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<br />~ Metropolitan Council <br />~ Working for the Region, Planning for the Future <br /> <br />March 31, 2000 <br /> <br /> <br />'"1 <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />Jim Norman <br />City Administrator <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd NW <br />Ramsey,MN 55303-6140 <br /> <br />RE: Land Supply Within the Metropolitan Urban Service ~i\rea <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Norman: <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Council has been asked to clarify its policies regarding land supply and staging <br />within the identified 2010 and 2020 Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundaries. The <br />Council required communities served by regional systems to identify five-year staging areas in <br />their comprehensive plans. The Council has been informed that communities have interpreted <br />this five-year urban staging plan requirement as a change in regional policies. The five-year <br />staging plan is used by the Council to undertake its facilities planning for regional services. After <br />comprehensive plans are reviewed, the Council permits communities to develop anywhere within <br />the 2010 MUSA as long as the development is contiguous and there is adequate regional system <br />capacity. <br /> <br />At its meeting on March 22, 2000, the Council reaffirmed its policies regarding land supply and <br />staging within the identified 2010 MUSA: once a community's plan is reviewed and allowed to <br />be put into effect, the community may develop the land within the agreed-to 2010 MUSA <br />boundary, unless there are short-term constraints in any of the Council's regional systems. <br /> <br />The Council has not identified any constraints in the regional systems in your community. Your <br />community may implement the 2010 MUSA boundary agreed to by your community and the <br />Council if your plan has completed the review process. If you have any questions regarding this <br />matter, please contact me at 651/602-1306. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br />~~r- <br /> <br />Director, Community Development Division <br /> <br />cc: Natalie Haas Steffen, Metropolitan Council District 9 <br /> <br />V:\LIBRARY\COMMUNDV\MCEL VEEN\2000\033 1-2000 Land Supply Ltrs,DOC <br /> <br />230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1626 <br /> <br />(651) 602-1000 <br /> <br />Fax 602-1550 <br /> <br />TDD/TIY 291-0904 Metro Info Line 602-1888 <br /> <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />