Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission Meeting

Regular Meeting
January 7, 2021 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Room 1A - Directions
Minutes (PDF)

NOTICE: Governor Walz has declared a peacetime emergency (Emergency Executive Order 20-01) in response to COVID-19 and the Metropolitan Council Chair has determined it is not practical or prudent to conduct an in-person meetings for reasons stated in the Governor’s Emergency Executive Order. Accordingly, advisory committee members will participate in this meeting via telephone or other electronic means and the meeting will be conducted under Minnesota Statutes section 13D.021 at the date and time stated above. We encourage you to monitor the meeting remotely. If you have comments, we encourage members of the public to email us at [email protected]. We will respond to your comments in a timely manner.

Agenda

I.

CALL TO ORDER

II.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA (5 minutes)

III.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES (5 minutes)

December 3, 2020 Meeting of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission
 

IV.

PUBLIC INVITATION (5 minutes)

Invitation to interested persons to address the Commission on matters not on the agenda.
If you are interested in addressing the Commission at this meeting, please send an email to Chair Yarusso by 5 PM on Wednesday, January 6, 2020. Chair Yarusso’s email address is: [email protected]. He will read the comments during the Commission Meeting. Comments should not exceed 250 words.
 

V.

BUSINESS (1 hour)
  1. 2021-1, Rice Creek North Regional Trail Master Plan Amendment, Ramsey County (Tracey Kinney, 651-602-1029) 15 minutes - Presentation
  2. 2021-2, Regional Parks System Competitive Equity Grant Program, 2021 Notice of Funding Availability (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621) 10 minutes - Presentation
 

VI.

INFORMATION (1 hour)
  1. Parks and Trails Legacy Project Equity Highlights – Part 2: 5 agencies each have 5 minutes to present 2 slides each. 5 minutes for questions (Jessica Lee) 60 minutes - Presentation
  • Ramsey County
  • Carver County
  • City of Bloomington
  • Dakota County
  • Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
 

VII.

REPORTS (5 minutes)

  1. Chair
  2. Commissioners
  3. Staff
 
 
 

Committee information

Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission

Committee contact:

Sandi Dingle
[email protected]
651.602.1312