April 14, 2015, Tuesday - Ecological System Plan CAC Meeting at MPRB

Time:  5:30p-7:30p

Location: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 2117 West River Road

Community Advisory Committee meeting will be held on April 14 and is open to the public.

The fourth meeting of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for the Ecological System Plan will be held Tuesday, April 14, 5:30-7:30, at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 2117 West River Road, Minneapolis. The public is welcome to attend and will have the opportunity to comment.

The purpose of this meeting will be:

• To discuss and plan upcoming community events during the summer of 2015
• To review the status of data gathering and research

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) are preparing the first-ever Ecological System Plan. The Ecological System Plan will seek to first understand the ecology of the city and watershed, then plan for parks and public lands management and improvements that benefit both humans and nature. It will address specific threats such as climate change, decreasing water quality, explosion of invasive species, increasing runoff, and fragmentation of habitat. It will envision a more environmentally sound way of managing the impacts of the city, so that the city can be cleaner, greener, cooler, and more efficient.

In addition to attending this and other upcoming CAC meetings, the public may provide input and stay informed about the project in the following ways:

Visit the project website to stay up to date on the project and see some of the amazing maps and drawings we plan to create. Click here and select “Ecological System Plan.”

• Attend any of the planned community events that will take place in the parks over the next year and a half. More details will be made available on the project website and by govdelivery as these events are scheduled and planned.
• Sign up to receive e-mail updates by subscribing on the project website or at www.minneapolisparks.org/subscribe or, if you are already a subscriber, by adding “Ecological System Plan” to your subscription preferences.