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,~ "" -'3 RECE\\fEO j A N - 5 1985 ~ ~nSd.........\~ ~oO Community Development Committee of January 9, 1995 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 612291-6359 TDD 612 291-0904 DATE: December 30, 1994 ~~ TO: Metropolitan Community Development Committee FROM: Office of Local Assistance (Bob Davis, 291-6317) SUBJECT: Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amendment MUSA Expansion Metropolitan Council Referral File No. 13834-7 Metropolitan Council District 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PLAN AMENDMENT "- The city of Ramsey has submitted ~ major plan amendment that will add 1,455 gross acres of land to the city's urban service area (MUSA). The proposed MUSA land is generally located to the north and west of current urban service area. See attachments 1 and 2. The Ramsey amendment would result in 442 net developable vacant acres being added to the current urban service area, 311 acres of which would be for low density residential uses providing approximately 933 lots. The area being added to the MUSA already contains a substantial number of scattered residential dwellings, several parks, an elementary school, the closed Ramsey landfill and the abandoned Gatewayairport. The area is planned to accommodate a substantial share of the 1,800 new households and 609 additional jobs forecast for the city between 1990 and 2000. REGIONAL POLICY ISSUES Ramsey's proposal is a major addition to the urban seE.ce area which will satisfy the city's needs through 2000. Urban development proposed for the SA addition includes areas zoned for single and multiple family residential, business and in ustrial uses. See attachment 5. Currently there are over 4,100 households in the city. Less than 10 percent of these households are located within the current MUSA and receive municipal sanitary sewer service. The remaining 3,600+ households are served by individual on-site septic systems most of which are not planned to receive municipal sewer service. While the city did change its rural development policy in 1990 to preclude further development at densities in excess of four units per 40 acres, there are a significant number of lots of record in the city's rural and rural transition areas that will develop at higher density. Council staff has concern about the number of on-site septic systems and the regulation of their use. In particular staff is concerned about city reliance on self-inspections by citizens for solids JM iJIV\{,-<,J .. ~ r --t p\oJ0&