Agenda - Council - 05/27/2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I i ! I I I I I I I I potential for alternative mode splits and indicate if some form of a pedestrian walk way system is still part of tile project's development program. Response: MMA response expected Comment 12.5: In Section 21- Mitigation Element, given the bleak long-terln outlook · ~br the timely availability of state and county funding (acknowledged by the AUAR document) to complete the projects listed, and assuming the need to have the projects completed by the time the Ramsey Town Center project is scheduled to be completed in 2007, it may be usei'ul to prioritize the projects that are critical to providing a reasonable level of access to the project. An elnerging trend is for more local funding of critical highway projects needed to support ongoing local developnnent. The local funding is one means to insure that needed highway improvement projects are constructed in a timely manner. Local funding strategies can range froln fully paying for the project such as the new Tamarack Interchange in Woodbury, city/private partial fnnding provided to construct the 1-494 Penn Avenue Interchange, or reimbursements. Reimbursements are typically financial agreements between Mn/DOT and a municipality whereby the municipality Funds a Mn/DOT project to accelerate the tinning of its construction. The municipality is rehmded the project cost at a future time when fnnds for the project become available to the department. The AUAR should acknowledge the need for creati ve l"unding nnechanisms and partnerships if the mitigation projects listed are to be constructed within the desired time frame as determined in part by the phasing and timing ol"the Ramsey Town Center project. Response: MMA response expected Comment 12.6: In Section 17 - Water Quality - Stormwater Runoff, in the AUAR, alternative land consumption strategies were considered to reduce the amount of impervious materials on the site. A suggestion is the design of a project that implements a slanted parl<ing design to reduce the tendencies in comnnercial development to over design (given conventional parking stall/commercial square footage ratios) the number of parking stalls constructed. Response: MMA resPonse eXpeC!ed Comment 12.7: In Section 18, the AUAR indicates the projected build-out flow from the Town Center, currently located within the 2020 MUSA boundary, will be 4.2 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) and 7.3 MGD for the City as a whole. The design flow per acre based on proposed [and use type appears to be conservative, altlnougln acceptable. Tlne City's design of the local wastewater §ystems is higher than those used by the Metropolitan Council Environnnental Services (MCES) to design metropolitan facilities. Based on the inl~ormation in the AUAR, MCES believes the actual flow fi'om the existing MUSA with the Town Center would be 3.5 to 3.8 MGD. This requirennent is consistent with Metropolitan Council Wastewater System Plan. The comprehensive plan will need to be amended to include the Town Center prior to implementing the AUAR. The long term flow projections for tine City of 7.3 MGD as -171-