Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission Meeting

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

NOTICE: The Metropolitan Council Chair has determined it is not practical or prudent to conduct in-person meetings because of a health pandemic. Accordingly, Commission 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 - Roll Call

II.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA (5 minutes)

III.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES (5 minutes) - Roll Call

June 3, 2021 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, June 30, 2021. 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 (45 minutes)
  1. 2021-163, Vadnais-Snail Lake Regional Park Master Plan Amendment, Ramsey County (Colin Kelly, 651-602-1361) [presentation] Roll Call
  2. 2021-162, Annual Metropolitan Regional Parks Operation and Maintenance Allocation (Abdiwahab Ali, 651-602-1823) report forthcoming Roll Call
  3. 2021-161, Regional Parks System Equity Grant Program, 2021 Funding Recommendations (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621) [presentation] Roll Call

VI.

INFORMATION (15 minutes)
  1. Equity “Nudge” Discussion Topic: Reflecting on the Equity Grant Program Recommendations, how do we move forward to further support the regional park implementing agencies and communities in this important work? (Amanda Lovelee, 651-602- 1375)

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