Above the Falls Regional Park - Upper Harbor Terminal Park Implementation
Funding would be used to match an authorized State G.O. Bond to implement public infrastructure and a new park on the Upper Harbor Terminal site. Funding activities would include design, engineering, trails, plazas, recreational amenities, natural areas, shoreline restoration, and other elements called for in the park's adopted master plan. The primary intended outcome is to create publicly accessible Mississippi River waterfront, which has never existed in this location nor is widely available in north and northeast Minneapolis. This funding helps accomplish the adopted vision of creating public, environmentally sustainable parkland along both sides of the upper Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
Above the Falls Regional Park
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL$21,712,000$22,149,000
(a) $12,641,000 the first year and $15,140,000 the second year are from the parks and trails fund to be distributed as required under new Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535, subdivision 3, except that of this amount, $40,000 the first year is for a grant to Hennepin County to plant trees along the Victory Memorial Parkway.
(b) The Metropolitan Council shall submit a report on the expenditure and use of money appropriated under this section to the legislature as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, by March 1 of each year. The report must detail the outcomes in terms of additional use of parks and trails resources, user satisfaction surveys, and other appropriate outcomes.
(c) Grant agreements entered into by the Metropolitan Council and recipients of money appropriated under this section shall ensure that the funds are used to supplement and not substitute for traditional sources of funding.
(d) The implementing agencies receiving appropriations under this section shall give consideration to contracting with the Minnesota Conservation Corps for contract restoration, maintenance, and other activities.
Acres of public park created. Number and type of new facilities implemented. Mileage of trails constructed.
Reported upon completion
State/Local