(ARCHIVED) Southwest Service Area Master Plan New park plans for neighborhood parks south of I-394 and west of I-35W

Project Location

Southwest Service Area

Project Manager

Colleen O’Dell
Phone: 612-230-6469
Email: codell@minneapolisparks.org

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Language Resources

Correo Electrónico: preguntas@minneapolisparks.org Email: suaalo@minneapolisparks.org

Key Documents

Status

Current Phase: System Planning

What's New

Next CAC meeting October 16; Six workshops for park groupings scheduled late October-early November

Thank you to all of the community members working together to create the Southwest Service Area Master Plan, called SW Parks Plan for short. Since the project launched last summer, […]

CAC Meeting #3 Summary

This meeting was held on July 26, 2018. CAC #3 Agenda [PDF] CAC #3 Presentation [PDF] CAC #3 Meeting Minutes [PDF] CAC #3 Park Amenity Coverage Maps [PDF] CAC #3 Neighborhood Data […]

Work Group meetings scheduled throughout August and September!

Any interested Southwest Minneapolis parks user is invited to attend discussions hosted by work groups dedicated to topics related to SW neighborhood parks. The groups were created as part of […]

Next CAC meeting scheduled Thursday, July 26

Thank you to all of the community members working together to create the Southwest Service Area Master Plan, called SW Parks Plan for short. The next SW Parks Plan Community Advisory […]

Materials from CAC Meeting #2 posted

Materials from the Southwest Service Area Master Plan Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting #2 have been posted: CAC #2 Agenda [PDF] CAC #2 Presentation [PDF] CAC #2 Meeting Minutes [PDF] CAC […]

Next Southwest Service Area Master Plan meeting is June 18

CAC #1 Agenda [PDF] CAC #1 Presentation [PDF] CAC #1 Meeting Minutes [PDF] Meeting notes and presentation from the last Community Advisory Committee meeting posted online. Thank you to all of the […]

SW Service Area Master Plan CAC member park tour

Saturday, June 9th. 9:30am-3:00pm. Vans will depart from Kenwood Community Center, 2101 West Franklin Ave. at 9:30am. Community Advisory Committee (CAC) members and staff will be visiting most SW neighborhood […]

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board seeks proposals for design and planning services

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board seeks design services from a registered Landscape Architect teamed with other professional consultants, if necessary, to collaborate with MPRB staff on the creation of […]

Attend Minnehaha Creek Open Houses April 12 and 17!

Learn about upcoming and ongoing projects affecting the creek and share your ideas The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB), City of Minneapolis and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) are […]

CAC applications for Mississippi Gorge Master Plan due March 7; Minnehaha Creek and SW Minneapolis deadline extended to March 21

New Master Plans coming for Mississippi Gorge Regional Park, Minnehaha Regional Trail, Southwest Service Area The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is excited to launch three new park master […]

Timeline

Project Milestones

Spring 2018

  • Project start-up
  • Park inventory and analysis
  • Consultant selection
  • Community Advisory Committee (CAC) application process

Summer-Fall 2018

  • Community visioning
  • Community discussion park needs, likes, dislikes, concerns, and dreams

Fall 2018-Summer 2019

  • Development and refinement of park concept plans
  • Community discussion about park plans and area-wide vision

Fall 2019-Winter 2020

  • Creation of Southwest Service Area Master Plan (SW Parks Plan) document
  • Community comments on the document
  • Final adoption by MPRB Commissioners

Project History

The SW Service Area Master Plan project kicked off in spring of 2018.

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Past Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

Public Hearing Wednesday, October 7, 6:45 pm

The information on how to call in is on our board meeting page.

You will need to submit a request via the form on the page by noon. 

The public hearing is time certain at 6:45. Those signed up before noon on the day of the meeting will receive a call in number shortly before the start of the hearing.

Background

A Service Area Master Plan is a process that engages the community to:

  • Take a complete look at all outdoor park assets: fields, playgrounds, paths, etc. (Recreation center buildings are not included in this Master Plan. They are part of RecQuest.)
  • Create improvement plans for each neighborhood park
  • Guide decisions on capital improvements, how to spend NPP20 funding, land acquisition, and development of new parks.
  • Set a vision for operations, management, and improvements
  • Set priorities and estimate budgets

The Southwest Service Area Master Plan (SW Parks Plan) will include all neighborhood parks south of I-394 and west of I-35W, including small triangle park properties. In all, 43 park properties are included in the SW Parks Plan project. Please view the service area map under “Key Documents” to see all of the park properties involved in the project. The SW Parks Plan will not include regional parks such as Minneapolis Chain of Lakes Regional Park (including Brownie, Cedar, Lake of the Isles, Bde Maka Ska, and Harriet) nor regional trails (Kenilworth, Cedar Lake, and Minnehaha Parkway) because these parks and trails are required by the Metropolitan Council to have their own, separate master plans.

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