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1 <br />Lino Lakes Environmental Board 2018 goals <br />1.Promote environmental stewardship with the citizens of Lino Lakes and <br />conservation opportunities by communicating environmental initiatives in the city <br />using various means of communication such as: <br />•Mailings <br />•Multi-media including social media such as Facebook, and possibly <br />Twitter <br />•School “enviro- shows” and other promotions in schools <br />•Partnerships with our two watershed districts <br />•Newspaper, Environmental Board article <br />2. Promote Lino Lakes environmental issues to the public by: <br />•Participate in Earth Day (April 21) <br />•Participate in Blue Heron Days (August 18) <br />•Partner with Anoka County Recycling Resource Solutions <br />1. Utilize County Select Committee on Recycling (SCORE) and <br />Local Recycling Development Grant (LRDG) Funds to the <br />maximum extent possible to increase our recycling totals. <br />2. Assist Anoka County, as requested, to ensure business recycling <br />within the City is conducted as mandated <br />3. Increase our volunteer base in organics recycling. <br />4. Promote hauler-based organics recycling. <br />5.Increase services available to residents at the monthly <br />Recycling Day event including additional paper shredding, events, <br />hard drive destruction and the “Bridging Program” and or other <br />charity organizations. <br />6.To meet or exceed our city recycling goal of 50 (2158 tons) <br />percent or greater of our municipal solid waste. <br />7. Find innovative ways to promote and encourage recycling as a <br />city. <br />8. Continue effort to establish curbside textile recycling. <br />9. Continue to look into ways for school facilities to reduce waste <br />and increase recycling. Continue to enhance recycling efforts <br />through grants from Anoka County Integrated Waste <br />3.Collaborate with Rice Creek Watershed District, Vadnais Lakes Area Water <br />Management Organization, and city staff to promote development and practices <br />that renews, preserves, and restores surface water including lakes, stream and <br />wetlands through project review processes and public education. When possible, <br />seek opportunities to do likewise in existing developments. Practical examples <br />may include maintaining and enhancing stormwater conveyance and citizen <br />education on yard waste management.