Agenda - Council - 09/23/1980 - Special

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STATE OF MINNESOTA Planning Agency/ O/lice ktemorandum TO : Lloyd Schnelle, ~ty FROM : Arthur E. Sidner, Chairman ~ '~ Enviro~a~al ~ality Board SUBJECT: Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area Review of the Proposed Alpaca Estates Subdivision in the City of Ramsey. The Environmental Quality Board ~EQB~ has received the proposal for Alpaca Estates in the City of Ramgey and the EQB staff has reviewed ~ it for conformance with the interimDevelopment Regulations for the Mississi~pi River Corridor Critical Area. The proposed Alpaca Estates includ'es land that is both inside and outside of the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area. According to the project'S surveyor 76 acres of the subdivision lies within the Critical Area. The site is located in an unsewered area of the City of Ramsey. The interim Development Regulations requires a 5 acre lot size-. This would allow for fifteen lots within the Cri- tical Area. The developer's revised plan proposed to develop fifteen 2.5 acre lots on one half (38 acres) of the site end designate ~he remaining 38 acres as an unbuildable outlot (see attachment 2). This will achieve a~ overall density of one dwelling unit per five acres. While this modification would not be consistent with the letter of the interim Regulations, it would be consistent with the objective of the regulations which is to maintain the open and scenic character of the Rural Open Space district. Deed restrictions will be placed on the outlot to prohibit development or future subdivision. The City of Ramsey should be assured by the developer that the vege- tative management, grading and filling and on-site sewage disposal standards of the interim Development Regulations will be complied with. The City of Ramsey's Draft Critical Area Plan states that the City will require that an additional four feet of roadway be provided on future streets paralleling the river to accommodate a bikeway trail along the river corridor. The additional pavement width should be indicated along 142nd Avenue on the subdivision plat and provisions made for the future extension of the bikeway through the designated outlot to connect with future developments to the west of Alpaca Estates. In conclusion, the modifications to the Alpaca Estates Subdivision, as proposed by the developer, are consistent with the objectives of the Critical Area Interim Development Regulations and the EQB has no ob- Jection to the cities final approval of this project. The City of