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612-3386838 HOISINGTON KOEGLER e 823 Pll JUL 01 '98 12:42 WORKIA DRAFT Page 10 of 14 PLACES TO WORK The City of Ramsey has a general industrial park area that consists of a variety of heavy and light industrial uses. This generally lies east of Ramsey Boulevard and south of Industry Avenue and the sanitary landfIll. During the early 1990's the ABC Energy Park and Ramsey Business Park 95 have opened up new land for industrial development with urban utilities. These parks bave rapidly been f11ling up and have brought over 1,000 jpbs to the community within the last few years. Ramsey has a significant supply of available land that is strategically located just north of U.S. Highway 10 and along the BNSF railroad line. The current zoning ordinance designates the majority of this land as Business Warehouse and Industrial property. Much of this land has yet to be served by utilities and has not developed. As the future MUSA line is extended it is anticipated that industrial/office growth will occur in Ramsey. General :Places to Work Goals The following are the goals of the City relative to places to work: · To provide a diversity of good paying jobs to residents of the City of Ramsey. · To provide a sound economic base for the City, local school district" and Anoka County. · To improve the ratio of jobs to housing in order to lessen the dependency on access to the Metropolitan area and the regional roadway system. · To provide opportunities for growth of existing businesses (business retention). · To create opportunities for high quality development that contributes to a good image for the City of Ramsey. It is the intent of the plan to create industrial/offIce park settings where buildings and uses relate to each other to become places rather than function as freestanding elements. Future places to work are intended to be served by urban utilities in order to insure the highest quality of public infrastructure and private investment. Development of places to work is intended to maximize the efficiency of land use by minimizing streets and utility lengths and create centralized stonn ponds that function to not only filter sediments from surface runoff but provide an amenity for employees on lunch break. Generally, places to work is intended to accommodate uses such as business and professional offices, showrooms, warehousing, light industrial/manufacturing, public works facilities, etc. Places to Work Policies It is the policy of the City to: 1. Require developments to adhere to environmentally sensitive design and constnlction standards. (see "Protecting Water Quality in Urban Areas" a publication on Best Management Practices by the MPCA) 2. Encourage high quality and unique design and site planning. Hoisington Koegler Group, inc. Ramsey Comprehensive Plan