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Resilient Communities Project-City of North St. Paul <br /> 2013-2014 Partnership <br /> �5r <br /> - owide-rangingooo - o oooa Resilient <br /> expertise of University of Minnesota faculty and students to address pressing local issues <br /> in ways at advance sustainability . . resilience. Communities Project <br /> During the 2013-2014 academic year, RCP partnered with the City of North St. Paul, a first-ring suburb in the Twin Cities <br /> metropolitan area, on 16 community-identified projects. These projects were matched with 34 courses spanning 17 departments <br /> across I I academic colleges at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, engaging more than 300 students. <br /> DevelopmentHousing, Land Use, and Community <br /> Live/Work Housing Evaluated potential of live/work housing to enhance livability, promote economic <br /> development, and increase housing density <br /> Analyzed parking needs, conducted a market analysis for the downtown area, and <br /> Downtown Revitalization Strategies offered recommendations for strategies to revitalize North St. Paul's downtown <br /> business district <br /> Designed an evaluation program to assess the city's current development review <br /> Redevelopment-Ready Community process and regulations based on input from developers, investors, business owners, <br /> commercial real estate brokers,and lending institutions <br /> Evaluated existing housing and community design characteristics, and made <br /> Housing Conservation and Aging in Place recommendations for regulations, public investments,and local policies to upgrade <br /> existing housing stock and support aging in place <br /> Environment <br /> Investigated regulatory changes and incentives to support green energy initiatives, <br /> Green Energy Initiative community-based energy development, distributed generation systems, district <br /> energy approaches,and net-zero-carbon development <br /> Provided an inventory of trees in North St. Paul, conducted a cost-benefit analysis to <br /> Emerald Ash Borer Management Plan develop recommendations for managing EAB in the city, and developed a protocol <br /> for how to gain community support for the management plan and communicate the <br /> risks of EAB to homeowners <br /> Designed an evaluation plan to assess existing conservation and energy efficiency <br /> Conservation Improvement Projects programs, including whether the programs are being effectively marketed, and <br /> whether incentives being offered are consistent with homeowners' or business <br /> owners' needs and interests related to conservation and energy efficiency <br /> Developed recommendations for a long-range operations and management plan for <br /> Environmental Education Initiative the Southwood Park nature reserve, as well as educational programming for <br /> residents and users of the park <br /> Storm Water Management Investigated cost-effective solutions to remediate local flooding issues and reduce <br /> total suspended solids and phosphorus load to local and downstream lakes <br /> 1 0 /' <br /> CITY ONo4th Saw 314,.d <br /> F <br /> 604 <br /> A <br /> —i,ii„i <br />