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<br />< <br />. <br /> <br />METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE lWIN CITIES AREA <br />Mears Park Centre, 230 E. 5th St. <br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 <br />612-291-6359!IDD 291-0904/FAX 291-6550 <br /> <br />DATE: November 2,1992 <br />.,.., <br /> <br />TO: Metropolitan and Community Development Committee <br /> <br />FROM: Steven Schwanke, Research and Long Range Planning <br /> <br />SUBJECT: City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />Year 2000 MUSAEr:pansion <br />Metropolitan Council Referral File No. 13834-6 <br />Metropolitan Council District No. 9 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The city of Ramsey has submitted a comprehensive plan amendment to extend the Metropolitan <br />Urban Service Area (MUSA) by 44 acres. Of the 44 acres to be added to the MUSA, 21 acres <br />are designated for commercial and industrial uses, and 23 acres for single-family residential <br />development. See Attachments 1 and 2. <br /> <br />REGIONAL POLICY ISSUES <br /> <br />Several regional policy issues are associated with this plan amendment. These issues relate to the <br />expansion of the MUSA, the impact of planned land uses on a metropolitan highway, and <br />available sanitary sewer capacity at the Anoka Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). <br /> <br />In 1989, the Metropolitan Council reviewed a plan amendment from the city of Ramsey <br />requesting a 405-acre Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) expansion. As part of that plan <br />amendment, the city was able to. demonstrate a need for the 405-acre MUSAexpansion. The <br />Council granted a 200-acre MUSA expansion and committed to the remaining 205 acres when the <br />city submitted a future plan amendment changing its rural service area, on-site system and sewer <br />service availability policies, and completed an analysis that evaluated the potential impact of <br />planned land uses on TII 10. . <br /> <br />The city of Ramsey has included as part of this plan amendment policies that limit development in <br />the rural service area, concentrate development and urban facilities in a defined urban service <br />area, tightly regulate on-site septic systems and define when local residents will be required. to <br />connect to sanitary sewer service. The city's ordinances implementing these proposed policies <br />were attached to the plan amendment as an appendix. <br /> <br />The city has not fully evaluated the impact of planned land uses on TII 10 as part of this plan <br />amendment. As noted above, in 1989, the Council expressly requested the city of Ramsey to <br />