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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 156 SPRING LAKE PARK Geographic location and characteristics: The City of Spring Lake Park is located mostly in southern Anoka County, with a tiny portion located in the western part of Ramsey County. The City of Spring Lake Park is approximately 10 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Blaine, Fridley, Coon Rapids and Mounds View border Spring Lake Park. The City of Spring Lake Park is 2.9 square miles in size and has latitude of 45.10 N and longitude of 93.23 W and an elevation of 902 feet. Public lands: The City has 186 acres of public land within the City. These areas include churches, schools, city offices, public work facilities, and fire stations. Within the City, there is 39 acres of Public Park. Private fee areas: There are no private fee areas in the City of Spring Lake Park. Agriculture and forestry: There are no agriculture and forestry areas in the City of Spring Lake Park. Commercial and industrial development and trends: Spring Lake Park does not have a wide range of commercial businesses. Commercial businesses in the city either attempt to capture pass-by traffic along Highway 65, County Road 10 and University Avenue, or they are destination businesses. Light industrial businesses are located east of Highway 65. Spring Lake Park due to its size and development does not anticipate much growth in the way of commercial or industrial development. Scattered though out the City of Spring Lake Park are strip malls with numerous other family owned businesses and other small businesses. Residential development and trends: The City is predominately a residential community with families and children. This is expected to continue, although the aging of the population and the need for senior housing, as well as the need for housing for young adults, presents an opportunity for the development of different types of housing, such as multiple-family apartments, townhouses and housing units on one level The Metropolitan Council’s forecasts assumes that growth in Spring Lake Park’s population and households will result almost entirely from the development of multi-family housing at a density of 10 dwelling units per acre. Based on the Council’s estimate of 2,503 households in 1995, that would be an increase of 167 dwelling units during the next 20 years. Infrastructure and infrastructure projects: Consists of two State Highways within the City of Spring Lake Park. On the Westside of the City is MN Hwy 47 that runs north and south. The city is also divided in half north and south with MN Highway 65 (Central Ave). Anoka County Road 10 runs east to west through the northern portion of Spring Lake Park connecting both Highway corridors. ST. FRANCIS Geographic location and characteristics: The City of St. Francis is located in northern Anoka County, approximately 35 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. St. Francis shares its borders with Bethel, Oak Grove, and City of Nowthen in Anoka County, and has Isanti County on the northern border. Running through the center of town is the Rum River. The City of St. Francis is 24 square miles in size. The latitude of St. Francis is 45.38 N and the longitude is 93.35 W, with an elevation of 919 feet.