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Search for RCP-supported projects and reports using a simple keyword search. Results will appear at the bottom of this page.

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Innovative Storm Water Management Practices for the Rush Line Bus Rapid Transit Project

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Frank Alarcon | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Ramsey County
Project Goal:

Provide recommendations for pursuing key partnerships, developing innovative stormwater management techniques; and creating stormwater management principles to guide decisions throughout the corridor.

Project Categories: Environment & Energy, Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Works

Removing Transportation Barriers to Employment Opportunities for WFS Program Participants

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Max Holdhusen | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Ramsey County
Project Goal:

Conduct a needs and barriers assessment of transportation resources through focus groups with Ramsey County Workforce Solutions (WFS) program participants; and better involve businesses in the suburban Ramsey County region who face challenges in recruiting and maintaining job seekers due to a lack of public transportation options.

Project Categories: Transportation, Economic Development and Employment

Building Community Resilience to Emergencies among Vulnerable Populations

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Karma Kumlin-Diers | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Ramsey County
Project Goal:

Coordinate efforts to build overall resilience in Ramsey County communities to increase resilience in times of natural or human-caused disaster. Identify, gather, aggregate, and validate data to develop and map a social vulnerability index (SVI) of Ramsey County; identify other Ramsey County agencies that might make use of the SVI.

Project Categories: GIS & Technology, Infrastructure and Public Works, Health, Human, and Social Services

Exploring the Use of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program for Multifamily Buildings

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Mary Lou Egan | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Ramsey County
Project Goal:

Identify barriers for residential usage of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program, identify successful national case studies of multifamily projects that utilized PACE, and make recommendations for how PACE could be used specifically for affordable housing developments and naturally-occurring affordable housing (NOAH) in Ramsey County.

Project Categories: Housing, Environment & Energy

Empowering Citizens to Vote

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Joe Mansky | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Ramsey County
Project Goal:

Analyze the reasons for chronically low rates of registration and participation by young voters in Saint Paul Ward 1, Precinct 9, located in the Frogtown neighborhood; develop and implement a marketing plan to encourage more young voters to register and vote in state, city, and school district elections.

Project Categories: Community Outreach and Engagement, Communications and Marketing

Managing Next Generation Household Waste

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Kate Sedlacek | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Provide information and analysis that can inform planning for future household waste management. Projections of future demand for hazardous household waste facilities, demographic research to pinpoint populations or geographic areas not utilizing the service, recommendations for both outreach and future growth.

Project Categories: Land Use and Population, Environment & Energy

Evaluating Eminent Domain Settlements for Highway Projects

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Lisa Freese | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Research local eminent domain processes that improve infrastructure projects and yet protects land owners and tax payer interests; conduct a policy analysis on how Eminent Domain Statutory changes have impacted local highway projects focusing on cost increases and settlement rates resulting from the 2008 statutory changes.

Project Categories: Transportation, Policy Analysis & Public Policy, Land Use and Population

Fostering Employer-Assisted Workforce Housing

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Julie Siegert | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Analyze different Employer Assisted Housing (EAH) models to determine effectiveness at attracting and retaining a workforce and identify specific businesses or business sectors in Scott County that would benefit from and potentially participate in an EAH initiative in the county.

Project Categories: Housing, Economic Development and Employment

Integrating Early Childhood Data

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Jake Grussing | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Conduct an early learning program and data inventory; research what programs exist, what data is available for tracking student development, and how that data is being shared;  research what other data integration models are being successfully used elsewhere in the United States; provide recommendations for improved data sharing and potential multi-system data integration.

Project Categories: Education, Health, Human, and Social Services

Promoting Active Living for Scott County

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Nathan Moe | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Produce an analysis and engagement process to better understand how policies can affect access to active living within suburban and rural communities; conduct a policy analysis on how communities support active living and identify any barriers for suburban and rural communities; review policies, ordinances, and plans related to active living and analyze assets, gaps, barriers, and opportunities.

Project Categories: Health, Human, and Social Services, Parks and Recreation, Policy Analysis & Public Policy

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