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[ Case #14: ~ /kdoption of the Final Town Center Alternative Urban Areawide Review f L i ~AUAR); Case of City of Ramsey Councilmexfibe~/Kurak abstained from the discussion. Principal PI nn r Trudgeon stated that on April 22, 2003, the City Council authorized the release of the dratl YoW~n Center Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR). The release triggered a 30-day review Ceriod that ended on May 14, 2003. Under the AUAR process, the City must respond to all Comments and send out these responses to agencies and persons making the comments. Che~e responses were received by the appropriate persons/agencies on June 2. Persons and[age~ cies then have 10 business days to object to the City's responses. This 10-day period end~ on[ June 16, 2003. The City received no objections to its responses. Staff had reviewed th~. firlal product and finds that it adequately addresses the City's and respondent's concerns to flae J~raft AUAR. The City received a clarification letter from Metropolitan Council regarding sa~ titarty sewer capacity downstream from Ramsey. The City also received a letter from Erika Sitz re ,mrding the Town Center AUAR. Under Minnesota Administrative Rules, only state agencies can object to the City's responses to the Draft AUAR. Nevertheless, Ms. Sitz wanted to make sure th at t.he Council sees her concerns. It was noted that the City will follow the normal permitting P~ Oc~s with the DNR for any water appropriation and that this fact is also discussed in the AUAR. i As the Ramsey Town Center develops, the City will use the final AUAR document as a I~asis of review during [he approval process and will enforce the mitigation requirements outlined in the final AUAR. In the end, all developments within the Town Center will need to [dh~re to the policy and mandates of the Town Center AUAR. Staff recommended approval oftl~e f'~nal Town Center AUAR subject to City Council conditions. [ Motion by C~ouneilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Strommen, to adopt Resolution #03-06-164 a~pr~ving the Final Town Center AUAR. Motion carriad, iVoting Yes: Mayor Gamec, and Councilmembers Cook, Strommen, Pearson, and Zimmem lan. !. Voting No: None. Abstained: Councilmember Kurak. Case #15: A~thorizing the Initiation of an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (~AR) Environmental Review for Highway #10 Corridor within the City of Ramsey Principal Plahnet Trudgeon stated that MnDOT conducted a Highway #10 Inter-Regional Corridor stud~ iri 2002 that outlined the deficiencies and needs of the Highway #10 corridor through the riexti20+ years. Several alternatives were identified in the IRC study, including realignment of th~ existing corridor. In an effort to preserve all of the options presented in the IRC study, the City has taken an active interest in preserving the corridor as much as possible until such ti~ ie ~nding is available. This unique combination of transportation and land use factors creates anf~mmed~ate need to explore tools for transportation management, right of way preservation, Urban Areaw ~ndlfurther land use planning. Other actions to be evaluated in the Alternative ide'~Review (AUAR) include official mapping, rezoning, or land use/policy City Council/June 24, 2003 Page 31 of 37