The Lake Harriet CAC formally presented its Final Report and Recommendations on Lake Harriet Concessions at the Minneapolis Par and Recreation Board's Planning Committee meeting on January 20, 2010. The report itself was received and filed by the Board on December 16, 2009. The presentation completes the charge given the CAC and concludes its work.

The presentation given can be found HERE.

The MPRB Planning Committee unanimously adopted the recommendations set forth in the "Lake Harriet CAC Final Report and Recommendations". Don Sigglekow, MPRB General Manager, said the next steps are to have the full Board act on the plan approval at their February 3, 2010 meeting. If approved, staff will outline the RFP process at the MPRB February 17 meeting for Board approval. As part of that RFP process, staff will be recommending to include interested Lake Harriet CAC members on the RFP committee.

The Lake Harriet CAC set out to establish a set of defensible, sustainable recommendations that could stand on their own, and that could be successfully implemented by the Park Board. Thanks to the work of CAC members, stakeholders, staff, and other professionals we have met this goal.

The report itself can be found HERE.

Specifically, the CAC recommended that the Park Board provide additional food concession options at Lake Harriet and minimize negative community impacts by expanding concession operations into the breezeway area within the footprint of the existing concession building.

This site was set up as part of a broader effort to provide for an open and transparent public participation process. The public can view any part of this site and download all documents that are posted on it. It will remain online as long as it is serving a useful purpose to the public. With the work of the CAC concluded, the site will not host new material. For official documentation created by the CAC please visit the MPRB Lake Harriet CAC web page HERE.

For further information contact Lake Harriet CAC Chair, Matt Perry at mattp@pobox.com / 612-839-3320.

The Lake Harriet CAC conducted 404 brief surveys of people (832 total) in and around the concession area at the Lake Harriet Pavilion to get their input on some key questions. These surveys were done during late June and early July. The results of these surveys can be found by clicking HERE.

We closed the online survey on Monday, August 17, 2009 in order to have sufficient time to compile and begin the analysis of the responses prior to the Lake Harriet CAC's next meeting.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete the online survey. Your input will be used to help inform the CAC as it develops its recommendations.

Please contact Matt Perry at mattp@pobox.com or mattp@pobox.com if you have any questions.