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Anoka County Multi- Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan The City of Fridley has 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 school serving Muslim families. 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 Ham Lake infrastructure includes a major State Trunk Highway 65 passing through from south to north. County Roads 116, 16, 18, 52, 60, 61, 68, and 17 also bisect Ham Lake. While only one road leads out of the City to the east, the natural barrier created by the Carlos Avery Game Preserve makes this situation necessary and permanent. Intra -City travel if provided by north /south collectors (University Avenue, Radisson Road, Xylite Street and Naples Street). County Roads 116, 16, 18 and 149th Avenue NE, provides the east/west collection function. There is one K -5 school, McKinley Elementary, one childcare facility, a chiropractic clinic, 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 three cellular phone towers in the City at this time, with two additional ones being considered. 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 Sheriffs 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. An ambulance parking facility or facilities will be provided at one or more fire stations. In 2006 an Emergency Management Director is being added to the staff that will be the Fire Chief and acting liaison with the Anoka County Sheriffs Office. The City's Emergency Response Program is in the process of being updated. Currently the City is served only by individual private septic systems and wells. In March 2005 the City contracted to have a study completed regarding the feasibility of a sanitary sewer and water supply. The planning area included the Trunk Highway 65 corridor from 169th Avenue to the City's north border, and a corridor out to and around Coon Lake. This system could be • tentatively joined with a system proposed by the City of East Bethel, which abuts the city to the north. 67