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• Council Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: • CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 01 - 48 RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT 2001 MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PARTNERS GRANT FOR BUCKTHORN CONTROL WHEREAS, The City of Lino Lakes regards the natural resources within the City as an asset and worthy of management; AND WHEREAS, The City of Lino Lakes has invested in and developed an Environmental Inventory and Management Plan to guide the City in efforts to preserve and conserve the natural resources within the City; AND WHEREAS, The City of Lino Lakes has moved to cooperate with the Department of Natural Resources in the Wild Land Urban Interface Program to reclassify our existing resource inventory to the Minnesota Land Cover Classification System, and to expand on, and help guide our initiatives outlined in the Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan; AND WHEREAS, One of the goals outlined in The Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan is to implement an invasive plant management program, and to educate and involve residents in these efforts; AND WHEREAS, The Conservation Partners Grant Program will help in these efforts to implement an initial invasive plant management and education program; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA: 1. That the City of Lino Lakes wishes to enter into agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources under the Conservation Partners Grant Program to implement a Buckthorn control, neighborhood involvement and education program in the Birchwood Acres and Clearwater Creek Areas. 2. That the City of Lino Lakes will budget $4098.98 to match a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources dollar amount of $8197.97 total grant cost, and of this $4098.98, $2203.69 would be provided in the form of "in- kind" contribution. Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 26th Day of March, 2001.