DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Regular Information
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Review Draft Objectives And Strategies For Parks Natural Systems Plan
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Receive and review draft objectives and strategies for the Parks Natural Systems Plan
SUMMARY
Dakota County adopted a Natural Resources Management System Plan https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/About/ResourcePlans/Documents/NaturalResourcesManagementReport.pdf for its Parks in 2017, which addressed the Park System (parks, greenways, and park conservation areas) and private natural area easements. In 2020, Dakota County updated its Farmland and Natural Areas Protection Plan as a more targeted County Land Conservation Plan
https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Environment/LandConservation/Plan/Documents/LandConservationPlan.pdf
With the completion of the 2050 Parks Vision Plan, staff is combining the NRMSP and the LCP into a unified operational plan called the Natural Systems Plan (NSP).
The NSP will serve as a bridge between the high-level goals of the 2050 Vision Plan (Attachment: 2050 Vision Plan Goals and Strategies Related to Land Protection and Natural Systems Stewardship) and the site-specific recommendations included in individual park and greenway Natural Resource Management Plans (NRMPs). It is intended to be clear enough to guide work for the next five to 10 years but have the flexibility to respond to changes and new opportunities.
Staff has been merging the "action portions," i.e., goals, objectives, and strategies, of the NRMSP and the LCP into the new NSP (Attachment: NSP Draft Objectives and Strategies). Because the Land Conservation Plan is relatively new, fewer changes are being recommended. The NRMSP is older and includes only goals, requiring updating and the build-out of strategies. The Vision Plan goals provide overarching guidance for the new plan. Additionally, the 2050 Vision Plan identified new goals related to natural resources that were not reflected in the NRMSP or LCP. The attache...
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