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~ Metropolitan Council ~ Improve regional competitiveness in a global economy Internal Memorandum DATE: November 21,2000 SUBJECT: Sandra Pinel Guy Peterson f'vll\ Ramsey comp:h:nJve Plan TO: FROM: Using tables from two different drafts of the plan as follows: Table V-4 Table V-4 Table V-5 Table VIII-2 Table VIII-2 Dec. 21 draft Sept. 2000 draft Sept. 2000 draft Dec. 21 draft Sept. 2000 draft 1999 to 2010 = 2,500 sewered households 1999 to 2010 = 2,500 sewered households 1999 to 2010 = 2,500 sewered households 2000 to 2010 = 2,400 sewered households 2000 to 2010 = 2,400 sewered households Environmental Services says that there were 1,344 sewered households in Ramsey in 1996. The current sewer plan and Table VIII-2 indicate they plan to have 4,500 sewered households by 2010. This means I am working with urbanized growth 00,156 households in the 15 year LeA goal timeframe - 1996-2010. Since 1996, the city has experienced the addition of292 affordable ownership units, 50 rental units and 18 affordable rental units. The balance of these goals to 2010 are: . 1,696 affordable ownership units . 266 rental units Affordable ownership can be accomplished at seven units per acre or higher density. Rental housing is unlikely to be built at less than 12 to 15 units per acre. If the city will now state in the plan that it will allow multifamily development at 15 units per acre (as an earlier draft ofthe plan said), then the plan needs to indicate and identify at least 20 acres ofland that can be developed at 15 units per acre through 2010. If only 20 acres is guided for 15 units per acre, then at least 240 acres need to be guided for development at seven units per acre. (The current draft says only 132 acres is guided as such.) As a rule of thumb, for every additional acre of land that will be guided for 15 units per acre development, two fewer acres will be needed for the seven unit per acre category, e.g., 25 acres of IS/acre reduces the 7/acre need to 230 acres; 50 acres of IS/acre reduces the 7/acre to 180 acres and so on. Every effort should be made to not confine either the IS/acre or 7/acre land to one area of the city, although the town center TOD opportunity certainly would be a good place for a substantial concentration of both densities of residential development.