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At the time of the adoption of the City Code, the City was anticipating availability of sewer service in the early 1980's and discouraged development in the urban area. With the addition of sewer service to Ramsey, it is antici- pated that growth in the City will accelerate to the rate experienced in the late 1970's. This is based on discus- sions with several developers in the area who have plans to develop as soon as sewer is available. 4) The City of Anoka is in the process of providing water ser- vice to its industrial area adjacent to Ramsey. With indus- trial growth, the need for residential housing will be increased. As indicated in Anoka's comprehensive plan, Anoka is reaching saturation in its residential development and will not be able to provide the required housing for its industrial growth. There are only 270 acres of un- developed residential land available in Anoka and 440 acres of undeveloped industrial land. With the present high rate of inflation and interest rates, the need for low to moderate cost housing will increase. This is anticipated to be provided in the form of medium to high density housing such as apartments and townhouses, which will require sewer service. 6) In February of 1978, Bordner Consultants completed a market research and planning study for development of the Ramsey Center which is located in the southeast corner of the City. Their analysis concluded the Ramsey Center could become the future downtown for the City of Ramsey with a 1976 trade area of 36,990. The analysis was based on the fact that municipal utilities and a Rum River bridge crossing would be constructed. Anoka County is presently pursuing the construction of the Rum River bridge and is presently in the E.I.S. phase of the project. The City of Ramsey has passed a resolution requesting that the County place this project on their capital improvements program with hopes of construction of this bridge in the near future. 7) It is anticipated that the current economic trends will be reversed by the Reagan Administration and development growth will increase. A growth of 4.2 percent per year would result in a population of 15,225 by the year 1990 or 5,135 people since the 1980 census. This would result in the demand for 1,978 new housing units based on 3.2 people per household and a decline from 3.6 to 3.2 persons per household in existing households. A figure of 3.2 persons per household was used for the following reasons versus the cur- rent 3.6 persons per household. 70c 9 - 14 - 81 9 -28 -81 10 -13 -81 1 -7 -82 4 -1 -82