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Parks and Trails Commission Work Session Agenda
February 20, 2025 – 6:00 pm
1. Call to Order / Roll Call
2. South Fork Rush Creek Stream Restoration*
3. Unscheduled Items
4. Adjournment
*Includes Materials - Materials relating to these agenda items can be found in the House Agenda Packet by
door.
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The public is invited to attend the regular Parks and
Trails Commission meetings at City Hall.
Meeting Via Telephone/Other Electronic
Means
Call-in Instructions:
+1 312 626 6799 US
Enter Meeting ID: 860 2285 3009
Video Link and Instructions:
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Meeting ID: 860 2285 3009
*Please note in-person comments will be taken
at the scheduled meeting where noted.
Comments received via email to Recreation
Supervisor Christensen Buck at
jchristensenbuck@corcoranmn.gov or via public
comment cards will also be accepted. All email
and public comment cards must be received by
the Wednesday prior to scheduled Parks and
Trails meeting.
For more information on options to provide
public comment visit:
www.corcoranmn.gov
*
South Fork Rush Creek
Stream Restoration
Timeline
•December 2021 - Feasibility study
•Fall 2022 - Elm Creek Watershed CIP
•November 2022 - Coop Agreement with Elm Creek
•Spring 2023 – Design
•May 2023 – Final Design
•July 2023 – Contract Award
•October 2023 - EAW Negative Declaration
•December 2023 – Begin Construction
•October 2024 – Substantial Completion
•October 2026 – End of vegetative maintenance period
Project Description
•Approximately 5500
linier feet or just over
one mile
•In NW Maple Grove
from 101st Avenue to
confluence with the
North Fork Rush Creek
Summary of Issues
•Stressed ecological integrity
•Altered hydrology and habitat
•Excess sediment
•Excess phosphorus
•Low dissolved oxygen resulting in impairment
•Mass wasting of stream banks
•Invasive species (buckthorn, garlic mustard, reed canary
grass)
Improvements
•Erosion repair/stabilization
•Toe wood
•Floodplain re-connectivity
•Enhanced pollinator habitat
•Riffles
•Bridge/Trail for access
•Invasive specie management
Erosion Repair/Stabilization
Erosion Repair/Stabilization
Toe Wood
Floodplain Re-connectivity
Enhanced Pollinator Habitat
Riffles
Bridge & Trail
Funding Partners
•Estimated project cost is $2,500,000
•Funding Partners include:
•City of Maple Grove - $1,373,347.00
•Elm Creek Watershed - $861,660.00
•BWSR (WBIF) - $314,153.00
•DNR Conservation Partners grant -
$39,620.00*
Acknowledgements & Questions
•Design Engineer – Stantec
•Contractor – Sunram Construction
•Funding
•Elm Creek Watershed
•BWSR – Clean Water, Land & Legacy
•MN DNR Conservation Partners