Remove Co. Rd 81 & restore the former road bed; develop off-leash dog area at Spring Lake Regional Park
Spring Lake Regional Park. Remove Co. Rd. 81 and restore the former road bed, and develop an off-leash dog area.
Spring Lake Regional park
Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL$12,641,000$15,140,000
(a) $12,641,000 the first year and $15,140,000 the second year are from the parks and trails fund to be distributed as required under new Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535, subdivision 3, except that of this amount, $40,000 the first year is for a grant to Hennepin County to plant trees along the Victory Memorial Parkway.
(b) The Metropolitan Council shall submit a report on the expenditure and use of money appropriated under this section to the legislature as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, by March 1 of each year. The report must detail the outcomes in terms of additional use of parks and trails resources, user satisfaction surveys, and other appropriate outcomes.
(c) Grant agreements entered into by the Metropolitan Council and recipients of money appropriated under this section shall ensure that the funds are used to supplement and not substitute for traditional sources of funding.
(d) The implementing agencies receiving appropriations under this section shall give consideration to contracting with the Minnesota Conservation Corps for contract restoration, maintenance, and other activities.
When visitor facilities are constructed, park visitation will be measured to evaluate effectiveness of that project. Based on visitor estimates for the off-leash dog area at Cleary Lake Regional Park, Scott County anticipates 30,000 annual visits for the
Park improvements complete. Park opened to public on October 13, 2012. Visitation estimates for 2013 not yet available as of the time of this report. The 2013 visitation estimate will be published in June 2014 and reported in March 2015.