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• • • Anoka County Multi - Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan remaining 24% or approximately $58 million will be spent on county buildings, a public safety campus, a new library, information management equipment, and park development. ANDOVER Geographic location and characteristics: Andover is located in west - central Anoka County, approximately 20 miles north of downtown Minneapolis. Andover is located at Latitude 45.23N, Longitude 93.36W. The city shares borders with Oak Grove to the north, Ham Lake to the East, Coon Rapids and Anoka to the south, and Ramsey to the west. The Rum River marks the western boundary of the City. The City of Andover encompasses a total of 34.1 square miles. Public lands: 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. Private fee areas: Woodland Creek golf course is a 9 -hole course and driving range that is open to the public. Agriculture and forestry: Nearly 3700 acres of property in Andover are classified as "Agricultural" by the Anoka County Assessors Office. The city is home to a number of sod farms and traditional farms, as well as a turkey feedlot. There are no publicly managed forests in the City of Andover. Commercial and industrial development and trends: Commercial and industrial development in Andover is focused around the two major arterial roadways that serve the city: County Road 116 (Bunker Lake Boulevard) and County Road 47 (Hanson Boulevard). The city is currently marketing land that is owned by the Economic Development Authority (EDA) in an area known as "Andover Station North." The site, nearly 120 acres in total, was formally home to an automobile salvage and crushing yard. The City, with the assistance of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has cleaned the site, and is now marketing it for a wide range of uses, including town homes, commercial, and light industrial. Commercial development in the city tends to focus on the retail and service industries. Residential development and trends: Andover has been one of the fastest growing cities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area during the last 15 years. While the city's population was 15,216 in 1990, it now exceeds 30,000. The Metropolitan Council has projected a population of 39,000 in Andover by 2020 and 40,500 by 2030. Andover has added an average of 255 new housing units per year over the last 5 years. This rate of growth is expected to continue in the coming years as municipal services are extended to the "Rural Reserve" area, which will open nearly 1,000 acres to urban development. Infrastructure and infrastructure projects: 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