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Executive Summary 2CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON PARK AND TRAIL SYSTEM MASTER PLAN - DRAFT Planning Process A year-long planning process began with a project start-up meeting with city staff to explore goals, objectives and gather important city data. A critical piece of this plan was community engagement, which started immediately and was used to raise awareness of the project in order to understand the viewpoints of the residents to ensure the plan aligned with community sentiment and identified needs. At this stage, input was solicited through various channels, including an interactive online engagement platform, city social media, in-person interviews, and attendance at various community events. The use of a steering committee with community members that represented varying organizations and viewpoints was included to provide additional community outreach, raise project awareness, develop goals and policies, and guide the decision-making process. Data collection and system evaluations were also conducted to understand the existing quality and condition of the parks, trails and recreation within New Brighton. The findings and analysis from the engagement and data collection process provided guidance to the development of preliminary recommendations and concept plans in the draft system master plan. The draft master plan went through a comment and review process for further refinement and confirmation of priorities were evaluated for inclusion into the final system master plan report, presented and adopted by the City of New Brighton on ____, to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council as an amendment to the New Brighton 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Project Start- Up Inventory and Data Collection Community Engagement Analysis and Draft Master Plan Final Plan Primary Goals and Initiatives The following goals and initiatives, in alignment with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, were prepared as a guide for establishing both short and long term priorities for the parks, trails and recreation programs to better meet the needs and desires of the community over the next 20 years. 1. Strengthen Community Connections 2. Create Spaces to Gather & Interact 3. Celebrate Parks as Neighborhood Activity Centers 4. Create a Sense of Place and Feeling of Community 5. Safe, Comfortable & Attractive Streets 6. Sustain Fiscal & Environmental Responsibility