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• <br />Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. <br />21150 Ozark Trait North, PO Box 184, Scandia, Minnesota 55073 <br />Natural <br />Resource <br />Consulting <br />Landscape <br />Ecology <br />Botanical <br />Inventories <br />Threatened & <br />Endangered <br />Species Surveys <br />Greenway & <br />Open Space <br />Planning <br />Natural <br />Community <br />Restoration <br />Wetland <br />Delineation & <br />Permitting <br />Wetland <br />Banking & <br />Monitoring <br />Minnesota <br />Land Cover <br />Classification <br />Geographic <br />Information <br />Systems <br />Global <br />Positioning <br />Systems <br />Database <br />Management & <br />Development <br />Environmental <br />• Education <br />Mr. Marty Asleson <br />Natural Resources Specialist <br />City of Lino Lakes <br />600 Town Center Parkway <br />Lino Lakes, Minnesota 55014 <br />May 29, 2013 <br />Mr. Marcel Eibensteiner <br />Royal Oaks Realty <br />1000 County Road E, Suite 150 <br />Shoreview, Minnesota 55126 <br />Re: Foxborough Conservation Development, Lino Lakes, Minnesota <br />Restoration and Management Implementation for 2013 <br />Dear Mr. Asleson and Mr. Eibensteiner: <br />At the request of the Foxborough Homeowner's Association and Royal Oaks Realty <br />(ROR), Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc (CCES) has prepared the following <br />proposed scope of work for continued ecological restoration and management of <br />Foxborough conservation outlots for 2013. Proposed tasks and priorities were <br />developed from CCES's past experience implementing restoration and management <br />tasks at Foxborough (2005- 2011), conversations and site visits with City staff, and in <br />accordance with the Foxborough Restoration and Management Plan (CCES, August <br />2005). The proposed restoration and management tasks will be implemented from June <br />through December 2013. The proposed scope of work and prioritization of tasks are <br />based on available funding within the Foxborough Conservation Fund. The City of Lino <br />Lakes has informed CCES that available funding for restoration and management <br />services for 2013 is approximately $11,400. <br />The following proposed tasks, timelines, costs, and priorities constitute the proposed <br />scope of work for 2013 within Foxborough's conservation outlots. <br />2013 Proposed Restoration and Management Tasks: <br />Task 1: Continued Management and Removal of Buckthorn <br />CCES will directly supervise subcontractor restoration crews to manage and treat <br />remaining areas of buckthorn located in the northern part of the property in Outlots B <br />and E. Areas remain within these two outlots where buckthorn is present in high <br />densities. Initial removal took place in 2011 but did not remove and treat all areas of <br />buckthorn. CCES will also spot treat areas that were initially treated with herbicide in <br />2009 -2011 that may require some follow -up herbicide application. Follow -up treatment <br />areas include along the trail corridor and within the aspen and oak woodlands located <br />throughout Outlots A and C. <br />Phone: 651.433.4410 <br />Email: info @ccesinc.com Web: www.ccesinc.com <br />