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2001 Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 opportunity for development and is within the 2000 MUSA area. Given the limited supply of land for industrial development in the community, expansion of the MUSA would be needed to continue to take advantage of a good industrial development market. There is a strong interest both at the citizen level and the regional government level for more controlled and planned growth. Although some people argue that controlled growth simply means slower growth (or no growth in extreme cases), it also means more efficient and sensible growth. The goals, policies and performance criteria set forth in the future land use plan are intended to preserve and enhance the quality of life within existing residential neighborhoods, while increasing densities within the current and future MUSA areas and buffering incompatible land uses. The staging map as seen in Figure V-3 is intended to provide a guide for the establishment of urban growth boundaries to the year 2020. This plan assumes MUSA expansion westerly along Highway 10 as the primary expansion and growth area with growth occurring north of Highway 10 to 2010 and south of Highway 10 post 2010. The City of Ramsey should closely monitor its vacant land supply and the market interest for residential and industrial development in the community. It should develop a thorough inventory of the City's housing supply compared to the demographics of the community to ensure an adequate supply of life cycle housing to meet demand. It should also continue to develop an inventory of jobs in the community and possibly the immediate region to monitor the community's progress in obtaining a housing to jobs ratio of 1 to 1. Table ¥-7 Staging Plan MUSA Expansion Areas Development Residential Net Com./Ind. Net Mixed Use and Total MUSA Stage Developable Developable Quasi Public Net Expansion Acres Acres Developable Acres Area in Developable Acres Existing 432 261 45 N/A MUSA 2000-2010 355 97 247 699 2010-2015 350 47 0 397 2015-2020' 0 0 0 0 Urban Growth Boundary Total 1,137 405 292 1,096'* * Ramsey's future land use and staging plan identifies staging patterns that will extend urban services to its limits by the year 2015. In order to completely deplete the developable land supply within the urban growth boundary by 2015, approximately 400 housing umts per year would need to be constructed. Past trends have been at about 250 umts per year. Therefore, it is assumed that the urban growth boundary, although staged in five-year increments to 2015, will last for the entire 20-year planning period and possibly beyond. ** Including restricted lands, the future MUSA expansion by year 2015 will equal approximately 1,169 acres. Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 Page F-36