Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/06/2007

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CASE # ~ REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF BOIKE ADDITION: CASEOFANOKACOUNTY By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Community Development Director Background: Anoka County is in the process of purchasing 41.24 acres on the south side of Hwy. 10 from Larry Boike in order to preserve land for the future highway interchange for Hwy. 10 and the Mississippi River Bridge crossing. The property is located directly west of the intersection of Riverdale Drive and Llama Street. Anoka County needs to split the parcel into three separate parcels in order to tap into separate funding sources to pay for the purchase. The following items are enclosed for your information: 1) Site location map 2) Sketch Plan for Boike Addition 3) TH 10 Access Management River Crossing concepts Notification: Minor subdivisions are not subject to a public hearing. Observations: For many years, the Ramsey Comprehensive Plan has identified a future bridge crossing of the Mississippi River in the general area of the Boike property. More recently the Trunk Highway 10 Access Management Study identified several alternatives for the bridge crossing and its interchange with Hwy. 10. In all cases, the placement of the Hwy. 10 interchange and associated infrastructure greatly impact the Boike property. Given this fact, and in order to forestall any development of the parcel in the interim, Anoka County decided to purchase the property. It should be noted that currently there is no funding set aside to fund the bridge and interchange improvements and there is not a timetable for the construction of these improvements. Anoka County is utilizing three funding sources for the purchase; a direct appropriation from the Federal Government, the Right-of-Way Acquisition Loan Fund (RALF) administered by the Metropolitan Council; and other County funds. In order to utilize all of these funding sources, there must be three separate parcels. The Boike property is currently two parcels. This subdivision would create three parcels out of the two current parcels. Parcel A would be purchased using the federal funds. Parcel Bl will be purchased with RALF funds and Parcel B2 will be purchased utilizing other County funds. The property is zoned R-2 Medium Density Residential. The new lots significantly meet all of the lot size and lot width requirements for the R..2 District. There is no residential development plmmed for these parcels. All of these parcels are planned to be officially mapped for the future bridge crossing and interchange. This fact along with Anoka County owning the parcels willoforestall development of the property. 29