02/26/2020 Environmental Board Minutes

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Enivonmental Board Minutes February 26, 2020 Page 3 DRAFT MINUTES  It was sugguested that maybe just flash the ash trees and continue with replanting trees on the island Mr. Nelson wanted to thank Wayne LeBlac for his photos, reports and work with the Heron Rookery. Also the no-wake buoys are damaged and should be replaced, Anoka County has been notified and will be replacing them this spring. C. Earth Day Preparations On February 12th, there was a Earth Day planning meeting, which will be held on April 25th at Wargo. Mr. Nelson would like to hear from the board what they would like to have at the Earth Day event. Mr. Kvendru wonders if the information would need to be updated. Ms. Andrzejewski stated that we should pick a theme and stick with two or three items because there is too many items on the table. “Less is more” Ms. Nelson suggested having resources for EAB tree injection. Ms. Holmes stated that the EAB infestation map would have to be updated. Ms. Holmes mentioned that seed balls are a hit with the children but we need seeds that flower. It is disappointing to not have the seeds produce anything. Ms. Andrzejewski wanted to know if anyone from the city will be there to discuss the manganese in the city water. Mr. Nelson let the board know that the city newsletter contained a lot of information on community gardens, manganese in the water, water conservation, a water usage calculator, and recycling tips. D. Recycling Updates, Connor Kvendru “Fix It Clinic” good event about 40 items were fixed which would be a 93 % of items got fixed. Lamps, a sewing machines, coffee machine, vacuum cleaners were a few of the items. In February at the Saturday recycling, again there was no paper shredding because of broken equipment, so for 2 months there has been no shredding. Which has been disappointing.