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r -..:I ~. removal and total on-site system integrity. To avoid unplanned, premature extension of municipal or metropolitan sanitary sewers and municipal water to areas of past development in the rural and rural transition areas of the city, Council staff recommends that the city modify its on-site system management program and ordinances to incorporate all facets of the Council's standards for proper design, location, installation, maintenance and on-going monitoring of on-site systems. Program modifications need to include the requirement that all on-site systems in the city be inspected at.least biennially by an individual certified by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and licensed by the city or county to promote uniformity and a higher degree of environmental protection. The Ramsey plan amendment review was deemed incomplete for over a year due to potential impacts of the large MUSA addition upon the Metropolitan Highway System, specifically 1H 10 and 1H 169. The city of Ramsey cooperated with Anoka County in a transportation analysis study completed in October 1994. The transportation analysis found that the forecasted growth for 2005 in Anoka County communities can be accommodated by the metropolitan highway system, but only if a number of capacity enhancements are made to city, county and state highways (see attachment 3). These facilities serve a large area of Anoka County and provide alternatives to using metropolitan highways. Anoka County and the city of Ramsey have mutually agreed through this review process to carry out these improvements as development occurs to preserve the capacity of the Metropolitan Highway System. The 1990 Census indicated that the median value of Ramsey housing was $87,200, somewhat lower than the $88,900 for the metropolitan area, thereby providing some affordable housing ~ opportunities. However, the city has a considerably higher percentage of single family housing \tF rl \\ (96%) than is forecast by the Council for the region-as-a-whole (60-65%). The city should r;:..~o S consider development of diverse and multifamily housing opportunities. Given the continued ~ focus on single family detached housing the Ramsey plan amendment is not consistent with Council housing policy. The Council proposes to negotiate with the city to develop an acceptable agreement addressing housing diversity in both type and cost. RECOMMENDATIONS That the Metropolitan Council: 1. Adopt the staff report and findings as part of these recommendations: 2. Inform the city of Ramsey that pursuant to the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minnesota Statutes Sec. 473.175, Subd. 1), before it can put the plan amendment into effect it must agree to, within nine months of final Council action on this document, incorporate post-installation inspection and maintenance within the city's on-site ordinance and sewage system management program. The requirement would entail biennial inspections, at a minimum, of each on-site system in the city to verify its continued proper operation and need for solids removal. Inspections must be carried out by an inspector certified by the MPCA, and licensed by the city and/or county. The city's program is expected to include the keeping of permit records, licensing, correction of existing system problems and training of personnel as outlined in the Council's Policy Plan. 2