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<br /> <br />City of Ramsey <br /> <br />PHONE (612) 427-1410 <br />FAX (612) 427-5543 <br />15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 . TDD (612) 427-8591 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Lynda Voge, Referrals Coordinator <br />Metropolitan Council <br />Mears Park Centre <br />230 East Fifth Street <br />St. Paul, MN 55101-1634 <br /> <br />Regrading: Revised MUSA/Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Voge: <br /> <br />Enclosed for the Metropolitan Council review are five copies of a revised major <br />comprehensive plan amendment for the City of Ramsey. This plan amendment is a <br />modification of the proposed MUSA expansion that was submitted to you on October 20, <br />1993. The City staff has met with the Metropolitan Council staff and developed this <br />proposed MUSA expansion. The proposed increase is a total of 1,455 acres. As the table <br />below indicates, over 70 percent of this expansion is not developable due to wetlands or to <br />previously developed property. <br /> <br />Undevelopable Developed Developable Gross <br /> Property Property Area <br />227 786* 442 1,455 <br /> <br />* Includes LandfIll Property <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey has completed this MUSA expansion request after reviewing the <br />current development trends in the City and the projected growth in the City for the future <br />years. These growth patterns indicate that the current available residential property in the <br />MUSA (35 acres) will be used up by early 1994. This will effectively prevent any further <br />construction of residential housing in the City. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, <br />dated June 27, 1993, the City of Lakeville estimates it has enough land within the MUSA <br />to last 17 years. According to the same article, Woodbury has 3,000 acres of residential <br />and 1,500 acres of commercial industrial land available within the MUSA, which will take <br />them to the year 2010. <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey, unlike many of the suburbs in the Southern Metro Area, has provided <br />for the development of housing for all levels of society from the first time home buyer on <br />up. This housing diversity is supported by an article from the June 27, 1993 Minneapolis <br />