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September 20, 1990 City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 • (612) 427 -1410 Mr. John Rutford, Referral Coordinator Metropolitan Council Mears Park Center 230 East 5th Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Re: MUSA /Comprehensive Plan Amendment Dear Mr. Rutford: Enclosed for Metropolitan Council review are five copies of a comprehensive plan amendment for the City of Ramsey. The City of Ramsey, via a submittal dated January 26, 1989, proposed MUSA expansion by 405 acres. The Metropolitan Council on July 13, 1989, approved an extension of 200 acres and, subject to conditions, approved the remaining 205 acres. This comprehensive plan amendment is based on the January submittal, recognizes the 405 acre expansion and provides data to meet the conditions imposed on the 205 acre portion of the expansion. The conditional approval required Metropolitan Council review and approval of three city policy issues. Thes? are related to rural residential development density, to prohibition of on -site sewer systems in the MUSA area and to mandatory connection to the municipal sewer systems when service is available within the MUSA. These requirements were immediately met by city resolution and have subsequently been implemented by adoption of city ordinances. The applicable ordinances are included in the appendix of this submittal. This data is responsive to the Metropolitan Council staff report dated July 20, 1989, items numbers 1, 2, and 3. The 205 acre approval was also conditioned on an evaluation of land use policies on the metro highway system (report item 12). That evaluation is included herein. The Metropolitan Council staff report included a number of requests that, while not conditions of approval, were identified as desirable comprehensive plan amendments. These issues have been addressed in this submittal and include: