Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/11/2016

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CORRIDOR CONTEXT Land Use The Highway 10 corridor includes a wide range of land uses including general commercial, sales and service, recreational (i.e., golf course, ballfields, parks), residential, institutional (i.e., colleges), and agricultural. The east side of the Highway 10 study area in the City of Anoka is largely developed. The west end of the corridor in Ramsey remains largely undeveloped yet there are plans for substantial growth and development particularly in large master planned development area on the north side of Highway 10 called The COR (see Figure 14). Ramsey's population is expected to grow from 28,000 (2010) to 43,000 by 2030. The city has already begun planning for some of this change in anticipation of improvements and expansion of Highway 10 as a freeway and has purchased several properties between Highway 10 and the BNSF Railway using the Metropolitan Council's Right of Way Acquisition Loan Fund (RALF) program (see map in Appendix B). In Anoka, there is a planned project on the north side of Highway 10 called the Greens of Anoka which will increase the intensity of residential development in that area. There is also some additional commercial devel- opment and redevelopment planned in Anoka; however, existing general land uses in the Highway 10 corridor are not anticipated to change as much as Ramsey. Key Finding: The Highway 10 corridor includes a wide range of interdependent land uses. Expected growth and redevelopment within the corridor will bring more people and further challenge the cor- ridor's transportation infrastructure. HIGHWAY 10 ACCESS PLANNING STUDY 28