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Anoka County 2019 Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 137 situations. It is a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul and is located 20 minutes from St. Paul. Centerville is totally surrounded by the city of Lino Lakes. Public lands: There are two parks located in the city. Private fee areas: There are no private fee areas in the city. Agriculture and forestry: Some agriculture left but mostly developed. Commercial and industrial development and trends: The commercial development is increasing with smaller to medium size businesses. There are no major businesses in Centerville; they are mostly small retail shops. They include two liquor establishments of which one service food, a machine shop, auto repair, woodworking, construction, and service type business Residential development and trends: Almost completely built out and should be completely built out in the next 10 years. Infrastructure and infrastructure projects: City has sewer in almost all of the developed area and they are working on getting water to all areas. Centerville city properties have city sewer and over half of the properties have city water service. CIRCLE PINES Geographic location and characteristics: The city of Circle Pines is located in the southeastern portion of Anoka County, and borders Lino Lakes on the east, Blaine on the north, and Lexington to the west. The city is 15 miles north of Minneapolis / St. Paul. The city is two square miles in size and is a suburban community. With fields of oaks and elms, the rural appearance can be deceiving – homes and businesses are fairly closely spaced. The City of Circle Pines is located at Latitude 45.13N and Longitude 93.15 W and has an elevation of 889 feet. Public lands: 33% of the land in Circle Pines is public. Private fee areas: 67% of the land in Circle Pines is private Agriculture and forestry: Circle Pines is made up of 33% of wetland/park/public areas. A majority of that is County Park Preserve. Commercial and industrial development and trends: Businesses in Circle Pines are mostly retail and located on the west side of the city near Lake Drive and Lexington Avenue and well in the center of the city along Lake Drive. Circle Pines has just finished a mixed-use building with commercial development. Otherwise the city doesn’t have any more room within the city for more development. Residential development and trends: Circle Pines has just built its last residential development of single-family homes (52 in 2006) Circle Pines is developmentally full. Infrastructure and infrastructure projects: Circle Pines is the only suburban city that operates its own natural-gas distribution company-a result of its cooperative past. The system also services a portion of Lino Lakes and Blaine. No new infrastructure projects are planned.