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Council and City staff have had several meetings and during those meetings, staff had expressed <br />concerns that the forecast for the City by the Metropolitan Council might be high. Ms. Pinel <br />stated that the Metropolitan Council will work with the City Council when the plan is received if <br />there are any major differences between the City and Metropolitan Council. She explained the <br />Metropolitan Council will be looking for an on-site treatment and inspection program for septic <br />systems, and traffic issues. <br /> <br />Judy Sventek reviewed the environmental issues that the Metropolitan Council will be looking <br />for in the City's Comprehensive Plan. 1) A local service water management plan; 2) The water <br />supply plan would need to be updated; and 3) An individual sewer treatment management plan. <br />She explained that the Metropolitan Council received a letter in 1995 from the Ramsey's <br />Building Inspector stating that the City would inspect the septic systems, but the Met Council has <br />not received notice that a program is in place and they would need to have proof that a plan was <br />in place as part of the Comprehensive Plan. The plan would need to require maintenance and <br />inspection every three years. Ms Sventek noted that they would have fimds available to assist <br />with setting up a management plan and that the Met Council is currently working on soRware <br />that would keep track of notifying residents when the required maintenance should be done. <br /> <br />Nacho Diaz, discussed the regional transportation issues. He explained that building more roads <br />will not lessen congestion that the problem will have to be approached from many directions. <br />Mr. Diaz stated that the local governments need to work on the arterial roads and then work on a <br />better secondary system. <br /> <br />Tom McElveen stated that the City of Ramsey and the Metropolitan Council need to work <br />together to develop the area and make a stronger region. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated that transportation is becoming a major problem in the area and that growth <br />from outside the City also needs to be considered because that, too, is impacting traffic on the <br />local roads. <br /> <br />Mr. McElveen stated that the description of the traffic problems are very real and that the <br />Metropolitan Council is trying to strengthen the relationship with the outer communities to try to <br />manage the area better. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated that his other concern is lifestyle housing, explaining that a lot of the <br />families living in new houses are struggling to get by, and yet the City of Ramsey has <br />approximately 700 job openings. <br /> <br />Mr. McElveen explained that life cycle housing in the region has historically been 32 percent of <br />all households rent and 69 percent own there own homes, but in working with other communities <br />and because of the labor shortage and a majority of jobs available being low paying jobs, there is <br />now more need for all types of housing. He explained a strategy to help correct the problem <br />might be better commuting within the City and mixed housing to allow for people of all incomes <br />to live and work in the area. <br /> <br />City Council/August 10, 1999 <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />