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01/31/01 15:35 FAX 651 602 1674 PLNG GROWTH 1,C002 It Metropolitan Council Working for the Region, Planning for the Future INTERNAL MEMORANDUM DATE: January 31, 2001 TO: Jim Norman, City Manager, City of Ramsey FROM: Richard Thompson, Supervisor, Comprehensive Planning SUBJECT: Private Sewer Systems You have asked us to briefly outline the statutory basis for the Metropolitan Council's requirements that local - units of government implement certain local management programs for private sewer systems, sometimes referred to as "individual sewage treatment systems" or "ISTS." The following information on the statutory basis has been reviewed by our legal department. The Minnesota Land Planning Act (the "Act ") is found at Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.851, et seq. The Act contains Legislative findings and purposes which read, in part, as follows: The legislature finds and declares that the local governmental units within the metropolitan area are interdependent, that the growth and patterns of urbanization within the area create the need for additional state, metropolitan and local public services and facilities and increase the danger of air and water pollution and water shortages, and that developments in one local governmental unit may affect the provision of regional capital improvements for sewers, transportation, airports, water supply, and regional recreation open space. Since problems of urbanization and development transcend local governmental boundaries, there is a need for the adoption of coordinated plans, programs and controls by all local governmental units and school districts in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the metropolitan area and to ensure coordinated, orderly and economic development.' [emphasis added] In furtherance of these purposes, the Act provides that local government units must submit their comprehensive plans to the Metropolitan Council for review? The Act further defines a comprehensive plan to mean "the comprehensive plan of each local governmental unit described in sections 473.858 to 473.862, and any a m e n d m e n t s to t h e plan " and states t h a t the ".. . comprehensive plans of cities shall include the matters specified in section 473.859.' [emphasis added] Section 473.859 is entitled "Comprehensive Plan Content" and requires that a comprehensive plan include the following: 1 473.851 2 473.858, subdivision 1 3 473.852, subdivision 5 4 473.86