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2001 Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Encourage clustering of commercial development at major <br />intersections that can take advantage of good access to and visibility <br />from the maj or roadway system. <br /> <br />Require development within the Mississippi River Corridor to be <br />compatible with the goals and policies of the Mississippi National <br />River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) and the Critical Area Plan. <br /> <br />c) Places to Work <br />The City of Ramsey has an existing industrial park area that consists of a <br />variety of heavy and light industrial uses. This area generally lies east of <br />Ramsey Boulevard and south of Industry Avenue and the sanitary <br />landfill. During the early 1990's the AEC Energy Park and Ramsey <br />Business Park 95 have opened up new land for industrial development <br />with urban services. These parks have rapidly been filling up and have <br />brought over 1,000 new jobs to the community within the last few years, <br />many of which were new jobs created in the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />Ramsey has a significant supply of available land that is strategically <br />located just north of U.S. Highway 10 and along the BNSF railroad line. <br />The current zoning ordinance designates the majority of this land as <br />Business Warehouse and Industrial property. Much of this land has yet <br />to be served by utilities and has not developed. As the future MUSA line <br />is extended it is anticipated that industrial/office growth will occur in <br />Ramsey. Some of the land west of Ramsey Boulevard is designated for <br />this type of development. <br /> <br />General Goals for Places to Work <br />The following are the goals of the City relative to places to work: <br /> <br />1. To ensure a diversity of good paying jobs to residents of the City of <br /> Ramsey. <br /> <br />2. To provide a sound economic base for the City, local school districts <br /> and Anoka County. <br /> <br />3. To improve the ratio of jobs to housing in order to lessen Ramsey's <br /> dependency on job centers elsewhere in the region. <br /> <br />4. To provide opportunities for growth of existing businesses (business <br /> retention). <br /> <br />5. To create opportunities for high quality development that contributes <br /> to a good image for the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />6. To ensure adequate means of transportation and transit for <br /> employees to be able to get to and from places to work. <br /> <br />Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Page V-25 <br /> <br /> <br />