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availability. The city has proposed policies as part of this plan amendment to accomplish these three tasks. 3. To date, the city has not completed the comprehensive traffic analysis that in 1989, the Council indicated was necessary before the Council would consider further expansions to the city's \lrban service area. 4. The traffic an'alysis in the plan amendment is incomplete because trip generation from commercial and industrial land uses are not fully considered. 5. The proposed 44-acre MUSA expansion has the potential to have a negative impact on TH 10, a metropolitan highway. This is inconsistent with the criteria for expanding the MUSA as outlined in the Council's Interim Policy For Reviewing Metropolitan Urban Service Area Expansion Requests. 6. The 44-acre Metropolitan Urban Service Area expansion will have little impact on the Anoka Wastewater Treatment Plant. Little additional discharge to the. facility could be allowed beyond the 44-acre MUSA expansion, however, until after 1993 and phase-out of the plant is complete. 7. The Metropolitan Council has recently adopted an interim strategy to reduce nonpoint source pollution to all water bodies in the metropolitan area. This strategy was not used to review the proposed plan amendment because the strategy was adopted by the Council after receiving the plan amendment. 8. The Gateway Airport in the city of Ramsey is part of the metropolitan aviation system. This facility has recently been closed and removed from the city's comprehensive plan map. 9. A segment of the proposed North Mississippi Regional Trail is located on the property the city of Ramsey has proposed for addition to the MUSA The segment of the trail included in this plan amendment will provide a connection to Mississippi-West, an Anoka County park on the Mississippi River. RECOMMENDATIONS That the Metropolitan Council: 1. Adopt the staff report and findings as stated above as part of these recommendations. 2. Inform the city of Ramsey that pursuant to the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minnesota Statutes Sec. 473.175, Subd. 1), the city should modify its plan amendment and remove the 44-acre Metropolitan Urban Service Area expansion. The plan modification is required because the city has not completed a comprehensive traffic analysis that evaluates the potential impact planned land uses will have on TH 10 and because the proposed 44- acre Metropolitan Urban Service Area expansion has the potential to negatively impact TH 10, a metropolitan highway. 3