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Jim Norman, City Administrator January 13,2000 Page 2 the city has the capacity to accommodate those rental and affordable ownership units (246 acres on Table V -2, 85 acres on Table V -5 and 163 acres in Table V -6 without timeframes.) Guy Peterson will clarify what is needed in separate correspondence to the city. Ifwe assume only half of the city's affordable ownership units can be achieved with detached single-family homes, then the city will need at least 132 acres ofland developed at nine units per acre to achieve its goals, and this density might be high if planned for town homes. Water Resources Management (Don Bluhm 651 602-1116 and Jim Larsen 651602-1159) The Comprehensive Plan Update represents a Tier I level plan. . Provide sewage flow projections in at least five-year increments by adding years 2005 and 2015 flow needs to Table Vill-4. The plan provides incremental flow projections that represent increased flow over existing flow levels only for years 2000, 2010 and 2020. . Label Table VIII-1 to indicate the year the table depicts for "existing sewer flowage." The city of Ramsey is served with metropolitan sewer service through two separate connections to the Metropolitan Disposal System (MDS). Each connection is metered through the use of a gravity flume, which was designed to accommodate a wide range of flows. The design enables the MCES to change the flume size as flow from the community increases over time. Currently both facilities contain a three-inch flume nested inside a larger flume. The Council needs sufficient incremental flow projections for each connection point so that planned improvements can be scheduled at each of the meter locations. . Submit a recent copy of the city's sanitary sewer system map depicting location and size of facilities and any lift station/forcemain facilities the city owns and operates. . Include text in the plan for the city to establish an ISTS maintenance and management program and to revise the ordinance, Appendix E, within 120 days of Metropolitan Council action on the plan, to require all systems be inspected or pumped every three years, consistent with MPCA rules 7080. The Council has developed a computer software program that is available free of charge for the city's use in establishing and managing an ISTS notification and tracking program. We suggest also including a map showing soils not suitable for on-site systems since it is also required in state guidelines for the Mississippi River Critical Area. Surface Water Management (Jim Larsen 651 602-1159) . A copy of the land use controls that implement the Council's Interim Strategy to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution (the city has adopted the strategy in the plan) or a resolution indicating that controls will be amended to implement the strategy within 120 days of Metropolitan Council action on the plan. Water Supply This element is complete for review. Aviation (Chauncey Case 651602-1724) The plan is complete for review.