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Planning Proposal for: <br />Mississippi West Regional Park <br /> <br />Anoka County Department of Parks and Recreation <br /> <br />3. Demand Forecast <br /> <br /> The master plan for Mississippi West Regional Park proposes a number of recreational use areas <br />that will "draw" park users and differentiate it from Rum River Central, Bunker Ir_tls, and Elm Creek <br />Regional Parks. <br /> <br />Small Boat Access - None of the above regional parks provides small boat access to the Mississippi River. <br />Meetings with local officials from Ramsey, Anoka, Champlin, and Coon Rapids all indicate a desire to <br />increase small boat access to the Mississippi River. The following lists small boat access: <br /> <br />Anoka County - ramp on reservoir of the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park <br />City ofAnoka (Anoka County) - ramp at B,~m and Mississippi rivers <br />City of Champlin (I-Iennepin County) - ramp near of Highway 169 bridge <br />Historic Village of Dayton (Hermepin County) - ramp at Crow and Mississippi rivers <br />Otsego Township (Wright County) - carry-in at Otsego Park <br /> gravel ramp at MN DOT Babcock Wayside <br /> <br /> Anoka County residents wishing to launch a small boat on the Mississippi River north of the Coon <br />Rapids reservoir find limited, poor condition launch facilities. The best boat launch is located in Dayton at <br />the Crow and Mississippi River. Anoka County residents would need to cross the Highway 169 bridge and <br />proceed six miles northwest of Champlin. <br /> <br /> The proposed small boat launch at Mississippi West Regional Park would allow for a quality ramp. <br />The other proposed park facilities would support a long, varied park outing for boat launch users. <br /> <br />Swimming Recreation Area - Mississippi West Regional Park is located in the Anoka Sand Plain. Quality <br />swimming lakes are few. The Mississippi and Rum rivers offer limited safe swimming. The following lists <br />surrounding outdoor swimming opportunities: <br /> <br />City of Coon Rapids (Anoka County) - one outdoor pool - River W'md Pool <br />City ofAnoka (Anoka County) ~ one outdoor pool - Charles Swan Pool <br />City of Andover (Anoka County) - none <br />City of Rarnsey (Anoka County) - none <br />City of Champlin (Hennepin County) - Elm Creek Regional Park <br />City of Dayton (Hennepin County) - Elm Creek Regional Park <br /> <br />Anoka'C°unty _ <br /> <br />Wave Pool at Bunker Hi_lis Regional Park <br />Lake George at Lake George Regional Park <br />Twin Lake at Twin Lake County Park <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br /> <br />