1. Performance Goal – Carbon Footprint – By 2026, reduce the park board’s operational carbon footprint by 25% from the 2018 level.
  2. Performance Goal – Resiliency in Master Plans – Identify and track resiliency projects in service area master plans and the ecological system plan and advance 15% of identified projects by 2026.
  3. Performance Goal – Transit/Park Access – By 2026, conduct an analysis of park visitors using GIS, cell phone data, and/or other travel analysis techniques to estimate trip origin and destination, mode of travel, and time spent in transit and at destination, in order to create baseline data on park access for future decision-making. This goal will require additional funding.
  1. Performance Goal – Volunteerism – Enhance and unify organization-wide volunteer management infrastructure by creating a single tracking system, recruitment strategy, and recognition program that supports all cultures easily accessing volunteer opportunities that range from grassroots to large-scale, and establish a 2026 growth target for volunteerism that incorporates the cultural diversity of the city and the budget request that supports accomplishing the target.
  2. Performance Goal – Safety – By 2026, have park police engagement activities account for 35% of the total time of field activities, up from an average of 27.5% of time spent in discretionary and engagement activities between 2019 and 2021. This goal requires additional funding.
  1. Performance Goal – Capacity – By the end of 2026, design, develop, and implement a capacity measurement that considers center and athletic facility space and staffing resources for maintenance and programming in each recreation center and its adjoining park assets, which results in seasonal reports on the available program capacity by center and service area.
  2. Performance Goal – Evaluation – By the end of 2026, design, develop, and implement a multi-tiered program evaluation tool that provides seasonal reports on participant satisfaction in programs provided in each recreation center and service area, to assist in program development and retirement to best meet the park and recreation needs of each community.
  3. Performance Goal – Enrollment – Track enrollment in all new programs (indoor, outdoor, sports, nature-based, arts, etc.) and re-enrollment in existing programs (indoor, outdoor, sports, nature-based, arts, etc.) by season and by recreation center and service area to assist in setting program goals for each recreation center and to inform program development and retirement to best meet the park and recreation needs of each community.
  1. Performance Goal – Parkway Pavement – Increase rate of parkway repaving or reconstruction to 2 miles annually by 2026. This goal requires additional funding.
  2. Performance Goal – Assets – Increase the percentage of the five major assets identified in the NPP20 Equity Ordinance that are inside their expected lifespans from a 2021 baseline of 53% to 65% by 2026.
  3. Performance Goal – Level of Service Standards – By 2026, establish Level of Service standards for our top five assets and create detailed lifecycle maintenance and rehabilitation plans to accomplish these Levels of Service.
  4. Performance Goal – Master Plan Implementation – By 2026, advance 25% of policy items identified in the system-wide master plan implementation tracker, up from a 2022 baseline of 10%.
  1. Performance Goal – Natural Area Management – By the end of 2026, meet the restoration goals outlined in MPRB’s Phase II Natural Areas Plan “Management Briefs” for 6 of the 19 managed natural areas, increase the acreage of managed natural areas by 120 acres (30%), and propose a new staffing, volunteer and partnership model that increases management, sustainability and connectivity of managed natural areas. This goal will require additional funding for natural areas.
  2. Performance Goal – Tree Canopy –By 2026, plant two trees for every tree removed on MPRB property and boulevards. This goal requires additional funding.
  3. Performance Goal – Water Quality – By the end of 2026, create and implement a sustainable funding and operational model for an expanded MPRB Stormwater Management Program to sustain, protect and enhance the stormwater management system on park land for which the MPRB is responsible. This goal is dependent on the MPRB’s level of success in securing long-term and sufficient access to the Minneapolis Stormwater Utility fee. This goal will require additional funding and growing subject matter expertise among staff

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