Staff position for coordinating education efforts throughout the City's regional parks and trails system
Education coordinator position to develop and implement environmental educational programs including general environmental programs and site specific programs including presentations, tours, lectures, field labs, and nature observations at St. Paul regional parks and trails.
Jurisdiction-wide
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.
Proposed measurable outcomes for 2011:? 35 individual programs, 1,150 participants ?
Park Steward volunteer programs completed. 395 volunteers completed 3,887 volunteer hours of service, recruited and trained 5 skilled volunteers to lead educational interpretive hikes in St Paul's regional parks.