Agenda - Council - 12/15/2020 - Special

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The Plan identifies existing housing needs including create low-cost solutions to improve and rehab existing housing stock, provide sufficient housing options for all types of residents including lifeycice housing options, supporting affordable housing development and supporting. The City has more than 120 units of publicly subsidized housing, none of which are age -restricted for seniors. The Plan acknowledges the 2021-2030 affordable housing need allocation of 499 units; 292 of which are needed at prices affordable to households earning 30% of AMI or less, 167 of which are needed at prices affordable to households earning between 31 and 50% of AMI, and 40 of which are needed at prices affordable to households earning between 51 and 80% of AMI. As shown in Figure 5, the Plan guides sufficient land expected to develop in the 2021-2030 time period at a minimum of eight units per acre to allow for development of at least 502 new housing units. The housing implementation plan component of the Plan describes that the City will continue partnership with the Anoka County HRA to meet many of their housing needs including preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing and affordable housing nearing expiration terms. The Plan also indicates that the City sees senior and affordable projects at or below 50% AMI as great opportunities to apply for Livable Communities Act Funding. The City states that they will continue to make property owners aware of the Metro HRA Section 8 program and supports applications. Water Supply Reviewer: John D. Clark, ES —Water Supply Planning (651-602-1452) Ramsey's 2040 comprehensive plan is considered complete for review and is consistent with the 2040 Water Resources Policy Plan policies related to water supply, including the policy on sustainable water supplies, the policy on assessing and protecting regional water resources, and the policy on water conservation and reuse. The Metropolitan Council's review of water supply -related content reflects the expectations shared with communities in their system statements and the water supply -related policies in the WRPP. Advisory Comments The City of Ramsey and the Council have agreed to changes to the total population forecasts for2020, 2030, and 2040. These changes have been reflected in Table 7 of the Local Water Supply Plan (LWSP), and do not significantly alter future water demand projections. The City will need to append the LWSP to their final plan. The Council encourages the community to expand its water conservation and efficiency program to help achieve the goals in the Master Water Supply Plan. The community's historical residential per capita demand is about 80 gallons per person per day, which is slightly higher than the regional sustainability goal of 75. Historical and projected total per capita demand of 131 is also greater than the regional sustainability goal of 100. This indicates that water use efficiency may be able to be increased, particularly with industrial and commercial customers. Council staff and resources are available to support these ongoing efforts. Ramsey had previously prepared a Local Water Supply Plan that was submitted to both the MN Department of Natural Resources and Metropolitan Council and reviewed under separate cover. T he Council shared comments with the DNR in July of 2017. The earlier version of the plan used different population forecasts to predictfuture demand and was included in a previous 2040 Plan submission. The current (updated) version of the City's LWSP shou Id be provided to the DNR. The City may also provide the DNR with a memo describing the changes. Community and Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTs) Reviewer: Kyle Colvin, ES —Engineering Programs (651-602-1151) The Plan indicates that there are approximately 4,600 individual SSTS, one privately -operated Community Wastewater Treatment System serving a 6-unit townhome development, and three cluster Page -11 I METROPOLITAN COUNCIL