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36 <br />Emnlovment <br />According to the Metropolitan Council. the City had 6.334 iobs in 2016. Additional employment <br />opportunities are anticipated to include manufacturing. service. and office positions. <br />Forecasting employment involves numerous criteria. The level of retail development may follow <br />the extent of residential activity. The amount of retail development in adjacent communities will <br />also impact the potential in Ramsey. Industrial uses vary dramatically in terms of jobs per acre or <br />floor area. <br />The City has submitted a proposed amendment to the Metropolitan Council local forecast for <br />employment to 8.400 fobs by the year 2040 which is an increase of 800 iobs from the original <br />Metropolitan Council forecast of 7.600 fobs by the year 2040. Currently the City has approximately <br />70 acres of land guided for commercial/retail and 67 acres of land guided for industrial that are <br />available for development. The permitted uses in the Emolovment fE-1. E-2. and E-31 districts are <br />primarily related to manufacturing which averages one employee per 1.000 sauare feet of building_ <br />space according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development <br />fMnDEEDI. Based on the table below the City has guided enough land to support in excess of the <br />additional 2.066 fobs needed to support the City proposed forecast amendment for 8.400 fobs by <br />the year 2040. <br />Table 29: Employment Bearing Land Use Intensity <br />Land Use Tyne <br />Industrial <br />Employees Per <br />1.000 Sa Ft of <br />Building Space <br />0.67* <br />Commercial /retail 1.00* <br />Typical Floor Developable Anticipated lobs <br />Area Ratio (FAR) Land <br />by Land Use <br />0.33 67 acres 1.955 <br />(2.918.520 so ft) <br />0.33 70 acres 3.049 <br />(3.049.200 so ft) <br />Total: 5.004 <br />*Source: MNDRRD 201S & 2016. Institute of Transnnrtatinn Engineers 2008 <br />c= of RAMSEY <br />Comprehensive Plan 2040 <br />Metropolitan Council Submission <br />