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1,-md in Area A, mostly for manufacturing md warehousing facilties with small office components. Some pure office space will also be needed in Elk River, but this is not expected to be a major element in Area A. Total Land Demand Forecast to Year 2000: The above forecast of residential demand amounts to approximately 338 acres through the end of the century. Combined with the forecast annual industrial absorption of five to eight acres per year, the 20 acres devoted to the Sherburne County Government Center, this means that Area A may be approximately three-quarters developed by the Year 2000. (Assumes fairgrounds are relocated.) This also means that it will not be easy to quickly extend utilities all the way to west of the County offices for industrial or commercial develop- ment along Highway 10. If the City is going to follow the 1988 Land Use Plan from the Growth Management Study, it may have to extend utilities across land well in advance of market demand. Alternatively, it could search for an alternative site for industrial expansion for the 1992 to 1998 time period while Area A grows from southeast to northwest. City Road System Plan The Growth Management Study recommended a new industrial collector road loop from Highway 10 to-Waco Street. Other collector roads needed to serve this area are already in place with Waco Street, County Road 30, and Orono Road. Land Ownership and Parcelization More than ninety percent of Area A is owned by only eleven parties, including Sherburne County and the City of Elk River. Green Acres Program All of the private, undeveloped property in Area A (except for the Gagne and Gospodor parcels -- approximately 81 acres) is enrolled in the State's "Green Acres" program, under which special assessments ,and 28