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P PRESENTATION Metro • olitan Council Meetin of: Marc 28 2001 ADVISORY INFORMATION Date: Subject: District(s), Member(s): Policy /Legal Reference: Staff Prepared/Presented: Agenda Item: 2001 -54 March 21, 2001 City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Update Referral No. 18160 -1 and Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor/MNRRA (Critical Area, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area) — Referral File No. 16891 -1 Metropolitan Council District 9, Natalie Haas Steffen, Metropolitan Council MN Statutes 473.864, Subd. 2 and 473.175, Subd. 1; Critical Areas Act MN Statutes 116G, Executive Order 79 -19 and PL 100 -696 Sandra Pinel, Sector Representative, Principal Reviewer (651- 602 - 1513); Kristin. Smitten, River Corridor Planner (651- 602 -1535) Eli Cooper, Director, Planning and Growth Management (651 602 - 1521) Caren Dewar, Director, Community Development 651- 602 -1306 Community Development Division/Planning & Growth Management Dept. Division/Department: Proposed Action/Motion That the Metropolitan Council adopt the attached Review Record and recommendation. Issue(s) • Should the Metropolitan Council permit the city of Ramsey to put its 2020 Comprehensive Plan Update into effect? • Should the Metropolitan Council find the plan's land use element and staging plan consistent with the Regional Blueprint and Regional Growth Strategy policies for the urban reserve and permanent rural area? • Should the Metropolitan Council find that the plan constitutes a departure from the Metropolitan Water Resources Management Plan? • Should the Metropolitan Council recommend to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that the Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor/MNRRA plan is consistent with regional objectives and state Critical Area standards as defined by Executive Order 79 -19? • Should the Metropolitan Council recommend to the National Park Service findings of Mississippi River Critical Area CorridorfMNRRA plan voluntary conformance with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) Comprehensive Management Plan? Overview and Funding The city of Ramsey, located in northwestern Anoka County along the Mississippi River, ranks 21s` of communities expected to take additional growth to 2020 (4,100 more households). The southern portion of this city of 29 square miles has been on urban services for a decade. The Regional Blueprint shows urban, 2020 MUSA, urban reserve and permanent rural within the city of Ramsey. The predominant development pattern is otherwise 1 to 2.5 -acre lots served by 3,750 on -site systems. Commercial and industrial development and future urban expansion is primarily along the TH10 corridor that includes the proposed Northstar Commuter rail. The plan identifies a 100 -acre mixed -use area and policies for a Town Centre where achieve mixed -use and transit oriented development could be developed along the Northstar corridor and TH 10. The plan proposes to add 1,096 acres to the MUSA. In areas not planned for urban services where rural subdivisions have already occurred, the city proposes to increase allowed density from one unit per ten acres to one unit per 2.5 acres, while keeping remaining open areas at one unit per 10 acres, consistent with Council policy. The city's initial submittal identified a 2015 urban growth boundary while allowing rural development in what the Council identified as urban reserve. With September 2000 amendments reducing density, the 1