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COMMENTS & RESPONSES <br /> <br /> 02-2805 09:32 CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council <br /> <br />?6342?5543 <br /> <br />July 14, 2005 <br /> <br />Sylvia Frolik, Assistance Community Development Director <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Boulevard NV/ <br />Ramsey, MN 55303-6140 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />City of Ramsey Environmental Assessment Worksheet CEAW) <br />SWeet Bay Ridge Development <br />Metropolitan Council District 9 (Natalie Steffen) <br />Metropolitan Council Review File No. 19506-I <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Frolik: <br /> <br />Thank you for submitting the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) to the Metropolitan Council <br />for review. The EAW evaluates a proposed residential development on 102 acres. <br /> <br />Our staff is responsible for reviewing the EAW to determine whether it adequately and accurately <br />addresses regional concerns. The Council stafffinds that the EAW is complete, and an e~avironmental <br />impact statement (EIS) is not necessary for regional purposes. The Council will take no formal action on <br />the EAW. However, the Council staff offers the following comments. <br /> <br />Item 6: Project Description <br /> <br />The EAW indicates that the property is 102 acres and the proposed development will have 162 homes. <br />Note that on June 29, 2005 the Metropolitan Council reviewed the City's Sweet Bay Ridge <br />comprehensive plan amendment for a land use change and urban service area expansion for 102 acres <br />and 165 residential units. <br /> <br />ltetlt 8: Pel~tttits attd.dpprovaIs Required <br />The EAW indicates that the property is 102 acres and the development is 162 homes. On June 29, 2005, <br />the Council took final action on the Sweet Bay Ridge comprehensive plan amendment which changed the <br />land use and urban service staging on 102 acres for 165 residential units. Therefore, the MUSA <br />Extension and comprehensive plan amendments are not needed. <br /> <br />Item 13: IVater Use <br /> <br />The EAW indicates that the proposed development will be connected to the City's municipal water <br />supply system, which needs to be expanded to provide the additional capacity to serve the area. The <br />EAW also states that the development's average water use needs will be based on an average use of 150 <br />gallons per day per capita (gped), and a peak water me factor of 3 (450 gpcd). These water ~e <br />projections are higher than the observed seven-county metropolitan area's water use averages. The <br />average day water use is 75 gpcd, and the peaking factor is 2.5, or 188 gped. <br /> <br />The City's July 2004 Comprehensive Water System Study states that the actual average residential water <br />usc, during the period of 2000 through 2003, was 120 gped. The Council recommends that the City <br />consider using 120 gpcd as a water use projection, since a residential development is proposed. <br /> <br />F:iRI.:VII.:I~4h'd 'tmnnmtiti~;v~Rant.~',9'iLetters!Ram.vev 2005 F. AIf" 195{16-1 :~','eet tlm,.dm' <br /> Metro Info Lille (i02-1888 <br /> <br />230 East Filth Streel · St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1626 - (651) 6112-1000 .. Fax 602-1550 * TTY 291-0904 <br /> An £t#lal Opportunity Etnployer <br /> <br /> <br />