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Enivonmental Board Minutes <br />November 20, 2019 <br />Page 3 <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />Mr. Husveth shared several photos of area’s transformation resulting in over 150 species <br />coming up in the seed bank. Annual monitoring reports on Woolens Park are developed <br />and available to share. He also shared some estimates of the credit costs and noted the <br />city is intending to use the credits for their own projects. <br /> <br />Mr. Asleson mentioned how neat it is to see the new wildlife coming back into these <br />restoration areas, such as birds, dragonflies, and insects. <br />B. Emerald Ash Borer Grant <br /> <br />The City of Lino Lakes submitted an Emerald Ash Borer Preapplication to the DNR in <br />October for $100,000 to replace the 127 Ash trees in the Clearwater Creek development. <br />The city removed 275 Ash trees out of Country Lakes Park last year, but there are many <br />more to deal with. Last winter delayed the progression of the borer. West Shadow Lake <br />Drive also has another long line of Ash trees. Most of the other parks have had the Ash <br />trees removed. <br />C. Recycling Updates, Connor Kvendru <br /> <br />Mr. Kvendru said they were working on recreating the design that board members chose <br />for the t-shirts. <br /> <br />The Fall Recycling Saturdays have had a good turnout. Residential recycling numbers <br />have been about the same as last year. He also noted that there has been no contamination <br />seen recently with organics recycling. We do not need to put locks on the compost bins at <br />this point. The Lino Park organics site will be open as soon as the bins are there. Ms. <br />Kaufenberg recommended that we send a flyer to people in that area to raise awareness <br />about the opportunity for organics recycling and how easy enrollment is by signing up <br />online. <br /> <br />The City of Lino Lakes will be hosting a Fix-It Clinic on February 1st at the senior center. <br />Anyone wanting to volunteer should let Mr. Kvendru know. <br /> <br />Mr. Sullivan talked about the city newsletter that is printed three times per year – <br />Spring/Summer, Fall, and Winter. One of our goals as a board is to educate the public <br />and the most recent issue included several of the ideas we discussed at the last meeting. <br />Mr. Sullivan will keep track of which topics are used and we will review our list before <br />the Spring/Summer newsletter deadline – which is February 10th – to make <br />recommendations about topics we would like to see in that issue. <br /> <br />D. Other <br /> <br />Mr. Sullivan asked city staff to assure the Stern Addition planting plan is shared with the <br />board. <br />