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2001 Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />It is the intent of the plan to create industrial/office park settings where <br />buildings and uses relate to each other to become places rather than <br />function as freestanding elements. Future places to work will be served <br />by urban utilities in order to insure the highest quality of public <br />infrastructure and public and private investment. Development of places <br />to work is intended to maximize the efficiency of land use by optimizing <br />street widths and utility lengths and creating centralized storm ponds that <br />function not only to filter sediments from surface runoff but also provide <br />amenities for the employees and businesses there. <br /> <br />Places to Work accommodate uses such as business and professional <br />offices, showrooms, warehousing, light industrial/manufacturing, heavy <br />industrial/manufacturing, and public works facilities. <br /> <br />Places to Work Policy <br />It is the policy of the City to: <br /> <br />Require developments to adhere to environmentally sensitive design <br />and construction standards. (See "Protecting Water Quality in Urban <br />Areas" a publication on Best Management Practices by the MPCA). <br /> <br />2. Encourage high quality and unique design and site planning. <br /> <br />Allow for techniques to minimize infrastructure costs such as <br />centralized storm ponds, shared driveways and loading docks and <br />optimum street widths. <br /> <br />4. Facilitate the clean up and redevelopment of brownfields and <br /> underutilized sites within the places to work area. <br /> <br />5. Promote economic development in the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />6. Continue to market, develop and expand the Ramsey Business Park. <br /> <br />7. Develop and implement a business retention and expansion program. <br /> <br />Work with the educational entities such as the Anoka High School <br />and Anoka Hennepin Technical College to enhance employee- <br />training programs and connect welfare recipients to work <br />opportunities as part of the welfare to work program. <br /> <br />9. Require individual sites to be connected to a trail system that links <br /> employees with the Town Center, parks and neighborhoods. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />Work with the Anoka County Traveler and the Metropolitan Council <br />Transit Organization to address transit and employee transportation <br />issues. <br /> <br />Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Page 17-26 <br /> <br /> <br />