Addendum includes glossary of terms, maps, list of other MPRB Plans, clarifies and reframes four proposed strategies, and does not include substantive changes to the document
Parks for All is a new draft comprehensive plan will set Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) priorities and policy direction for the next decade.
With more than two months left in the public comment period, the MPRB issued an addendum to the draft Parks for All. The addendum doesn’t substantially change anything in the plan, it fills in contextual information and clarifies and reframes four proposed strategies as guidelines.
Items Added
New supplemental information in the Appendix:
- Appendix B: the Implementation Plan template (pg. 86)
- Appendix C: a power map of MPRB and other agencies’ policies and plans (pg. 87)
- Appendix D: a list of plans referenced and built on in the Comprehensive Plan (pg. 88)
- Appendix E: a glossary of terms used in the document to clarify technical language or jargon (pg. 91)
- Strategies on land disposition and acquisition in Goal 3 have been moved and reframed as Level of Service Guidelines in Chapter 3. (pg. 37).
Level of Service of Service Guidelines have been added to Chapter 3, including:
- A summary of current and proposed Level of Service (LOS) Standards, Plans, and Guidelines
- A set of LOS Guidelines based on the MPRB draft Values
- A definition of different LOS types
- Reframed land acquisition and disposition guidelines (pg. 71)
- The Recreation Center Implementation Guidelines have been reframed as Level of Service Guidelines for Recreation Centers (pg. 75).
View the full plan with the addendum using the link below. There are also, videos, executive summaries and translated option available, linked later in this update.
Draft Parks for All Full Plan [PDF]
Public Comment Period
A draft of Parks for All will be open for public comment until July 18, 2021. Until then, there are numerous ways to learn about the plan and send feedback using the link below.
Parks for All Links and Content
Minneapolis community members, park users, MPRB staff and partners are encouraged to review the plan and send feedback. Your input is welcome whether you have been deeply involved in the planning process over the past two years or if you are hearing about this for the first time!
Following the public comment period, the draft plan will be revised based on public input and presented to MPRB Commissioners for review and approval. Share the Parks for All draft plan with your friends, family, neighbors or other networks using minneapolisparks.org/parksforalldraft or bit.ly/MPRBCompPlan.
Community Virtual Open Houses
A series of Community Virtual Open Houses have been taking place throughout the spring for anyone to get up to speed on the project, provide feedback on the draft plan, and ask staff questions. There are two events remaining, use the links below to participate:
Learn About the Draft Plan
There are number of different ways to dive into the plan, including:
Are you a student or do you work with students? Please check out the new Student Engagement page!
About Parks for All
The draft document will be the MPRB’s agency policy direction based on shared values with community, agency staff and elected officials.
It will provide guidance in developing policy, establishing or changing programs and services, setting the annual MPRB budget and creating park improvements over the next decade.
It is a tool for communicating to MPRB staff, commissioners and the general public about what the MPRB does and it values.
It will build on what works now while identifying gaps in programs, services and strategies that need to be filled in the next decade. Parks for All focuses on the park system as a whole, not specific recommendations for individual parks.
It will build from master plans, other policies and activity plans, strategic directions and the community input gained during the last two years of engagement across the system, all of which incorporate more specific recommendations.
Engagement Process
Parks for All was developed through extensive staff, community, agency partner and commissioner input through an almost two-year process. This planning process is separate from the City of Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
The extensive engagement process was intended to develop a path toward a future that reflects the values, expectations and dreams of the communities served by the Minneapolis park system and MPRB commissioners and staff.
The MPRB thanks everyone who worked so hard to develop these policy ideas for the next 10 years of Minneapolis park and recreation system, including workgroup members and forum participants, the Youth Design Team, MRPB commissioners and staff, and the Parks for All Community Advisory Committee.