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Biko AssoCiates DATE: ~January 20, 1994 TO: iCommissioners David Bawden, Benjamin Deemer, and Terry Hendriksen !Steven Jankowski, City Engineer i William Weber, BRW, Inc. !Steven Schwanke, RLK Associates FROM: iWilliam Smith, Biko Associates I~.E: {Discussions with Neighboring Communities This men~orandum documents discussions with staff from the Cities cffAnoka, Dayton, and Elk ~River on transportation plans that affect Ramsey. Tl~e memorandum has been pre~ared to facilitate discussion at the study committee meeting on Wednesday, January .~6. c Ty on A O ,A The City ~f Anoka is about to complete a land use and economic feasibility study for the 300 ~res that border RamseY. The boundaries for the study are the city limits to the we[~t, CR 116 to the north, the Mineral Pond subdivision to the east, and the Burlingto~ Northern Railroad right-of-way to the south. McKinley Street runs east/west!approximately 1/8 mile north of the r~ilroad right-of-way and is constructed from TH//7 to the western edge of the subdivision. The stud~ Residenti schedulei Based on extencl~n Ramsey. for indusl access to ' is being conducted to determine appropriate zoning for the study area. fl, office, and industrial zoning are e~/~h under analysis. The study is to be completed and adopted by mid-spring or early summer. expected study outcomes, the City of Anoka will not be interested in McKinley Street to the west to link with a Mc~b~ley Street alignment in [here is consensus that the westernmost study area parcels should be zoned cial development, and it is anticipated that the industrial users will want ;he railroad right-of-way. An extended McKinley Street alignment would prevent t] ~e direct access the city feels would be needed to market the parcels. (See the draft study area map that has been attached to this memorandum.) Th~ map ~so shows the McKinley Street alignment that is under consideration for the study areh. It would essentially follow the western edge of the subdivision before intersecting Thurston Avenue south of CR 116. CITY OF! DAYTON , The C~typf Dayton has formed a task force to study the bridge location ~ssue and recommer~d a course of action. Thus far the task force has received input from the City of Ra/nsey, Anoka County, the Met Council, and Mn/DOT. Because the issue is so contxo~ersial in Dayton, a number of citizens have also attended task force meetings ~nd have become involved in the study process.