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Item Assessing Tall-Grass Prairie Quality for Restoration Management Planning at Lake Elmo Park Reserve(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Allen, BriWashington County is characterized by a distinct set of landscapes and natural resources, including rivers and streams, bluffs and ravines, lakes and wetlands, forests and grasslands, and prime farmland. The County has acquired nearly 4,500 acres of land to preserve these landscapes and resources for the public to enjoy. Developing goals and methods for responsibly managing and stewarding this public land is crucial. Currently, land management approaches fall along a spectrum that ranges from “active” management focused on eradication of undesirable non-native vegetation and restoration to historical land covers to “passive” management focused on managing the natural succession of the land and adapting the land to prepare for new environmental and climate conditions. Washington County staff desired a tool that could be used to assess the appropriate management approach for a given landscape to guide their management practices. A graduate student pursuing a Master of Professional Studies in Horticulture Degree worked with Washington County project leads Connor Schaeffer and Dan MacSwain as her capstone project to create a management guide for use with tall-grass prairie landscapes. The student’s final report and project poster are available.Item Electric Vehicle Car-Share Feasibility Study(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Cade, Jackson; Lyng, Lexie; Munene, Nelima Sitati; Stewart, GustaveThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Edina and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Edina is committed to providing clean, abundant, equitable, and accessible transportation options to all who live, work, and travel through the community. Edina’s newly passed Climate Action Plan includes goals to reduce community-wide vehicle miles traveled by 7% by 2030, and increase battery electric vehicle utilization to 25% of community-wide rolling stock. The City is also committed to prioritizing low-income household transportation opportunities. Edina project lead Grace Hancock collaborated with a team of graduate students enrolled in a Humphrey School capstone course, taught by Lyssa Leitner, to review literature and case studies of electric car-sharing services in peer suburbs in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country, interview stakeholders and residents through focus group engagement, assess how an EV car-sharing program would meet Edina's greenhouse gas emission reduction and equity goals, and recommend action steps for implementing such a system in Edina. The students’ final report and PowerPoint presentation are available.Item Exploring Shared Mobility Public-Private Partnerships(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Henly, Katherine; Irber, Kari; Erica, OrcholskiThis project was completed as part of a 2022–2023 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). MnDOT promotes the growth of innovative shared-mobility options in Minnesota. Shared mobility services offer an opportunity to provide better overall mobility and quality of life, especially for those who do not have access to a private automobile due to income, age, or physical ability. As these services grow, cities and transit agencies need to understand how to approach partnerships with shared mobility providers to achieve the best results for their communities. MnDOT requested assistance creating a public-private partnerships (P3) guide to increase public sector knowledge of these types of agreements and support local communities in providing shared mobility options. MnDOT project lead Elliott McFadden worked with students in Robin Phinney's PA 8081 Master of Public Affairs Capstone course to interview shared-mobility professionals and providers in Minnesota to learn about best practices for developing successful P3s that benefit both cities and shared-mobility service providers. The students' final report and presentation are available.Item Feasibility of an Electric Car-Sharing Service in a Suburban Environment: Team Best Practices(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Bransky, Jacob; Cade, Jackson; Margolis, Jacob; Ziegler, SpencerThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Edina and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Edina is committed to providing clean, abundant, equitable, and accessible transportation options to all who live, work, and travel through the community. Edina’s newly passed Climate Action Plan includes goals to reduce community-wide vehicle miles traveled by 7% by 2030, and increase battery electric vehicle utilization to 25% of community-wide rolling stock. The City is also committed to prioritizing low-income household transportation opportunities. Edina project lead Grace Hancock collaborated with a team of graduate students enrolled in Professor Frank Douma’s course, PA 5232/CEGE 5212: Transportation Planning, Policy, and Deployment, to review literature and case studies of electric car-sharing services in peer suburbs in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country and recommend best practices for implementing such a system in Edina. The students’ final report and PowerPoint presentation are available.Item Feasibility of Electric Car Sharing in a Suburban Environment: A Survey of Edina Residents(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Masson, George; Henke-Fiedler, BrandonThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Edina and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). The City of Edina is committed to providing clean, abundant, equitable, and accessible transportation options to all who live, work, and travel through the community. Edina’s newly passed Climate Action Plan includes goals to reduce community-wide vehicle miles traveled by 7% by 2030, and increase battery electric vehicle utilization to 25% of community-wide rolling stock. The City is also committed