 5 units per acre in <br />developed and developing areas where urban service is located or planned. Ramsey's System <br />Statement states that as Ramsey plans for the future, it should focus on protecting natural <br />resources, ensuring sufficient public infrastructure, and developing transition strategies to increase <br />density and encourage infill development. <br />city of R \MSEY <br />Lenihil ipsant quiamen imostem et <br />optaectem volupid itibus enimagnis <br />dolupturibus mos magnim re <br />mossusd aeprae. Ebitessum <br />aboreseque nimus, te sapit versped <br />itatem adion con re nihit quodis ma <br />cuptum rem aut es ea sum harcit, <br />sitiur? Itatur? <br />Dam entum hicid quiatemqui <br />iciur si intin nis num volupicto <br />t quia nonsequam et ellesti <br />s part ciis et que sam explanda con ni <br />ent in �`Wapiendit labore nosae sedisqui od <br />utem que lautemp errovitatet aut <br />ium dest, vellabo rehentor magni <br />ne as conem quiat volorempor <br />audae vent eos nonecaborior re, <br />simporestrum et verum vento ium <br />que moluptatatur re num re est, te <br />volupitat licatio nsequiae nobitae <br />rempore stionse. <br />Comprehensive Plan 2030 <br />3-2 <br />