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CASE # 2 STATUS OF MIL JAMES MARTIN'S REQUEST FOR CITY ACTION REGARDING ANOKA COUNTY'S ~ DOMAIN OF lqLq PROPERTY By: Mal'k S. Ball~ Comm~_~nity Development Director On February 28, 1989, Mr. Martin presented a letter to City Council addressing concerns he had regarding the County's acquisition of his property. The proposed acquisition would be West of the Mississippi County Park. For your information, the following item is offered: Mr. Martin's letter to City Council dated February 28, 1989 Observations: The City has previously negotiated with Anoka County in providing a frontage road along the North side of the proposed Mississippi West County Park. Anoka County is also acquiring additional lands on either side of this proposed park area to better their standing as a regional park and also to utilize revenue sharing funds which are available for land acquisition. In addition, the Martin property together with property across the River in the City of Dayton have been identified as an ideal location for a future Mississippi River Bridge Crossing. Staff has been in continual communications with Mr. Martin and on March 20, 1989 met with the Anoka County Park Department and Transportation Department and presented Mr. Martin's concerns. At that time, the Parks Department stated their willingness to take into account Mr. Martin's concerns. Currently, Mr. Martin is personally communicating with the Anoka County Parks Department on his own behalf. He has been appraised of every action that the City has taken that could potentially affect his property. Mr. Martin has stated that he is pleased with the City's involvement in this regard. In addition to Mr. Martin's concerns regarding condemnation of his land for park purposes; other events have transpired regarding the proposed Mississippi River Bridge Crossing. The Anoka County Parks Department will be providing for a 500' wide transportation corridor within the County Park. Only a 200' right-of-way within the corridor would be used. The 500' wide corridor would facilitate some movement of the right-of-way in the design stage. This is the same format which was used for the #610 Bridge from Coon Rapids/Brooklyn Park. On March 22, 1989, the City met with Mark Sievert, City Administrator of Dayton to determine potential alignment of the road and also strategies for the development of the bridge and supporting transportation links. Mr. Sievert will be contacting the public works director for Hennepin County and arranging an opportunity for both the Cities of Dayton and Ramsey to discuss with Hennepin County the potential for the Mississippi River Bridge Crossing. Once the alignment has been determined, the Anoka County Department of Transportation will configure the general road alignment from the Mississippi River up to Highway #10 and over to Count)' Road #83. Review Checklist: City Administrator X City Attorney City Engineer X Community Development Director X Chief of Police Finance Officer Planning & Zoning Commission Economic Development Commission