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City of RAMSEY 7550 Sunwood Drive NW • Ramsey, MN 55303 City Hall: 763.427.1410 • Fax: 763.427.5543 www.cityoframsey.com Places to eat, shop, and be entertained were a key component of the original development. While other land uses have succeeded in continued growth, retail goals have struggled to keep pace. The City has continued to evaluate our retail marketing strategy, and amendments to this plan represent a broader effort to advance these goals. Citywide, the community has over 150 acres of undeveloped or redevelopment areas guided for future retail growth. In comparison, the Riverdale shopping center in Coon Rapids is approximately 200 acres. Coupled with proximity to Elk River and physical barriers such as the Mississippi River and Rum River, it is not likely that the City will be successful in developing this amount of retail within this 20 year planning period, if at all. Additionally, the market for larger retail users is quickly changing with adapting technologies. The City's market experts have encouraged the City to re-dvaluate its retail strategies. EMPHASIS: The City continues to plan for a significant amount of retail growth within The COR and throughout the community. The recommendations below are not intended to de-emphasize our retail goals, yet strengthen said retail goals and focus on more appropriate areas for future growth. Planning Commission Recommendation: The northwest quadrant of the development (bordered by Armstrong Boulevard, Bunker Lake Boulevard, Zeolite Street, and Sunwood Drive) should be amended to strengthen the LAKE ITASCA GREENWAY, create SMALLER DESTINATION RETAIL USERS. Half of this quadrant should be re -guided for an APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL USE, with DENSITY appropriate for the type of overall land use plan for The COR. This is the area of MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE recommended by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission collabora'ed on developing multiple land use scenarios. The overall approach was to divide the northwest quadrant into four (4) smaller sub -quadrants divided by future public roadways and greenways and allocating half the quadrants to smaller, destination retailers and the other half to residential uses. Based on feedback and reconciling multiple angles of consensus, the land use map below represents the primary recommended land use map. It is our mission to work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cast-ef vc and cadent government servia . The COR Interim Development Plan Page 7of19