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November 30, 2018 Mr Tim Gladhill, Community Development Director City of Ramsey 7550 Sunwcod Drive NW Ramsey, MN 55303 RE: City of Ramsey The COR Alternative Urban Areawide Review Update Metropolitan Council Review File No. 21119-3 Metropolitan Council Distdot No_ g Dear Mr. Gladhill: The Metropolitan Council received the City's The CUR Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) Update on November 15, 2018. The COR (formerly Ramsey Town Center) study area is a 369.50-acre project in the City of Ramsey. The AUAR area consists of a mix cf uses, with housing, commercial, and smaller business park developments. Of the 69,50-acre COR AIJAR area,146.55 acres have been developed or are approved for development. The area is bounded by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad on the south, Armstrong Boulevard on the west and Ramsey Boulevard (Highway 56) on the east, Metropolitan Council staff has completed review of the AUAR Update to determine its accuracy and completeness in addressing regional concerns, Staff concludes that the AIJAR Update is complete and accurate with respect to regional concerns and does not raise major issues of consistency with Council policies. However, staff offers the following comments for your consideration: Item 9. Land Use (Eric Wojchik, 6. 1-602-1330) In Item 9.1, the document states that review of the City's 2040 Comprehensive Plan is expected by the Metropolitan Council in December 2018. For accuracy, this text should be amended to acknowledge that the City intends to submit its 2040 Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council in March of 2019. Item 9. Land Use (Todd Graham, 651-602-1322) The area is already 40% developed or under construction Council staff estimates that those parcels account for worksites with 800jobs; the AIJAR also counts 1,280 housing units, either completed or under construction. Buildout numbers will likely be higher. A preliminary set of TAZ forecasts for 2040 has been prepared by the Council and is available for local governments to review_ The Council's forecast scenario assumes the TAZ #63 (bounded by Hwy 10 and Bunker Lake Blvd) will experience modest households and employment growth. In the Ccuncil's preliminary forecasts, TAZ #63 is Forecasted to gain +792 households, +2,084 population, and +309 jobs (employment) during 2010-40. The City should consider whether a higher forecast allocation is needed. Also, in the Metropolitan Ccuncil's preliminary forecasts, TAZ #59 (a small part of this TAZ is in the COIF residential area, north of Bunker Lake Blvd) is forecasted to gain +266 390 Robert Street North Saint Paul, MN 55101-1805 P. 551,602.1000 l TTY. 651.291.091)4 l rnetraceuncil.org Art Et -pa x rtkA t.q.1 Emp,CC ve r METROPOLITAN COUN C I I_