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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING October 26, 2011 <br />• Arbor Day <br />• Recycling Day — (May 5thh) <br />• Work with Centennial School District with a focus on ECFE <br />• Participate in Blue Heron Days (August), providing public service educational <br />material to the public if the opportunity presents itself <br />• Participate in Earth Day (April) activities in the community, promoting <br />environmental awareness and collaboration with other environmental focused <br />organizations. Offer Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop. <br />• Offer a series of conservation workshops for residents through the Anoka <br />County Soil Water Conservation District for 2012. <br />• Monitor any activity in the AUAR as well as other proposed development <br />areas, focusing on the values Lino Lakes citizens have expressed in the vision for <br />our city and the unique ecological aspects of our wetlands, lakes and streams and <br />subsurface waters. Apply mitigation plan as defined for that area. <br />• Perform an evaluation of past Environmental Board recommendations for <br />development projects. Review a sampling of a variety of projects by site visits, <br />discussion with city staff, and landowners, neighbors, on the outcomes of the <br />Board's recommendations. If necessary, submit a summary of significant findings <br />resulting from the review in writing to the Community Development Director. <br />• Promote conservation development within the City incorporating the Open <br />Space /Trail Plan and Handbook for Environmental Planning and Conservation <br />Development within the scope of the new Resource Management Plan, and the <br />Resources Management Plan RMP -3 <br />• To meet or exceed our City recycling goal of 50 (1777 tons) percent or greater <br />of our Municipal solid waste. Find innovative ways to promote and encourage <br />recycling as a city. Inventory city facilities for recycling and look into ways for <br />school facilities to reduce waste and increase recycling. <br />• Maintain the Community Garden site and establish a preparatory gardening <br />group. <br />• Implement the Lino Lakes Preparedness Plan for EAB as needed. <br />• Work on Wollan's Park Wetland Banking. <br />• Continue to monitor the Heron rookery and water quality in the northern one <br />third of Peltier Lake and to support the protection of resources in that area. <br />DRAFT MINUTES 4 <br />• <br />• <br />