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PHALEN CHAIN OF LAKES WATERSHED PROJECT 1902 E. County Road B • Maplewood MN 55109 • ph: 612/ 777 -3665 November 4, 1996 Mayor Mike Fahey and City Council Members City of Little Canada 515 East Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 Dear Mayor Fahey and Council Members: On November 13, staff and members of the Phalen Chain of Lakes Watershed Project Natural Resources Board will attend your Council meeting to provide an update on our activities in 1996, and discuss proposed activities for 1997. It has been a pleasure for us to work with the City and organizations in Little Canada this year on projects like the plantings at Gervais Mill Pond Park, Round Lake water quality assessment and City Center project, and milfoil issues on Gervais Lake. We appreciated your contribution of $4,000 to our 1996 budget to keep the project working through the end of the year. The Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District Board listened to the comments of the six cities in the project area that suggested that the District assume the adminstrative costs of the Watershed Project beginning in 1997, on behalf of local communities, and the District is proposing to do this in its new Water Management Plan. In view of this, we will not be requesting a contribution from you for our budget this year. The City of Maplewood is planning to continue its $10,000 contribution in 1997, to ensure that our staff and interns will be available to work on projects with the city. We invite Little Canada and other communities to make similar contributions, to expand the work of the Project, and ensure that staff or interns will be available to work on projects that you identify. When we meet with you on November 13, we will be asking for your thoughts on projects or issues that you would like our staff and Board to work with you on next year. Our Board's priorities are to work on natural resources projects and issues that are visible, and that use the best available science and creative ideas to improve resource quality, meet community needs, and educate citizens, businesses, and local governments about natural resources in our area. We look forward to meeting with you on November 13. If you have questions, please call Sherri Buss at 777 -3665. Sincerely, Dana Larsen- Ramsay Co- Chair, Natural Resources Board and H. B. Fuller Company Willow Lake Preserve 4P 17A442 Ao„i Mark Genies Co- Chair, Natural Resources Board and Agassiz Chapter, Isaak Walton League Page 14