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MEMO TO: Mayor and City FROM: Clerk-Administr DATE: January 31, 198 SUBJECT: NORTH STAR RACE TRACK (AKA MINNE•.SOTA MEADOWS) SITE REVIEW On January 23, 1984 the City received a copy of the Metropolitan Council "Review" (copy attached) which stated that a review of potential horse race track sites had been completed and that the Council had referred the following issues back to the City of Blaine for a response on the North Star Race Track. 1. Reexamination of the traffic impacts of the race track. 2. Clarify operational interactions between the proposed track and the Anoka County -Blaine Airport. 3. Analyze the impact of surface water runoff. As a result of this information, staff contacted the City of Blaine to obtain information on the track and received a copy of the "Metropolitan Council Racetrack Site Review" submitted to the Metropolitan Council by organizers of the North Star Race Track. A copy of the review is in the library for your review. Also attached to this memorandum is a legislative update submitted to Anoka County on the proposal in December, 1983. The following is a summary of the proposal and its im[�7rtg as described in the "Metropolitan Council Racetrack Site Review" and staff's observations regarding this review. The track is proposed for a 686 acre site located on the west side of 35W between 95th Avenue and 109th Avenue. Access to the site would be primarily provided by the 95th and Lexington interchanges on 35W and 9th Avenue and the proposed 109th Avenue. (See attached Location Map.) Four Hundred Fifty -Three (453) acres of the site would accommodate development of the track and related facilities and the remaining 232 acres would be used to accommodate the commercial development which is felt would be attracted by the track. (See attached Proposed On -Site Land Uses Illustration.) Except for the relocation of the MUSA Line one-fourth mile to the west, the report purports that there will be no negative impacts upon any metropolitan systems and that, "No major facilities, such as highway construction, sewer extensions, or impact on environ- mental or natural resources will occur ..."