Important May meetings: 16th & 18th

MN Point Open House~ the public is invited!

“Strengthening Coastal Community Resilience in the Great Lakes Region”

Thursday May 18 from 5-7pm, upstairs at Lafayette. 

Your interest & participation are vital to MN Point resiliency efforts!

Pizza & Refreshments will be served

We welcome Dr. David Hart, Minnesota Point ASFPM Project Lead. Dr. Hart is a Senior Scientist with the University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center and serves as the Assistant Director for Extension at the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. David’s research and outreach occur at the intersection of geographic information science, urban and environmental planning, and coastal management. Since 2014, he has directed a staff of outreach specialists who extend coastal science throughout Wisconsin.

He will give an overview of the coastal resilience self-assessment, how it is being used on Minnesota Point and how it has been used to benefit other Great Lakes communities. Topics will include:​​stewardship of the dunes, shore-land permits, monitoring erosion rates, city policies, and more. Community engagement will be a vital & integral piece of this planning process as emphasized at the April PPCC meeting. 

Minnesota Point has been selected as one of four coastal communities by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) to receive a year of training and technical assistance to assess flood vulnerability and develop plans and policies that emphasize natural and nature-based solutions. 

The ASFPM Open House is scheduled from 5 – 7 PM on Thursday, May 18th at Lafayette and will include: 

• Pizza & Refreshments,Thank you DNR & PPCC
•  Information tables (DNR Coastal Program, City (Planning, Naturalist), PPCC MP50 (maps), ASFPM, and a short presentation.  David Hart, ASFPM, will speak from 6:00 – 6:30 about the Flood Plain Self-Assessment.  
• Sharing information and dialogues around tables of interest. 

Strengthening Coastal Communities Resilience in the Great Lakes Region Challenge: Minnesota Point

•  Our team is led by Julie McDonnell, Mn DNR and consists of other members including City of Duluth, Duluth Planning Commission, UMD, Park Point Community Club’s MP50 and Fond du Lac. 

The May 2023 Breeze

Technology to Impact Reckless Driving on Park Point! Neighbors are getting in touch with our state legislators as there are currently bills in the Minnesota House and Senate that would legalize speed and stop light camera use in the State of Minnesota.  This technology might really impact the speeding problems on Park Point. The bill, SF2026/HF2098,would allow cities throughout Minnesota to use radar speed cameras to enforce traffic laws. Here is a template to contact elected officials.

Tuesday 5/16/2023  PPCC Agenda/Notes Here

Call to Order, 7pm, social at 645 pm , Councilor Roz Randorf is planning to attend the beginning of the meeting.