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C I T Y O F I O LAYNF- February 20, 1996 Mr. John Velin, Director Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources Room 65, State Office Building 100 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, MN. 55155 SUBJ: LCMR Grant Application-Clearwater Creek Greenway Project This letter is written to provide a commitment to the LCMR grant proposal for the Clearwater Creek Greenway Project. This greenway project addresses several very important issues in the City of Lino Lakes. The concerns of our residents for a sustainable environment in relation to development and growth is of primary importance. Water quality issues in our streams soon become water quality issues in our Lakes. We believe the greenway can provide a means to provide the buffering needed to sustain this resource and to develop our light industrial area that abuts this greenway in an environmentally sensitive way. The integration of sound planning in this greenway with our light industrial development area, and the resulting provision of adequate space will also afford us the ability to create the wildlife and people corridors along Clearwater Creek that .we •are now in danger of loosing. This is a prime opportunity to provide a trail link within this greenway between the Hardwood Creek State Trail in Hugo and the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park in Lino Lakes and Centerville. This trail link would have regional significance. The City of Lino Lakes will act as a cooperating agency for this project by providing planning, engineering, and dollars for land acquisition and construction. We are hopeful that we receive a favorable review from the LCMR on this proposal. Thank you for this consideration. Si cerely, Mayor, City of Lino Lakes 1189 MAIN STREET,LINO LAKES,MINNESOTA 55014 612-464-5562 FAX: 612-464.4568