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e City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD NW., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 . PHONE: (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 TOO (612) 427-8591 Ms. Linda Milashius, Referrals Coordinator Metropolitan Council Mears Park Centre 230 E. Fifth Street St. Paul, MN 55101-1634 Dear Ms. Milashius: The enclosed package includes the required submittal items for the Metropolitan Council's formal review of the recent draft of the City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan update. The plan is a complete plan rewrite and was drafted in a manner to serve the City of Ramsey and as best possible remain consistent with the requirements as outlined in Minnesota Laws governing Comprehensive Planning for Metropolitan Area communities and the goals and objectives of the Regional Blueprint. The are several items that should be pointed out however relative to Ramsey's process and fmal draft plan. These items include the following: 1. Items in the January 13th, 1999 Informal Review letter from Richard Thompson were addressed in the revised draft as submitted. 2. The December 21st, 1999 draft contains some additional revisions from the March 8th draft that was recommended for approval to the City Council by the Planning Commission. Those changes generally include: . Eliminating reference to "Cluster Housing" as a development tool. While developers may still propose using cluster housing techniques, the City will not encourage nor discourage the use of these techniques. . Expanding the land use designation of the residential transition area (Urban Rural Residential Transition) to include all vacant land where existing platted single family residential homes abut vacant lands. . Clarifying the land use category of "low density residential" to emphasize that this designation is primarily intended for single family detached housing, but under PUDs limited multi-family may be permitted. . Lowered densities from 4:5 u/a to 4 u/a in low density areas and 8 u/a to 6 u/a in medium density areas. 3. This Comprehensive Plan update includes acknowledgement of a future MUSA expansion area in plan form. However, this comprehensive plan submittal is not to be construed as a.. formal request for MUSA expansion as the City of Ramsey Charter Section 14.1.3. requires approval "by a majority of registered voters prior to its implementation or submission to any outside regulatory body." There has been some discrepancy as to the legality of this charter provision, however this issue remains unresolved and this vote has not yet been taken.