to prioritizing low-income household transportation opportunities. A team of graduate RCP Scholars collaborated with Edina project lead Grace Hancock to develop and administer an online resident survey to understand whether, how, and by whom an electric car-sharing service might be used in a suburban environment such as Edina. The students’ final report is available.Item Feasibility of Electric Car Sharing in a Suburban Environment: Team Connectivity(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Rosenblad, Ben; Anago, Christian; Lallak, Chandler; Harpell, IanThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Edina and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Edina is committed to providing clean, abundant, equitable, and accessible transportation options to all who live, work, and travel through the community. Edina’s newly passed Climate Action Plan includes goals to reduce community-wide vehicle miles traveled by 7% by 2030, and increase battery electric vehicle utilization to 25% of community-wide rolling stock. The City is also committed to prioritizing low-income household transportation opportunities. Edina project lead Grace Hancock collaborated with a team of graduate students enrolled in Professor Frank Douma’s course, PA 5232/CEGE 5212: Transportation Planning, Policy, and Deployment, to review literature, best practices, and case studies of electric car-sharing services in peer suburbs in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country and make recommendations for how an EV car-sharing service could supplement and connect to existing transportation networks and other transit options in Edina to improve transportation mobility, access, and connectivity. The students’ final report and PowerPoint presentation are available.Item Feasibility of Electric Car-Sharing in a Suburban Environment: Team Equity(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Wuebker, Jessica; Maktar, Ayub; Denten, Kaitlyn; Tabura, AJThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Edina and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Edina is committed to providing clean, abundant, equitable, and accessible transportation options to all who live, work, and travel through the community. Edina’s newly passed Climate Action Plan includes goals to reduce community-wide vehicle miles traveled by 7% by 2030, and increase battery electric vehicle utilization to 25% of community-wide rolling stock. The City is also committed to prioritizing low-income household transportation opportunities. Edina project lead Grace Hancock collaborated with a team of graduate students enrolled in Professor Frank Douma’s course, PA 5232/CEGE 5212: Transportation Planning, Policy, and Deployment, to review literature, best practices, and case studies of electric car-sharing services in peer suburbs in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country with respect to ensuring equitable access. The students’ final report and PowerPoint presentation are available.Item From Ripples to Waves: Exploring Ripple Effects of the Bloomington Leadership Program(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Benson, Rachel; DeBellis, Ruby; Johnson, Annika; Paschall, JasonThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Bloomington and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). In 2022, the City of Bloomington launched a new strategic plan, "Bloomington. Tomorrow. Together" (BTT). The main objectives of BTT are to create a more welcoming, healthy, and economically equitable community. Bloomington project lead Diann Kirby and other staff from the City partnered with students in Peter Brown's PA 8081: Planning and Public Policy Capstone course in spring of 2023 to assess the Bloomington Leadership Program--which seeks to promote civic engagement, break down barriers, increase understanding of local government, and develop leaders in the Bloomington community--and measure its performance against the strategic objectives in the BTT. Students used Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) as a qualitative evaluation method to document and measure the impacts of the program. They found that the program strengthened community involvement, deepened engagement with local government, energized new leaders, and allowed participants to gain knowledge about their community, all of which significantly builds human and social capital for the City and ultimately creates a more welcoming community. The students’ final report and presentation are available.Item Iterative, Inclusive Engagement in Pursuit of Climate Resilience in Ramsey County(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Call, Brian; Boudlali, Jamila; Wu, Yuping; Yudelman, Beth; Thebus, David; Klingbeil, Dwight; Greenberg, Gillian; Bakken, Noelle; Mollberg, Mason; Rowe, Quinn; Stewart, Gustave; Breitheim, Laura; Flannery, Katlyn; Moorthy, Kribashini Narayana; Sharif, Fatha; Menhennet, Johnny; Bano, Azra; DeLee, GraceThis project was completed as part of a partnership between Saint Paul–Ramsey County Public Health and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Climate change continues to impact the health, well-being, and resilience of Ramsey County residents, with greater severity in racially/ethnically diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. A newly published County strategic priority states that Ramsey County is committed to leading in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, elevating environmental justice, and fighting against the disparate impacts of climate change in Black, American Indian, and other underrepresented communities across the county. Ramsey County project lead Abi Phillips worked with five teams of students in Dr. Fernando Burga's PA 5145: Civic Engagement in Public Affairs course in spring of 2023 to identify target communities for engagement, potential engagement strategies, and evaluation metrics, and offer recommendations and next step for Ramsey County public engagement around issues related to climate change and resilience. The students’ final report, which includes