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300 Metro Square Building, 7th Street and Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota <br />March" 9, 1982 <br />• <br />Mr. Thomas G. Gamec, Mayor <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. <br />Ramsey,'4ynnesota 55303 <br />(a_ <br />N C lT��� - <br />10 <br />v <br />Z <br />rea 612, 291 -6359 <br />Re: Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Review <br />Dear Mayor Gamec : / <br />At this point in '4e plan review process, it would be useful to outline <br />specifically what issues remain to be resolved, what the City of Ramsey has <br />the responsibility to do, and how the Metropolitan Council will follow up on <br />the plan review. From the Metropolitan Council's perspective, the City of <br />Ramsey has the responsibility for the following revisions to its plan in order <br />for it to be acceptable: <br />1. Reduce the size of the 1990 urban service area (sewered area) to <br />approximately 1,000 acres. The City of Ramsey expects an urban land <br />demand of 607 acres in the 1990 urban service area, which compares <br />favor -ably with the Council's demand estimate of 724 acres of urban <br />land. The Ramsey plan as originally submitted included a 1990 urban <br />service area of over 1800 acres, which is three times the area that the <br />city actually anticipates will be developed. Council policy is that the <br />1990 urban service area should not include more than a five -year over- <br />supply of land. <br />2. Reduce the size of the commercial /industrial area within the 1990 <br />urban service area to an area realistically sized to the expected <br />demand. Ramsey's plan forecasts a commercial /industrial land demand of <br />224 acres compared to the Council forecast of 153 acres. The Ramsey plan, <br />as revised January 6, 1982, proposes to sewer 811 developable acres of <br />commercial /industrial land or more than 3.6 times the area that the city <br />actually anticipates will be developed. Therefore, the 1990 urban service <br />area should include a supply of commercial /industrial land much closer to <br />the city's forecast of actual need. The city should keep in mind that the <br />greater the amount of excess industrial" land included, the smaller the <br />amount of residential and other urban land which can be included within <br />the total 1,000 -acre urban service. <br />L jAn A};ef , Crya1ed to Coordinate the :I'l:anninj; and Development ent of the "1'vtin Cities Metropolitan Area Comprising: <br />Anoka County:- Carver' County :.- .1)a'kot a County Rt n:nepin County Ramsey Cuunty Scott County Washington County <br />