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The Northstar Commuter Rail study is proceeding. The express bus service is scheduled to begin this year to serve existing demand and to help encourage future commuter rail service. The city of Ramsey is the location of a planned express bus stop and a potential commuter rail station. The demand for and feasibility of an added river crossing and a commuter rail station is in part dependent on the number of families living in the city. Should forecasted growth not occur in the city it is less likely either highway or transit investments can occur. The plan could be supportive of the regional transit facilities plan if it accommodates forecasted growth and includes mixed -use compact development around the station location on the NCDA commuter rail line. Water Resources Management The plan is generally consistent with the regional Water Resources Management plan but there remains a potential departure from the plan after 2020 as it relates to use of sewer capacity provided to the city. Wastewater Services (Kyle Colvin 651- 602 -1151) The city of Ramsey is served with metropolitan sewer service through two separate connections to the Metropolitan Disposal System (MDS). The plan correctly identifies the two sanitary service points in which the city of Ramsey is provided with metropolitan sewer service. Currently only the southern portion of the city is provided metropolitan sanitary sewer services. This area is broken into two separate districts each discharging into one of the two interceptor sewers that provide service to the city. The southwestern portion of the city (identified as the Mississippi River District in the Plan) is connected to MCES interceptor 7707A. The location of this connection is at the municipal border with Anoka near a railroad track alignment. The southeastern portion of the city (identified as the Rum River District in the Plan) is connected to MCES interceptor 8362 -299. The location of this connection is at the intersection of Dysposium Ave. and Industrial Blvd. at the municipal boarder with the city of Anoka. All sanitary sewer generated within the city of Ramsey that is connected to the regional sewer system is conveyed and treated at the Metropolitan Treatment facility located in St. Paul. The plan provided sewered household and employment forecasts for the city for years 2000 through 2020 in five -year increments. The sewered household and employment projections contained in the Water Resources Management and MDS system plan for Ramsey are in the following table. The second table summarizes projected sewered household and employment figures as stated in the city's sewer element. Metropolitan Council Forecasts Note: As stated in Table A - 3, page 62, Water Resources Management Policy Plan, . City of Ramsey Sewer Use Forecasts It is important to note that although the 2020 sewered housing projection is approximately 1,420 households short of the Council's projection of 7,500. The land use plan identifies that the residential areas within the 2020 MUSA are large enough to accommodate up to 7,095 sewered households. Which is approximately 400 sewered households short of the Council's 2020 projection. 14 Year 2000 Year 2010 Year 2020 Sewered Households 1655 3680 5880 Sewered Employment 2400 7035 8800 The Northstar Commuter Rail study is proceeding. The express bus service is scheduled to begin this year to serve existing demand and to help encourage future commuter rail service. The city of Ramsey is the location of a planned express bus stop and a potential commuter rail station. The demand for and feasibility of an added river crossing and a commuter rail station is in part dependent on the number of families living in the city. Should forecasted growth not occur in the city it is less likely either highway or transit investments can occur. The plan could be supportive of the regional transit facilities plan if it accommodates forecasted growth and includes mixed -use compact development around the station location on the NCDA commuter rail line. Water Resources Management The plan is generally consistent with the regional Water Resources Management plan but there remains a potential departure from the plan after 2020 as it relates to use of sewer capacity provided to the city. Wastewater Services (Kyle Colvin 651- 602 -1151) The city of Ramsey is served with metropolitan sewer service through two separate connections to the Metropolitan Disposal System (MDS). The plan correctly identifies the two sanitary service points in which the city of Ramsey is provided with metropolitan sewer service. Currently only the southern portion of the city is provided metropolitan sanitary sewer services. This area is broken into two separate districts each discharging into one of the two interceptor sewers that provide service to the city. The southwestern portion of the city (identified as the Mississippi River District in the Plan) is connected to MCES interceptor 7707A. The location of this connection is at the municipal border with Anoka near a railroad track alignment. The southeastern portion of the city (identified as the Rum River District in the Plan) is connected to MCES interceptor 8362 -299. The location of this connection is at the intersection of Dysposium Ave. and Industrial Blvd. at the municipal boarder with the city of Anoka. All sanitary sewer generated within the city of Ramsey that is connected to the regional sewer system is conveyed and treated at the Metropolitan Treatment facility located in St. Paul. The plan provided sewered household and employment forecasts for the city for years 2000 through 2020 in five -year increments. The sewered household and employment projections contained in the Water Resources Management and MDS system plan for Ramsey are in the following table. The second table summarizes projected sewered household and employment figures as stated in the city's sewer element. Metropolitan Council Forecasts Note: As stated in Table A - 3, page 62, Water Resources Management Policy Plan, . City of Ramsey Sewer Use Forecasts It is important to note that although the 2020 sewered housing projection is approximately 1,420 households short of the Council's projection of 7,500. The land use plan identifies that the residential areas within the 2020 MUSA are large enough to accommodate up to 7,095 sewered households. Which is approximately 400 sewered households short of the Council's 2020 projection. 14 Year 2000 Year 2010 Year 2020 Sewered Households 2100 4500 7500 Sewered Employment 2800 4000 4700 The Northstar Commuter Rail study is proceeding. The express bus service is scheduled to begin this year to serve existing demand and to help encourage future commuter rail service. The city of Ramsey is the location of a planned express bus stop and a potential commuter rail station. The demand for and feasibility of an added river crossing and a commuter rail station is in part dependent on the number of families living in the city. Should forecasted growth not occur in the city it is less likely either highway or transit investments can occur. The plan could be supportive of the regional transit facilities plan if it accommodates forecasted growth and includes mixed -use compact development around the station location on the NCDA commuter rail line. Water Resources Management The plan is generally consistent with the regional Water Resources Management plan but there remains a potential departure from the plan after 2020 as it relates to use of sewer capacity provided to the city. Wastewater Services (Kyle Colvin 651- 602 -1151) The city of Ramsey is served with metropolitan sewer service through two separate connections to the Metropolitan Disposal System (MDS). The plan correctly identifies the two sanitary service points in which the city of Ramsey is provided with metropolitan sewer service. Currently only the southern portion of the city is provided metropolitan sanitary sewer services. This area is broken into two separate districts each discharging into one of the two interceptor sewers that provide service to the city. The southwestern portion of the city (identified as the Mississippi River District in the Plan) is connected to MCES interceptor 7707A. The location of this connection is at the municipal border with Anoka near a railroad track alignment. The southeastern portion of the city (identified as the Rum River District in the Plan) is connected to MCES interceptor 8362 -299. The location of this connection is at the intersection of Dysposium Ave. and Industrial Blvd. at the municipal boarder with the city of Anoka. All sanitary sewer generated within the city of Ramsey that is connected to the regional sewer system is conveyed and treated at the Metropolitan Treatment facility located in St. Paul. The plan provided sewered household and employment forecasts for the city for years 2000 through 2020 in five -year increments. The sewered household and employment projections contained in the Water Resources Management and MDS system plan for Ramsey are in the following table. The second table summarizes projected sewered household and employment figures as stated in the city's sewer element. Metropolitan Council Forecasts Note: As stated in Table A - 3, page 62, Water Resources Management Policy Plan, . City of Ramsey Sewer Use Forecasts It is important to note that although the 2020 sewered housing projection is approximately 1,420 households short of the Council's projection of 7,500. The land use plan identifies that the residential areas within the 2020 MUSA are large enough to accommodate up to 7,095 sewered households. Which is approximately 400 sewered households short of the Council's 2020 projection. 14