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MISSISSIPPI TRAIL CORRIDOR REVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS By= Merland Otto Background= A regional trail corridor is planned by regional authorities which runs parallel to the Mississippi River. Anoka County Parks Department would be the eventual owners and provide maintenance of the trail. The Environmental Quality Board has an interest in development in the Critical Rivers Corridor, until which time, the City of Ramsey's Critical River Corridor Overlay Ordinance is approved by all other agencies. The United States Department of the Interior National Park Service has been directed by Congress 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 defined parks and trail system. City Council requested and received 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 various concerned agencies and solicit a change in their position pursuant to the proposed trail corridor map. On January 18, 1989, staff met with Metropolitan Council, EQB, Anoka County Department of Parks and Recreation, and the developers of Riverview Estates and Bulow's Addition and presented the proposed Mississippi River Trail Corridor map. The results of this meeting is that there is a consensus from the various agencies as to the integrity and layout of the proposed Mississippi River Trail Corridor. Furthermore, the agencies consensus is that west of the Mississippi West County Park, the trail would assume a 75 foot wide corridor up to the point it merges into Highway 10 right-of-way (50 foot wide corridor width) then resuming the 75 foot wide trail corridor West of the Wayside Park. East of the Mississippi West County Park, the trail would be a single tread corridor 35 feet in width (consistent with Ramsey Park and Recreation Commission recommendations of January 12, 1989). The trail would then proceed to a restricted area 17 feet, again widening through currently undeveloped tracts to 20 feet wide (as recommended by City Council), to be again restricted to 17 feet and then proceeding to the City of Anoka boundary. For your information, a map of the Proposed Mississippi River Trail Corridor will be available at the meeting. On January 24, 1989, the Ramsey City Council approved a motion to direct City Staff to prepare appropriate ordinance amendments and comprehensive plan amendments to insure the development of the Mississippi Trail Corridor with appropriate alignments and width standards for City Council discussion of January 10, 1989.