Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/14/1998

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~Z2-~868~ H0ZSINI~iTON KOEF~L.F_~ .555 P0;~ FIR'/ I~3 'cJ8 Meeting 5ummsr~ tVlississippi National River and Recreation Area Ramsey Comm=~aty Meeting Thursday. April 30. 1998 7:00 p.~ Ramsey Blementary School Nearly 45 City of Ramsey residents, bnsinr.ss owners and-propexty owners attended a meeting at P, amsey Elementary School on Thursday evening April 30~ to discuss the futura of th~ Mizsissippi P, iwr Corridor. The Hoislngton Koegler Croup and City Staff conducted the m~eting. Also attending the meeting were staff persons from the Dopam~.at of Natural Resources, the Mcu-opolitan Council, the National Park Service, and srzff from the City of Dayton and the City of Champlin. Introduction and Purpose The nmeting began with an inlroduction by 'Ramsey Mayor Tom Garnet. Mayor Garnet briefly explained that this meeting was a part of the process to upda~ the City's Comprehvnsive Plzm and that the publics' participation is very valuable and integral to the completion of the Comprehensive Plan. Mayor Cramec introduced Brad Scheib from the Hoisington Y,.oegler Croup, the consulumt assisting the City with updating thc Comprehensive Plan. Brad provided a brief oveaview of what the meeting is intended to accomplish. The goal of the meeting was to obtain direction from the public as to what important objectives should be addressed in a plan for the futura of the lviiasiasippi River Coaidor and to educate participants on what the MissLssippi National River and Rocreafion Area (MNRRA) program is about. F..xer~ise " a day in the life atong the Missi~siplai River Corridor" The first exercise required large group interaction and was intended to find out what the residents would like to see for the furore of the Mississippi River. Brad Scheib lcd the participants in an exercise call~ "a day in the iif6 along the Mississippi River Corridor." The participants were aske. zl to imagine that it was an ordinary day along the Mississippi River Corridor and to express what that ordinary day would look, sound or feel llke at different ~ throughout the day. The responses from thc group wer~ recorded on a flip chart and p]aced on the wall. The following is a verbatim r~cording of those responses. typical day in a life along the Mississippi River corridor" 6:00 mm. Birds and Wildlife Quiet Canoeing Mist rising up ~shing 7:00 a.m. Fishing 8:00 a.m. Drinking coffee on the dock Walking on trails 9:00 a.m. Clear water I 1:00 a.m. Catf~h Pontoon boats 12:00 noon Shore lunch 3:00 p.n~' Boating No. jet skis Hoixington Kocglcr Group, Page I of:;