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<br /> ----- <br /> l c,~ tt> 11 .. <br /> 8. Past failures to maintain an adequate urban land supply, protect urban reserves and I <br /> properly control rural development, has contributed to explosive gro\\1h in not only the <br /> areas outside the MUSA line within the seven county area and around free-standing -, <br /> groVvth centers, but also in the counties that surround the seven counties and beyond, <br /> 9. The region must take immediate action to economically serve areas that can be physically I <br /> connected to the regional wastewater treatment system. <br /> I <br /> Recommendations , <br /> 1. Expand MUSA Now. I <br /> Based on assumptions in the Regional Growth Options Report, approximately 264,000 , <br /> households have to be accommodated in the cities on the edges of the developed portion of the <br /> Metro Area in the next 25 years. The information contained in this report demonstrates that if I <br /> 50% of the area within the Ultimate MUSA boundary is developed at urban densities, only <br /> approximately 176,450 households can be accommodated. This urban land shortage is growing <br /> daily. Prompt remedial action is needed. .. <br /> The effect of the development patterns that have been allowed in some portions of the I <br /> UltiMUSA area make it unlikely that it will be cost effective to extend sewers to serve them. <br /> Where it is still possible to extend sewers and facilitate development at urban densities, the I <br /> Metropolitan Council should extend the MUSA line to the UltiMUSA as soon as possible. <br /> Rather than attempting to parcel out incremental MUSA expansions, the Metropolitan Council <br /> should take bold action to achieve sewered densities in as much of the remaining UltiMUSA . <br /> area as possible. <br /> 2. Facilitate and Support Market Based Infill and Redevelopment in the Core. I <br /> The Growth Options Report assumes that 66,000 households can be accommodated through I <br /> either infill or redevelopment, within the developed portion of the region. It is impossible to <br /> know whether this number is realistic. What is clear is that the Area should work very hard to , <br /> clean up polluted land, facilitate redevelopment, and work with core communities to prepare and <br /> implement market focused infill and redevelopment programs. Absent these activities, it is very I <br /> unlikely that the projected infill will occur. Government's role in this process should be to <br /> create an environment for private industry and market forces to operate effectively. -- <br /> Execulive Summary <br /> I <br />