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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE # ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR MNRRA PLAN FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL By: Planning Intern Kirk Skoog Background: On Noveml)er 22, 1996, members of Staff met with representatives from the DNR, the National Pa~k Service, and the Metropolitan Council to discuss the Mississippi National River & Re~eation Area (MNRRA) Comprehensive Management Plan. ObservatiOns: The MNRRA encompasses 72 miles of the M/ssissippi River and adjacent land. The area also include~ four miles of the Minnesota River and adjacent land upstream from its confluence With the Mississippi. The northern limit of MNRRA is the confluence of the Crow River inear the cities of Ramsey and Dayton; the southern limit is just south of Hastings. To help achieve local visions and the purposes for which the area was established, the National Park Service (NPS) will work in cooperation with other agencies, local communities,land the public, to protect, preserve, and enhance the significant resources existing within the boundaries of the MNRRA. The NPS also will seek partnership opportunities to enhance public outdoor recreation in MNRRA and to provide for continued activities in the area that are consistent with the protection of resources. To help achieve these goals, NPS has made available matching grants to the cities and townships wit~n the MNRRA corridor in amounts up to $25,000. All applicants that meet basic requiremOnts will receive up to $10,000. The objective of basic funding is to assist the community to review and evaluate river corridor plans, ordinances and other management p~ograms to identify changes that would be necessary to bring local plans and policies into coi~formance with MNRRA and to help communities decide which steps they want to take. iFunding should help the communities to prepare to acmally update local ordinances. Awards of $15,000, $20,000, or $25,000 will be granted to encourage communities to: establisl~ intergovernmental agreements for joint pianning or management of the Mississippi River corridor. extensively involve citizens, neighborhood groups and other diverse interests in achieving MNRRA policies. make a local commitment to resolving issues, updating local plans and ordinances and protecting the resources of the Mississippi River and corridor.