I am a member of the Above the Falls Citizen Advisory Committee. We have just taken a great step of connecting and informing folks about the City of Minneapolis and Park Board approved plan to transform the upper river area in Minneapolis. We now have a web site hosted by the city of Minneapolis. _http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/boards-and-commissions/afcac_home.asp_ (http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/boards-and-commissions/afcac_home.asp) It is pretty basic so far. It includes: The Above the Falls Master Plan Membership Application Contact Info Bylaws, Meeting minutes and schedule. This is a thirty year plan with a board of thirty with two sets of alternates that can also participate. It represents neighborhoods, businesses, and environmental groups and operates by consensus. >From the Summary of Recommendations from the Master Plan: Parks, Urban Design, and Environmental Restoration Create a continuous and integrated riverfront parks and open space system long the Upper River. Construct recreational trails along both banks of the river. Provide space in parks for riverbank, landscape, and habitat restoration. Develop waterfront features in new parks, and nodes of interest at regular intervals along trails. Preserve hospitality uses within parks corridor. Establish a Riverway Street System, with common streetscape elements and signage that identify streets leading to and paralleling the riverfront. Designate no-build zones to hold view corridors to the river and downtown skyline. Construct a system of area-wide water quality ponds that meet the highest standards for stormwater retention and filtration. Extend West River Parkway to North Mississippi Regional Park. Convert the BN Bridge to a pedestrian and bicycle facility linking both banks. Reconstruct Marshall Street as a boulevard, with new landscaping and bicycle lanes. Land Use and Implementation Establish an Upper River Development Corporation as a non-profit entity with the sole purpose of implementing the Upper River Master Plan. Rezone property in accordance with the Upper River Land Use Plan. Close the Upper Harbor Terminal. Phase out heavy-industrial uses in Upper River corridor. Transition land use in corridor to a mix of parks, residential, light-industrial, and commercial uses. Develop new riverfront residential and mixed-use communities on west bank. Thanks, Scott Vreeland Seward near the River Please contact me or AFCAC if you are interested in helping me represent the Mississippi Watershed which includes four cities. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
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