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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 67 The Anoka County Traveler, sponsored by Anoka County, provides pre-scheduled door-to-door transportation in northern Anoka County, including the City of East Bethel. There are no major medical facilities in East Bethel. Commercial development in East Bethel has been concentrated along the Highway 65 corridor. The commercial activity that dominates Highway 65 is primarily service commercial and public/institutional uses. Connexus Energy provides electrical service. Reliant Energy or Excel Energy provides gas service. Century Link or Frontier provides hard- wired telephone service. US Cable provides Cable TV service. Four private companies provide garbage service to the community. Fridley The City of Fridley is conveniently located in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region approximately 5 miles north of downtown Minneapolis and 10 miles northwest of downtown St. Paul. Interstate 694 runs east/west in the southern area of the city. Two State Highways run through the City of Fridley, State Hwy 65 and State Hwy 47, as well as numerous county roads and municipal state aid roadways. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Yard is located in the southern part of Fridley and the railroad runs north/south throughout the city. The City of Fridley is served by four school districts, which include 4 public elementary schools, Woodcrest Elementary, Stevenson Elementary, Hayes Elementary, and North Park Elementary. There is also the Fridley Middle School and Fridley High School as well as “FLIP,” an alternative learning center. In addition to the public schools, there are several private schools located within the city. Al-Amal is a private Islamic school. Woodcrest Baptist School and Totino Grace High School also privately serve residents of Fridley and the surrounding communities. Unity Hospital and numerous other medical clinics are located in Fridley and provide medical services to its residents. Connexus Energy and Xcel Energy provide the areas electrical needs and CenterPoint Energy provides natural gas service. Fridley has a strong park system offering areas for active and passive recreation. The existing park system consists of land owned by the city, four different school districts, as well as Anoka County, provide residents over 727 acres of park and open space areas and miles of paved trails. Springbrook Nature Center, Innsbruck Nature Center, as well as the Anoka County owned Riverfront Park, Locke Lake Regional Park, and Islands of Peace Park on the Mississippi River provide large open spaces for residents to picnic, hike, and fish. Ham Lake There is one K-5 school, (McKinley Elementary), Two childcare facilities, two chiropractic clinics, a mental health clinic, and two dental facilities. As a part of the public health program, the City provides (through Anoka County) a low cost program for well testing. CenterPoint and Xcel Energy provide natural gas. Connexus Energy provides electricity. Qwest and Comcast provide telephone service and Comcast provides cable. There are sox cellular phone towers in the City at this time. All homes/businesses have their own private wells and on-site sewer systems, except for Flamingo Terrace Mobile Home Park, which has one shared system. Police protection is provided by contract with the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office and Ham Lake Volunteer Fire Department consisting of approximately 37 members provides fire protection. The Fire Department currently has two stations, with plans for a third. At its completion, all residents will be within a five-mile radius of a fire station, thereby meeting ISO requirements. In