five poster series, is available.Item Keeping Our Cool with the Metropolitan Council: Extreme Heat Through Storytelling(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Anders, Mattie; Hewitt, Alice; McDonald, KatieThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (https://rcp.umn.edu/). The goal of this project was to assist the Metropolitan Council in updating its extreme heat tool to include narratives that document extreme heat impacts on public health and natural systems, and demonstrate the equity and human health considerations related to extreme heat events. Metropolitan Council project leads Eric Wojchik and Ellen Esch collaborated with a team of students in Dr. Peter Brown’s course PA 8081 to provide a qualitative and human-centered focus on how extreme heat is impacting residents around the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A final student report and StoryMap website (https://z.umn.edu/MetCouncilExtremeHeat) from the project are available.Item Meet the Moment: Activating Internal Capacity-Building Opportunities to Respond to Climate Change in Ramsey County(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Beatty, Kajsa; Bower, Arianna; Randle, Michael; San Juan, CarmelThis project was completed as part of a partnership between Ramsey County and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Ramsey County's 2040 Comprehensive Plan clearly articulates that all County work shall be examined through the lenses of "health in all policies, resilience and racial equity." The purpose of this project was to identify strategies and resources that empower county employees to reframe or refine their approach to work in order to better promote health, resilience, and racial equity in County efforts to prepare for and address climate change impacts. Ramsey County project lead Abi Phillips collaborated with a team of graduate students enrolled in Professor Peter Brown's PA 8081: Planning and Public Policy Capstone. Students researched case studies of comparable government models in other counties, conducted a gap analysis in collaboration with staff from Public Health and Parks and Recreation, and provided recommendations and next steps. The students’ final report is available.Item Mixing Expectations: Examining the Fiscal Impacts of Mixed Use Development in Bloomington, Minnesota(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Call, Brian; Goderstad, Linnea; Lohse, Maxwell; Menke, AlexThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Bloomington and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Redevelopment projects of all land use types have occurred at a steady pace in Bloomington during the last 15 years. For this project, the City sought a return on investment (ROI) analysis of various mixed-use development types in Bloomington from both a human capital and financial standpoint to inform future land use policies and municipal investments in development. Bloomington project lead Nick Johnson worked with students in Peter Brown's PA 8081: Planning and Public Policy Capstone course in spring of 2023 to assess the financial impacts of various mixed-use developments by comparing tax revenue generated with costs for various city services to these developments. The study found that mixed-use development generates more tax revenue per acre than nearly any other land use type or development type within the City of Bloomington and mixed-use is not more expensive to service than other development types. The students’ final report and presentation are available.Item Shared-Mobility Public-Private Partnerships in Minnesota: A Resource Guide(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2022) Greenberg, Gillian, Ian O'Dowd, and Emma WesterlundThis project was completed as part of a 2022–2023 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). MnDOT promotes the growth of innovative shared-mobility options in Minnesota. Shared mobility services offer an opportunity to provide better overall mobility and quality of life, especially for those who do not have access to a private automobile due to income, age, or physical ability. As these services grow, cities and transit agencies need to understand how to approach partnerships with shared mobility providers to achieve the best results for their communities. MnDOT requested assistance creating a public-private partnerships (P3) guide to increase public sector knowledge of these types of agreements and support local communities in providing shared mobility options. MnDOT project lead Elliott McFadden worked with a multidisciplinary team of RCP Scholars to interview and survey shared-mobility professionals and providers in Minnesota to learn about best practices for developing successful P3s that benefit both cities and shared-mobility service providers, and assembled their findings into a draft guide. The students' final report is available.Item A Study of Affordable Housing in the City of Bloomington, Minnesota(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2023) Amrhein, Joseph; Boudlali, Jamila; Griffin, Alexandra; Honer, MichaelThis project was completed as part of a partnership between the City of Bloomington and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Since the adoption of its “Housing Opportunity and Preservation Ordinance” in 2019, the City of Bloomington has been actively investing in the development of housing that is more affordable to the community. The City sought a return on investment (ROI) analysis of multi-family residential developments that emphasize affordability, considering both human/social and financial benefits. Bloomington project lead Nick Johnson collaborated with a team of graduate students enrolled in Professor Peter Brown's course, PA 8081: Planning and Public Policy Capstone, to review the literature on the benefits of affordable housing, and conducted a survey and interviews with residents of affordable housing in Bloomington in an effort to understand how their personal lives were affected by access to such housing. The students’ final report and PowerPoint presentation are available.