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CASE MISSISSIPPI TRAIL CORRIDOR UPDATE By: Mark S. Banwart, Community Development Director Background: During the platting process for Bulow's Addition and River~,iew Estates Addition, numerous events have occurred dealing with dedication for a trail corridor which will run along the Mississippi River throughout the breadth of the City of Ramsey. Metropolitan Council has review authority and regional planning responsibilities and has indicated that there should be a regional trail corridor which runs parallel to the Mississippi River. Anoka Counv Pa-ks Department would be the eventual owners and provide the maintenance of the trail. The Environmental Quali~, Board has an interest in development in the Critical Rivers Corridor, until which time, the City of Ramsev's Critical River Corridor Overlay Ordinance is approved by all other agencies. The United States ~)epanment of the Interior National Park Service has been directed by ConFess to establish a National Park along the Mississippi River (including Ramsey). Last but most importantly, the City of Ramsey is ensuing a program of establishing a well defzned parks and trail system. In addition, Ramsey is seeking Metropolitan Council approval to extend its Municipal Urban Service Arem (MUSA) boundaries and eliminating the 1 in 10 acre housing density requirement. During the month of December, the City received responses from Anoka County Parks Department, Metropolitan Council, and EQB recommending denial of final plat approval for Bulow's Addition and Riverview Estates Addition, until which time, the City uses a 30 foot trail corridor standard. Ciu, Council requested and receix, ed a map from staff detailing the corridor area (parcel by parcel). On January 10, 1989, the Council directed a number of changes to the corridor map and directed staff to contact the x'arious concerned agencies and solicit a change in their position pursuant to the proposed trail corridor map. On January 18, 1989, stiff meet with Merropoiitan Council, EQB, Anoka Count, Department of Parks and Recreation, and the developers of Riven, iow Estates and Bulow's Addition and presented the proposed Mississippi River Trail Corr/dor map. The results of this meeting is that there is a consensus from the various agencies as to the inte~hy and layout of the proposed Mississippi River Trail Co,'?idor. Furthermore the agencies consensus is that ~rest of the Mississippi West County Park, the ~'ail would assume a 75 foot wide corridor up to the point it merges into Highway 10 fight-of-way (50 foot wide corridor width) then resuming the 75 foot wide trail co~dor West of the Wayside Park. East of the Mdssissippi West County Park, the trail would be a single tread corridor 35 feet in width (consistent with Ramsey Park and Recreation Commission recommendations of JanuaD, 12, 1989). The trail would then proceed to a reswicted area 17 feet, again widening through currently undevelow..zl ~acts to 20 feet wide (as reco.'r~mended by City Council), to be again resn'icted to 17 feet and then proceeding to the City of Anoka bounda~'. For.'"our information, A map of the Proposed Mississippi River Trail Confidor will be available at me,tm_.