Take Action - It' Easy
Pick one or more...
1. Contact Three Rivers Park District Board of Commissioners, TRPD and Hyland Management
2. Call TRPD Commissioners and Management
3. Report Concerns to Local News and Tip Lines
4. Contact Hennepin County Commissioners
5. Contact State Representatives and Senators
Phone numbers and emails are listed below.
1. Email Three Rivers Park District Board of Commissioners, TRPD and Hyland Management
Photo - Front Row: Left to Right - Marge Beard, Chair John Gibbs**, Louise Segreto
Back Row: Jesse Winkler, Vice Chair Jennifer DeJournett**, Jan Guenther, Erin Kolb
** Indicates Commissioners who have children who participated in Team Gilboa
All emails should become part of the public record, per government policy.
Send to (copy and paste from here):
Jennifer.DeJournett@ThreeRiversParks.org,
Marge.Beard@ThreeRiversParks.org,
Erin.Kolb@ThreeRiversParks.org,
Louise.Segreto@ThreeRiversParks.org,
John.Gibbs@ThreeRiversParks.org,
Jesse.Winkler@ThreeRiversParks.org,
Jan.Guenther@ThreeRiversParks.org,
BCarlson@threeriversparks.org,
jeff.may@threeriversparks.org,
Luke.Williams@threeriversparks.org,
andrea.kurilla@threeriversparks.org,
ashley.orourke@threeriversparks.org,
Include this text at the top of the email:
"Please enter this into the public record for issues at Hyland Hills. Please confirm that you received this email."
This is so TRPD will maintain a log of these comments, and you will get a response. Future requests by the public for these logged items should include emails and letters.
Ask for actionable items such as:
- Make Hyland safer for everyone by limiting the number of skiers/riders and riders on the hill
- Limit Team Gilboa to 275 members and no more for safety reasons.
- Prevent collisions by placing appropriate fencing/netting around hazards and redirecting skiers/riders away from beginner areas and areas where people traverse to lifts and other hills. Give specifics of locations.
- Put up lift line corrals that work and manage them.
- Check lift tickets
- Remove jumps where people spectate, put on/take off their equipment (e.g., in front of the chalet), and fence this off.
- Close and fence-off runs with unsafe lighting, no safe passage to lifts, too narrow, and not patrolled regularly—for example, the Borealis access trail to the north of North Hill.
- Pull passes from reckless skiers and prosecute violators of the Skiers' Responsibility Code.
- Honor Equity and Fairness at Hyland by allocating facilities (including ski hill "race lanes," start ramps, and warming shack) fairly and equitably vs. favouring specific programs largely available only to special interest groups funded by wealthy patrons.
- Stop subsidizing special interest groups at the expense of taxpayers and other patrons. Or, give these favors to all patrons and programs.
- Stop retaliating against people asking for reasonable reforms in our park system.
See the Requests Page for more ideas. Sign your name (or group name) and address.
2. Call TRPD Commissioners and Management
You can call TRPD commissioners and management also but you willl not have a written record of this unless you record the call or follow-up with an e-mail or letter documenting your call.
Here is a link to commisioners, their phone numbers and the districts they represent:
https://www.threeriversparks.org/page/board-commissioners
Here are additional phone numbers:
- Boe Carlson 952-201-1271
- Jeff May 612-490-0829
- Luke Williams 763-694-7896
- Ashley O'Rourke 763-694-7802
3. Report Concerns to Local News and Tip Lines
Contact the Star and Tribune. Let them know about this web-site and your concerns
Contact WCCO
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/contact/
Contact Fox 9 News Local
Kare 11
https://www.kare11.com/contact-us
Sun Sailor
https://www.hometownsource.com/site/contact_us_-_sun_sailor.html
4. Contact Hennepin County Commissioners
Let them know your thoughts about the actions of their appointees.
https://www.hennepin.us/your-government/leadership/find-commissioner
Copy and Paste from here for all Hennepin County commissioners:
5. Contact State Representatives and Senators
Let them know your thoughts about concerns with TRPD which was established in 1957 to serve the public, and how the Commissioners have been stonewalling on questions.
This is especially helpful for your state reps and senators to receive your thoughts.
Please mention who the Commissioners are:
Chair John Gibbs**
Vice Chair Jennifer DeJournett**
Marge Beard
Louise Segreto
Erin Kolb
Jesse Winkler (appointed by Hennepin County Commissioners)
Jan Guenther (appointed by Hennepin County Commissioners)
Former Chair John Gunyou **
** Indicates commissioners with children participating in Team Gilboa
Representatives
https://www.house.mn.gov/members/
Sentators
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