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CO <br /> <br /> UNTY OF ANO <br /> <br /> Offic~ of th~ Co~y Board. of CornmLs~Lon~r~ <br /> <br />GOVERNMENT CENTER <br />2100 3rd Avenue · Anoka, Minnesota 55303-2489 <br />(612) 323-5680 <br /> <br />KA <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />DENNIS D. BERG <br />County Board of Cornrnissloner~ <br />District//1 <br /> <br />September'- 16, 1994 <br /> <br />Mr. Ryan Schroeder <br />City. of Ra~ey <br />15153 Now~then Boulevard NW <br />Ramsey,/yiN. 55303 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Schroeder: <br /> <br />This letter is written in support of the city's request to the Metropolitan Council for an <br />ex~pansion (~f the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The information <br />continued ~erein documents the process and findings of an analysis done by the County. <br />In 1993, Anoka County authorized/ts consultant to evaluate the impact of the MUSA <br />expansions ~aroposed by the two cities on the roadway network potentially affected. <br />This work ~as conducted by BRW, Inc. in 1993-94 as an update to the Anoka County <br />Compreherksive 2010 Transportation Plan. The analysis was coordinated vdth <br />Mn/DOT, ~he cities of Ramsey and Andover, and Metropolitan Council staff. The <br />specific loc~ttions to be exam/ned, demographic forecasts to be used, forecasting <br />methodolog3' and models were agreed upon by the County and Met Council staff, with <br />input from the two cities. The roadway network assumptions and timine of <br />improvemekts were also agreed upon by all parties, including Mn/DO'l'for state trunk <br />highways. <br /> <br />Traffic forecasts were prepared to reflect several scenarios, including: <br /> <br />The impact of projected growth in population, households and <br />employment on the existing roadway system, without the proposed <br />MUSA expansion; <br /> <br /> I <br />'1 <br /> <br />The impact projected growth in population, households and emplo)wnent <br />on the existing roadway system, with the proposed MUSA expansion; <br /> <br />The impact of projected growth on the existing roadway system vdth <br />improvements already committed to by the Count3,,cines or Mn/DOT, <br />without the proposed MUSA expansion; <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />FAX: 323-5682 <br /> <br />The impact of projected growth on the roadway system vdth committed <br />improvements and with the proposed MUSA ex-pansion. <br /> <br />Affirmative Action / Equal OpportuniW Employer TDD/TTY: 323-5289 ~ <br /> <br /> <br />