Parks, Trails & Recreation Master Plan

14 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS APPROX. 85 PEOPLE

STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS During the course of the engagement period, the consultants met with 14 different stakeholder groups. The focus of the meetings was to educate, collect feedback, and begin building relationships between the various park user groups. Stakeholder groups were small (recommended to be no more then 15 people) to allow for a comfortable setting for people to provide their thoughts. The list to the right, shows which stakeholders were successfully met with. In addition, the consultant team made efforts to meet with Minority Populations within the community on numerous occasions. Examples of these attempts included a focus group meeting with members of the Latino Service at a local church, working with Shakopee Public Schools, and multiple attempts to contact MnDNR. City staff has been meeting with Stakeholder groups throughout the process, including multiple Athletic Association, Shakopee Public Schools, the Lions Club, and other stakeholder groups too numerous to mention. The consultant group and city staff have also been meeting with the following entities as a part of the parallel Shakopee Riverfront Master Plan effort. These groups have created a working group centered around Memorial Park and the River Trail: » » City of Shakopee » » SMSC » » Three Rivers Park District » » Scott County

1. Public Works and Engineering | Oct. 3, 2018 2. Park & Recreation Dept. | Oct. 3, 2018 3. Non-profits and Organizations | Oct. 3, 2018 4. Athletic Associations | Oct. 3, 2018 5. County, Three Rivers, Watershed | Oct. 4, 2018 6. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community | Oct. 4, 2018 7. Business & Real Estate | Oct. 4, 2018 8. Park Board & Bike Advisory Committee | Oct. 4, 2018

9. Somali Community | Nov. 2018 10. Russian Community | Nov. 2018 11. South Asian Community | Nov. 2018 12. Latino Community |Nov. 2018 13. Low Income Community | Nov. 2018 14. Persons Living with Disabilities | Nov. 2018

Meeting Notes for each stakeholder group can be found in Appendix B.

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