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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

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

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

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

Improving Mobility through Rideshare/Ownershare Options

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Alan Herrmann | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Explore a public private partnership model for addressing ride share needs; assess advantages and disadvantages, available subsidies for residents with income barriers, and creating a program that can transition or add connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies.

Project Categories: Transportation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Planning for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Mark Callahan | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Research how connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) will reshape urban design, land use, and transportation in rural and suburban communities. How are plans being made to anticipate these changes? How should large entertainment destinations/venues and freight land use clusters plan and design?

Project Categories: Transportation, Land Use and Population

Creating an Edible Landscape

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Jamie Bachaus | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Identify the feasibility and begin planning for a "food forest" at a city or regional park or other publicly-owned land that would provide low-maintenance, sustainable, plant-based food production.

Project Categories: Parks and Recreation, Health, Human, and Social Services

Measuring Costs of Services for Rural Land Uses

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Brad Davis | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Conduct a cost of community services study for the County's three broad land use categories guided in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan: Agricultural Preservation (1/40 density), Rural Residential (1/2.5 density), and Rural Commercial/Industrial.

Project Categories: Land Use and Population

Investigating Alternative Methods for Property Assessment

Project Partner: Scott County | Project Lead: Michael Thompson | Year: 2018–2019 Partner: Scott County
Project Goal:

Assess effectiveness of current property assessment methods, research areas that have implemented alternative property assessment methods to compare and contrast, research savings associated with alternative assessment methods, and propose policy changes to ensure, if new standards are adopted, they are able to be utilized in the future.

Project Categories: Housing, Policy Analysis & Public Policy

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