Each District Council creates and implements a Large Area Plan. The Large Area Plan covers the entire geographical area of District 6 and includes extensive goals and objectives of what the community would like to see happen in the neighborhoods. The Large Area/Comprehensive Plan is adopted into the City of Saint Paul’s Comprehensive Plan.
District Councils can commission studies on a variety of subjects and should be involved in both the planning and implementation. The following are studies North End Neighborhood Organization has completed:
389-425 Maryland Avenue Habitat for Humanity Homes
The final approved site plan and drawings are finalized for the Habitat for Humanity homes. Click here DSI Approved WR Site Plan Habitat for Humanity
Natural Resource Inventory
Capital Region Watershed District (CRWD) and the City of Saint Paul initiated a Natural Resource Inventory (NRI) for a targeted area in the North End. This is the first NRI collaboration between the City, Capital Region Watershed and a District Council. CRWD hopes to use this effort as a pilot to determine the benefits and challenges of conducting urban inventories. Click here to review the study. District 6 NRI_revised final report (1)
Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan 2014-2018 and System Plan
District 6 Large Area Plan
Capital Region Watershed District Loeb Lake Willow Reserve
Rice Street Parking Study
Willow Reserve is a 23-acre bird and wildlife reserve located off Maryland Avenue between Arundel and Virginia Streets in Saint Paul that is owned and managed by the City of Saint Paul.Willow Reserve is particularly critical for migratory birds following the Mississippi River Flyway. Thirty-six bird species were identified in the 2007 natural resource inventory and habitat assessment. The diversity of bird species at the site is relatively high however plant diversity is not. Much of the site is overgrown with invasive, fast growing plants and trees. The Reserve includes 16 acres of wetland area and one-third upland area this is inundated with shallow water flowing from CRWD’s Trout Brook Storm Sewer Interceptor (TBI). The connection between TBI and the Reserve was made in the early 1990s to divert stormwater during heavy precipitation events to provide flood protection for nearby neighborhoods and resiliency to climate change.Restoration PlanCRWD, Saint Paul and District 6 Planning Council have developed an ecological restoration plan for Willow Reserve, which was adopted by CRWD’s Board of Managers in winter 2016. The plan was developed to guide partner efforts to achieve the following goals:
- restore the Reserve’s ecological integrity
- maximize urban wildlife
- maximize native, non-invasive vegetative species diversity
- improve pond water quality
- maintain its natural and passive setting
The vision of the plan is to restore Willow Reserve and improve its ecological integrity and functionality by removing invasive trees and plants and creating native, and more diverse plant communities. This will help create a wildlife-rich forest and wetland reserve for a variety of birds, amphibians and insects.
Willow Reserve Historical Perspective
Willow Reserve: a Historic Snapshot