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MISSISSIPPI WEST REGIONAL PARK MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT <br />BACKGROUND <br />Mississippi West Regional Park is a 273-acre park located within the City of Ramsey <br />adjacent to the Mississippi River and Trunk Highway 10. Refer to Figure 1 for the park's <br />location in the county. Figure 2 shows that the main portion of the park consists of <br />approximately 183 acres of upland along the river and two islands within the river of <br />approximately 90 acres. Since the main portion of <br />the park has 1-1/2 miles of shoreline along the <br />Mississippi River, it offers a unique setting to provide <br />recreational and educational opportunities in the <br />area and it is part of the Mississippi River Critical <br />Corridor Area and the Mississippi National River <br />Recreation Area. <br />Anoka County Parks and Recreatiart System <br />FIGURE 1 <br />In 1996, a concept master plan was approved by <br />the Metropolitan Council and the park was <br />incorporated into the metropolitan regional park <br />system. Since then it has been updated with the <br />Anoka County 20/20 Parks and Recreation Vision <br />Plan and then again in 2006, when Anoka County <br />adopted a new Parks and Recreation <br />Comprehensive System Plan. <br />Moving forward from the 2006 comprehensive <br />system plan, an amendment to the existing Mississippi <br />West Regional Park master plan was developed and <br />approved by the Met Council in 2011. This master plan outlined a five phase park <br />development plan. Since that time, the County has reassessed the conceptual plan <br />from 2006 based on the existing conditions, the natural resource restoration within the <br />park and the proposed <br />recreational and <br />educational facilities. The <br />County, with this master <br />plan amendment, is <br />proposing to change the <br />vehicular access of the <br />park, adjust the park <br />boundary to <br />accommodate the City of <br />Ramsey's Riverdale Drive <br />frontage road extension, <br />add a few canoe camping <br />sites on the islands and <br />reprioritize the current <br />phasing of the <br />development plans. <br />Development costs <br />Mississippi West Regional Park <br />500 t 001 1.500 Mono 0.. <br />Existing Mississippi West Regional Park Boundary <br />FIGURE 2 <br />3/6/2017 Mississippi West Regional Park Master Plan Amendment 2 <br />