Staff position for coordinating volunteer efforts throughout the City's regional parks and trails system
Volunteer Coordinator. Continue to recruit, coordinate, lead volunteers in land stewardship and wildlife monitoring projects. Initially funded with Grant SG-2010-088
Jurisdiction-wide
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL$15,763,000$16,141,000
(a) $15,763,000 the first year and $16,141,000 the second year are to be distributed under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3. The Metropolitan Council may use a portion of this appropriation to provide grants for metropolitan parks and trails of regional or statewide significance within the metropolitan area that are not eligible under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3.
(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.
Logged 9,232 volunteer hours, equivalent to 4.44 full-time employees.
A total of 9,676 individuals served a total of 21,137 volunteer hours restoring habitat in Saint Paul regional parks in large groups. An additional estimated 50 volunteers also planted and maintained gardens and small parcels of natural area, serving about 2500 volunteer hours.