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-- .. City of Dayton: Visited by Paul Colton Contact Shirley Slater, City Administrator Date: Monday, December 20, 1993; 1:00-2:00 Like Oak Grove, the City Administrator as well as the Mayor of Dayton were very informative regarding land use issues and development. The City provided RLK with an official Zoning Map. The primary development issue that involves both the City of Dayton and Ramsey is the potential bridge placement across the Mississippi River between the two cities. The City of Dayton has a task force looking at this issue. One of the concerns is that it will direct a great deal of traffic through Dayton thus increasing traffic congestion and air pollution. They feel Ramsey may gain more benefits from the new bridge access than they will. Some of these concerns are duein part to the high amount of farmed agricultural land that occurs in Dayton at the present time, and the lack of development that can occur due to the size and limited access around Elm Creek Regional Park. City development has been confined predominantly to the northeast comer of the community with 2.5 acre lots. For the most part, citizens of Dayton would like to see the community remain the same with limited growth. It is anticipated that some of the agricultural land will eventually be sold off over the next 20 years and will create residential growth spurts throughout the community. The city is looking at potentially zoning some of this area a 4/40 acre development. Dayton is somewhat plagued by poor transportation into the city. County Highway 12 enters the developed portion of Dayton along the Mississippi River, and various county roads enter Dayton from the west and zig-zag across property and section lines. Dayton is working with MnDOT on getting an exit off of 1-94. The city at some point in the future would like to have sewer and water service provided to the developed portion of the community, which could be potentially provided by the City of Champlin to the east. The City has zoned a Critical River Area along the Mississippi for the purposes of careful development. Most of the zoning within this critical area calls for low density residential use.