Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 08/11/1994

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 07 ,05.94 DRAFT FOR REVIEW RRCMP - Intd. A MASTER PLAN'FOR RUM RIVER CENTRAL REGIONAL PARK Anoka County, Minnesota AUTHORITY: The 1994 Master Plan for Rum River Central Regional Park has been prepared by Anoka County for review and approval by the Metropolitan Council, upon recommendation by the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, according to Minn. Stat. 473.147 and Minn. Stat. 473.301-351. HISTORY: Anoka County first prepared a comprehensive county park plan in 1968, at which time the present Rum River Central site was designated as a future large recreational park. The County first acquired land at Rum River Central in 1972. As of January 1, 1993, Anoka County owned 434 Acres in Rum River Central Regional Park Following establishment of the regional recreation open space system, the County submitted a regional park master plan for the Rum River park Site in April of 1975, which was approved by Metropolitan Council. There have been minor amendments since 1975, this 1994 revision is a product of the first complete reconsideration of the master plan. LOCATION: Rum River ~entral RP is located on the west bank of the Rum River in west-central Anoka County, just opposite its junction with Cedar Creek, which enters from the east. The north half of the park lies in the southwest corner of the City of Oak Grove, essentially Sec. 31 of T33N, R24W. The south half is in the west part of SeC. 6 of T32N, R24W, formerly part of Andover, now under the municipal jurisdiction of the City of Ramsey. The park entrance, on the west side of the park, in Ramsey, is approximately 6.5 miles north of U.S. 10, in Anoka, via C.S.A.H. 7, and abo~t 1.5 miles west of S.T.H. 47~ in Ramsey, via C.S.A.H. 27. The enclosed map, Fig. Intd.-1, shows the park and the surrounding part of Anoka County. STATE DESIGNATION The part of Rum River Central Regional Park adjacent to the river lies within a Scenic and Recreational River designated by the State of Minnesota, administered by Minn, Department of Natural Resources, The program regulates development and other land use parameters within the designated boundaries. See Fig. Intd.-2.