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Project Understanding | 18A Proposal for 2050 Comprehensive Plan Update for the City of St. Anthony Village Parks and Trails / Natural Systems The City’s current park system provides a robust recreational foundation for the community. The Park and Trails chapter development will begin with an inventory of existing parks and trails and identification of updated goals. WSB will collaborate with the City to revise the associated park and trail maps to reflect desired system changes. In addition, we will incorporate insights and priorities emerging from the current 2050 planning engagement process to ensure the chapter accurately represents the community’s evolving needs and vision for its parks and trails network. This work will incorporate a review and analysis of the City’s natural systems. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS Implementation The implementation section will compile all the strategic initiatives relating to the various Plan components. A matrix will be created identifying recommendations, responsible parties, estimated timelines, and potential costs. These strategies are based upon the feedback received throughout the planning process and will be vetted by City Staff, the City Council and various advisory committees. Resilience & Sustainability WSB’s current work conducting the climate analysis per the Metropolitan Council’s new requirements for the cities of Golden Valley and Circle Pines, provides a useful backdrop to tailor our efforts to meet the unique climate-related needs of St. Anthony Village. Beginning by incorporating the City’s existing action plans, our sustainability team will then take a data-based approach to conduct an analysis of the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profile for the City utilizing the Metropolitan Council climate model. Using this publicly available resource, we will assess how climate conditions have changed over time and are projected to continue to change, as an important input and lens for the Comprehensive Plan. Based on the findings of this analysis, we will provide a narrative summarizing the data. Furthermore, we will use the scenario modelling capabilities of the Metropolitan Council model to explore low, medium and high scenarios for several key variables that we will select with the City input. These scenarios will help us craft high-level strategies that meet minimum requirements of the climate mitigation and adaptations sections of the Imagine 2050 Plan. This task will identify how climate risks may impact the community and have bearing on the comprehensive planning process, along with potential approaches for mitigation and adaptation. 21