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'1 I I I I I I I I ! I I I i I I I I Mr. Patrick Trudgeon May 13, 2003 Page 2 lead planning effort for the Ramsey Town Center site. The mix of land uses, compactness and network of greenways/drainage ways should induce bike and pedestrian trips for work, shopping, school, entertainment, and recreational purposes. Jif not year round, at least seasonal. These internal trips would replace some auto trips. The AUAR should address the potential for alternative mode splits and indicate if some form of a pedestrian walk way system is still part of the project's development program. Section 21- ll4itigation Element Given the bleak long-term outlook for 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 projec{s completed by the time the Ramsey Town Center project is scheduled to be completed in 2007, it may be useful to prioritize the projects that are critical to providing a reasonable level of acces~ to the project. An emerging trend is for more local funding of critical highway projects needed to support ongoing local development. The local funding is one means to insure that needed highway improvement projects are constructed in a timely manner. Local funding strategies can range from fi~lly paying for the project such as the new Tamarack Interchange in Woodbury, city/private partial funding provided to construct the 1- 494 Penn Avenue Interchange, or reimbursements. Reimbursements are typically financial agreements between MnDOT and a municipality whereby the municipality funds a MnDOT project to accelerate the timing of its construction. The municipality is refunded the project cost at a fiiture time when funds for the project become available to the department. The AUAR should acknowledge the need for creative funding mechanisms and partnerships if the mitigation projects listed are to be constrticted within the desired time frame as determined in part by the phasing and timing of the Ramsey Town Center project. 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 shared parking design to reduce the tendencies in commercial development to over design (given conventional parking stall/commercial square footage ratios) the number of parking stalls constructed. Wastewater Services (Donald Bluhm 651-602-1116) Tile AUAR indicates the projected build-out flow from tile Town Center, currently located within the 2020 MUSA boundary, will be 4.2 Million Gallons pen' Day (MGD) and 7.3 MGD for the City as a whole. The design flow per acre based on proposed land use type appears to be conservative, although. acceptable. The City's design of the local wastewater systems is hi~er than those used by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) to design metropolitan facilities. Based on the information in the AUAR, MCES believes the actual fl0w fi'om the existing MUSA with the Town Center would be 3.5 to 3.8 MGD. This requirement is consistent with Metropolitan Council Wastewater System Plan. The comprehensive plan will need to be amended to include tile Town Center prior to implementing the AUAR. The long term flow projections for tile City of 7.3 MGD as shown in the AUAR is not consistent with tile Metropolitan Council Wastewater System Plan and thus represents a substantial impact to the Metropolitan Disposal System. This need for future sewer services will require changes to the Systems Plan. A meeting should be established between the City and the Metropolitan Council to discuss this need. -179-