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~ .~~< ......'. ., . . SPECIAL MEETING RAMSEY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION January 13, 1975 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Sorteberg. Present were Mr. Pittman, Mr. Emmans, Mr. Bodle, Mr. Gamec, Mr. Fossum, and Mrs. Guy. Mrs. Mavis Anderson was present. She had indicated an interest in being on the Commission. She was interviewed. She stated she had lived in Ramsey for ten years. Mr. Richard Norton, 176)0 Cobalt St. N.W. was also interviewed. He is a librarian and audio visual teacher in the Osseo School District. He has lived here Ii years. Mr. Steffens: He said we should examine the comprehensive plan. He said we have practically no commercial land provided in this comprehensive plan. The comprehensive sewer plan should be studied. He brought the County Thoroughfare Plan and explained various points on that. The County has two Rum River bridges shown on this plan. He also explained the MSA map. He then explained the latest Metro Council map. The hearing on this last development guide will be held at Brooklyn Park on Jan. 21, 1975. The Metro Council is expecting local planning input. They will adopt this plan in Feb- ruary of 1975. The major roads and recreational areas will be set by October 1975. Local governments should have their plan finished by December of 1977. What we have to be concerned about is sewer, highways, recreational, transportation, etc. We should have a talk with Charles Weaver about this. We should send comments back on the rural service area, their designation. The Metro Council feels we will not have much employment in our area until the year 2000. We should plan for employment in our own community. In the last census only 26 people were engaged in agriculture. They want the lots to be subdivideable for the time when sewer comes. We can expect new laws with regard to on site disposal systems. The way to prevent sewers is to keep on site systems working satis- factorily. We have to keep talking to our representative on the Metro Council. We should be thinking about soil suitability, transportation sys- tem, reasonable traffic system, sewers and drainage, development of commercial and industrial areas, sewer and surface water drain- age, municipal facilities, etc. He doesn't think we will have three school in our city. Do we want our municipal building around the school or in a commercial area; land economics; contiguousness, etc. We can't rework development. If we go too far north, we will not make it go commercially. There will be a bridge across the Mississippi River where No. 57 crosses Highway 10. He said what we do with the commercial centers is very crucial. We should check the plans and limitations of other governmental units. Look at what is going on across the river. Questions: If we do not have any request to rezone to commercial, should we go ahead and zone them commercial and just try to guess. Mr. Steffens said we should go ahead and set up commercial and in- dustrial areas but not rezone them, just try to hold them for this ~,