Agenda - Economic Development Authority - 10/09/2014

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CONCEPTS CONSIDERED Approach 1 1. McKinley St. Extension - Project 4-1-1 This project would provide a new local street connection between the City of Ramsey and the City of Anoka through their respective industrial parks. The McKinley St. link would provide access to the railroad overpass on Thurston Ave. for emergency responders and commuters and would also help stage improvements on Highway 10 at both Thurston Ave. and Sunfish Lake Blvd.. While most project partners feel this would be an important connection to make, this project was not supported by the City of Anoka and therefore was not carried forward into the study recommendations as a future project. 2. North Frontage Road from Sunfish Lake Blvd to Anoka Tech - Project 4-1-2 This frontage road concept would remove seven accesses from Highway 10 and redirect them to the local St. network. Building this segment would provide connectivity from Sunfish Lake Blvd. to Main St. on the north side of the highway. The frontage road could be accessed from Highway 10 via a right-in/right-out east of Sunfish Lake Blvd as well as right-in/right-out access on Sunfish Lake Blvd.. 3. Extend Riverdale Dr East of Tungsten St; Remove Driveways on Eastbound Highway 10 between Sunfish Lake Blvd and Tungsten St - Project 4-1-3 and Project 4-1-4 In order to remove more driveway accesses on Highway 10, another frontage road could be constructed east of Sunfish Lake Blvd. and south of the highway. This frontage road would provide local access to several of the businesses and residences in that area and connect into Riverdale Dr.. The street would intersect Highway 10 with a right-in/right-out. These projects could remove eight driveway accesses on Highway 10 and redirect them to Riverdale Dr.. The challenge with this area is that several properties have redundant access to both Highway 10 and either Riverdale Dr. and/or Tungsten St.; other properties are not configured to access Riverdale Dr.. In addition, a potential redevelopment opportunity exists in this area and Village Bank, owner of the site, has been active in coordinating with the City of Ramsey on potential options for this area. Because of the complexity of issues in this area, the project team conducted a meeting with business and property owners in the Tungsten St. area to discuss frontage and backage road concepts and access in general. Several property owners expressed support for frontage road concepts in this area. Two property owners, west of Tungsten St., expressed openness to being purchased and relocated to allow for the frontage road to connect to Riverdale Dr.. There were also several property owners that were not supportive of the frontage road concept, citing loss of visibility and Highway 10 frontage as a primary concern. There were also concerns raised for increased truck traffic on Riverdale Dr. and whether or not it is suitable. Area businesses suggested making the frontage road a continuous route to Sunfish Lake Blvd by eliminating the T-intersec- tion with Riverdale Blvd. Several options for connecting Tungsten St. to the frontage road were discussed. There are multiple options for where the new local street could tie into Riverdale Dr. and the final location will likely depend on the willingness of property owners to sell and relocate their business and potential re- development opportunities for this area. In consideration of potential redevelopment options, three concepts of different configurations of land use types and frontage road systems were developed (see Appendix E). These were developed after the meeting with property owners for the city's consideration in moving forward with a small sub -area study of this area. Although the redevelopment concepts did not have an opportunity HIGHWAY 10 ACCESS PLANNING STUDY 56