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• Anoka County Multi -- Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 3.5 Jurisdiction Infrastructure Anoka County No matter your interest, there's a lot to do in Anoka County! Whether hiking or canoeing, horseback riding or playing golf, swimming or listening to music, shopping or going to restaurants, Anoka County offers something for every member of the family. The National Sports Center (NSC) in Blaine has the largest soccer complex in the world, as well as world -class hockey, cycling, track and field, and an impressive new youth golf facility. The USA Cup, one of soccer's premier events, is held each year at the NSC. This and other events bring more than one million visitors to the NSC and Anoka County each year. The NSC provides unique sports opportunities and its success has generated hundreds of jobs. Anoka County has more than 20 parks spread over 9,000 acres of land. In addition, there are 13 golf courses in the county, including the TPC of the Twin Cities, home of the Senior PGA 3M Championship. Andover Business uses occupy 430.38 acres, or about 1.93% of the city and are composed of businesses that are mainly retail, service, and light industrial. Commercial activities in Andover have increased with construction of a number of new businesses throughout the City. The City is currently marketing Andover Station, a 90 -acre redevelopment area (located south of Bunker Lake Boulevard and west of Hanson Boulevard) to attract upscale retail service oriented businesses, offices and restaurants. In addition, the City will be opening another commercial /retail area north of Andover Station. Andover infrastructure includes 191.94 miles of roads, 23 miles of trails, 41 miles of storm sewer, 76 miles of water mains, 70 miles of sanitary sewer and 59 parks with 541 developed acres. The educational needs of the community are provided by two school districts. St. Francis Independent School District #15 covers the northern portion of the city and Anoka - Hennepin School District #11 covers the southern part of the city. The city has two public schools with District #11 and two private schools, two medical clinics and an assisted living facility. Connexus Energy, CenterPoint and Qwest provide utilities. Transportation includes the BNSF railroad. There is approximately 525 acres of city owned parkland in Andover. The larger parks include Kelsey Round Lake Park (136 acres), Sunshine Park (39 acres), Prairie Knoll Park (19.5 acres), and Fox Meadows Park (12.75 acres.) Additionally, Bunker Hills Park, which is owned and operated by Anoka County, encompasses over 400 acres. Nearly 190 acres within the city are owned by school districts. The City Hall and Public Works complex covers over 55 acres. The City of Andover's water treatment plant went online in October of 2004. It is capable of treating up to 9 million gallons per day. As of 2004, there was a total of 191.94 miles of City, County, and State Aid roads in the city. A major upcoming road improvement project is the reconstruction of County Road 47 (Hanson Boulevard). This project, scheduled to begin in 2006, will be a joint effort between the State of Minnesota, Anoka County, and the cities of Andover and Coon Rapids. Additional city and county road improvements will be necessary to accommodate the development of the Rural Reserve. A new trunk sanitary sewer line will be constructed to provide service to the Rural Reserve, and a second water treatment plant may be needed to serve the area as well. 61