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at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, there has been an increased concern about boat safety, horsepower limitations, and the river's capacity to handle additional boats and erosion. Determining whether or n~t these concerns merit the adoption of Water Use Regulations is beyond the scope of this project, but the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, the Hennepin County Park Reserve District, the Anoka County Park Board, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the cities along the 6-mile pool should study this issue. Another activity which is presently allowed on the river is seaplane take-off and landing. Only a few planes are based on the river, but with increasing recreational use of the river the Minnesota Department of Transportation should be requested to remove the river as an approved landing and take-off site. Historic and Cultural Sites - The Minnesota State Historical Society has not completed a survey of any of the CAR communities. TRANSPORTATION Inventory - Champlin and Anoka have completed thoroughfare plans in prior planning efforts. The purpose of a Transportation Plan is to develop a road network which allows for the expedient movement of people and goods from one place to another, either within or through the community. The thoroughfare plan, in effect, is an implementation tool for the proposed Land Use Plan because the latter determines development intensity, while the former determines the road improvements necessary to accommodate that development. Within the Critical Area, the traffic patterns have essentially been established, and major changes will not be proposed in this report. The individual streets and highways which comprise the transportation system within the CAR communities vary widely in their functions. These functions -36-