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• Anoka County Multi - Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan general form of government. Centennial School District #12 covers the entire city with one of the elementary schools located within the city limits. Circle Pines is the only suburban city in Minnesota that operates its own natural gas distribution company. The city is in close proximity to a major growth area in its neighboring city of Blaine; a heavily used sports center complex, a TPC golf course, and the proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium are all within about 4 miles of Circle Pines. One third of the city land area is devoted to parks and open spaces. Businesses in Circle Pines are mostly retail and are located on the west side of the city (near Lake Drive and Lexington Ave). Another retail center is in the center of the city, along Lake Drive. Columbia Heights Columbia Heights has State Highways 65 and 47 running north /south. Most commercial property lies along these two heavily traveled roads. Metro Transit provides many routes of bus service with a small bus transfer hub building in the city. Amoco Oil has one large underground pipe that runs along our northern border for approximately 1/2 mile. One of the Minneapolis water treatment facilities is located in Columbia Heights. There are two 48 -inch water mains, which run from this treatment plant to Minneapolis through the city. This plant provides a significant amount of the water used by Minneapolis and some surrounding suburbs including Columbia Heights. Columbia Heights School District #13 covers the city. The city has two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, a private catholic grade school, an alternative school and a charter school. There are two medical clinics, many dental offices, a childcare facility and a large nursing complex. Due to the elderly population of CH, Crestview Nursing Home has grown into a very large complex. Beside the nursing home it includes a 75 -unit independent living apartment building, and two large assisted living buildings all connected together. They also recently built another assisted living building off campus, which includes a locked unit. Columbia Heights provides public water and sewer service. Water is purchased from the City of Minneapolis. The city also has a complete storm water drainage system. Telephone service is provided by Qwest Communications with many residential consumers using the cable phone service provided by the city cable company, Comcast. CenterPoint Energy provides natural gas service. Xcel Energy provides electrical service. Columbia heights has 16 parks of varying sizes and amenities. Anoka County has one park within the City. Huset Park, where most of the athletic fields are located, is in the early stages of being redeveloped with new athletic fields, walking paths etc. This will take a few years with an approximate cost of 3 million dollars. The City has three wading pools in its park system though these are old pools that are in need of expensive upgrading. The City has an ongoing 7 -8 year schedule for replacement/repair of city streets and alleys. Included with this schedule is the replacement of water, sewer, natural gas, and storm drains. The city is broken into 7 zones with one zone being done each year. 2006 is the last year of the initial time through the city. Public works has been working on a storm water mitigation plan for the last five years. This has included purchasing some residential properties that are prone to flooding. These properties were turned into storm water retention ponds. A City park was remodeled to include a storm water retention pond due to street flooding near by. The City started inspecting homes for sump pumps being deposited into sewer systems due to the sewer