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e e 1: I. REGIONAL SETTING The City of Ramsey is located in Anoka County, one of the northern counties that make up the seven-county region known as the Twin City Metropolitan Area. Two rivers dominate Ramsey's boarders. The Rum River separates Ramsey from the cities of Andover and Anoka to the east and the Mississippi River separates Ramsey from Hennepin County and the City of Dayton to the south. West of Ramsey is Sherburne County and the City of Elk River, a growing community and region. The more fully developed City of Anoka shares Ramsey's southeastern boarder. To the north is Burns Township, one of the few remaining townships in Anoka County and the City of Oak Grove lies to the northeast. A 1997 survey by Decision Resources, L TD revealed that the residents of Ramsey chose to locate here because of its location, its housing opportunities and its rural character. Ramsey's location now finds itself in an area of transition and oftentimes conflicts between urban and rural development patterns. It is situated on the Anoka Sandplain, a surface geology consisting of sandy soils with a high water table resulting in areas of dry sandy uplands suitable for urban type developments and wet lowlands that hinder development. Its original landscape consisted of scattered groupings of oaks and open prairies on the uplands and wet prairies, marshes and conifer bogs on the lower lands. Today many residents make their homes under or within the mature oak woods, supplemented by pine plantings. Wetlands remain a predominant open space feature in the Ramsey landscape. Figure 1 Regional Setting City of Ramsey Hennepin County w+ s Carver County Dakota County City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Page 1