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Adopting the Great River Passage Master Plan. (Public hearing held April 3)
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WHEREAS, the Great River Passage Master Plan is the City's long-term and comprehensive vision for developing Saint Paul's Mississippi riverfront as an interconnected system of parks and trails, called the Great River Passage; and
WHEREAS, the Great River Passage Master Plan builds on 15 years of planning for revitalization of the Mississippi riverfront in Saint Paul, including the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework (1997), Mississippi River Corridor Plan (2001), Great River Park chapter of the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework (2007), district and small area plans, and regional park master plans; and
WHEREAS, the Great River Passage (GRP) Master Plan sets the stage for sustainable parks and open spaces; ecological restoration; economic development; and connection of the city, its neighborhoods and people to the Mississippi River; and
WHEREAS, the GRP Master Plan recognizes that the river corridor is Saint Paul's most significant environmental and recreational amenity, while also recognizing that it serves urban development just beyond the river's edge; and
WHEREAS, a core goal of the GRP Master Plan is to balance the protection and enhancement of the river corridor's natural qualities with high-quality urban development; and
WHEREAS, the GRP Master Plan contains goals, objectives, strategies and visionary plans based on three core principles for riverfront public and private development: 1) more natural; 2) more urban and 3) more connected; and
WHEREAS, the Plan is a 30-50-year vision, but also recommends short-, medium- and long-term strategies to provide guidance for policymakers, City departments and budgeting processes; and
WHEREAS, over the course of nearly two years, the Plan was prepared by a multi-disciplinary consultant team working with an inter-departmental City staff team and a 56-member task force/technical advis...
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