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COUNTY OF ANOKA <br /> <br /> PUBLIC SERVICES DIVISION <br />-Highway .Pard & Recreation -Surveyor -GIS -Transit -Administration <br />GovE~ C"EN rF_x <br />2100 3RD AVF=Ntm · ANOn, MnmC~SOT^ 55303-2265 <br />(763) 323-5700 <br /> <br />JON G. OLSON, P.E. <br />Division Manager <br />Direct #'/63-323-5759 <br />Fax #763-323-5682 <br />Cell 8612-850-4106 <br />j on.olsoo ~ ¢o.anoka.mn.us <br /> <br />May 11, 2006 <br /> <br />Jim Norman, Administrator <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Boulevard <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Anoka County Sesquicentennial Celebration <br /> <br />Dear Jim: <br /> <br />As part of the Anoka County Sesquicentennial Celebration, which will be the entire year of <br />2007, the Anoka County Historical Society is sponsoring an Anoka County Sesquicentennial <br />Wagon Train (ACSWT) across Anoka County. The ACSWT will begin at Coon Lake Park and <br />end at the fairgrounds in the city of Anoka. <br /> <br />The Wagon Train is currently scheduled for May 15-20, 2007. The rou}~ being proposed begins <br />at Coon Lake County Park in the northeast part of the county, where wagon train participants <br />would camp on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, May 15th and 16th, 2007, We anticipate <br />approximately 20 wagons with approximately 100 participants, including the possibility of 20 <br />additional riders for traffic control. <br /> <br />Our first day experience is planned to be primarily in the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management <br />Area, giving the wagon train a wilderness experience on the first day of travel. On the second <br />day, we would leave Coon Lake County Park and travel through portions of Columbus <br />Township, Ham Lake and Andover, on our way to the campground in Bunker Hills Regional <br />Park. The third day, we would leave Bunker Hills Regional'Park and traverse through parts of <br />Coon Rapids, Blaine, Andover, and into the city of Anoka, entering at the intersection of Bunker <br />Lake Boulevard and Round Lake Boulevard. We would then continue to the west on Bunker <br />Lake Boulevard to 38m Avenue North, where we would h~ad west to 7th Avenue, south on 7th <br />Avenue to Pieme Street, cross the Rum River on Pleasant Street and north on TH 47 to camp at <br />the Anoka County fairgrounds on Friday night, May 18, 2007. <br /> <br />FAX: 763-323-5682 <br /> <br />Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer TDD/TTY: 763-323-5289 <br /> <br /> <br />