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• <br />Friends of the Mississippi River <br />46 East Fourth Street, Suite 606 • Saint Paul, MN 55101 -1121 •651/222 -2193 • Fax: 651/222 -6005 • www.fmr.org <br />Working to protect the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities area. <br />• October 11, 2004 <br />Michael Grochala <br />Community Development Director <br />600 Town Center. Parkway <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 -1182 <br />Mr. Grochala, <br />I am excited by the possibility of working with the City of Lino Lakes on a public <br />meeting /workshop discussing the current and future quality of the Rice Creek Chain.of Lakes. I <br />believe this could be a greatway.to focus broader attention on the Chain of Lakes and the need <br />for effective and proactive planning and management in order to protect and improve their <br />quality. <br />I have attached some notes of what a meeting might look like, apostcard for a similar meeting <br />we co- sponsored. with Apple Valley and local news articles on the Apple Valley meeting and a <br />similar one in Farmington. Our goal for both of these meetings was to engage the public in <br />discussing some of.the issues impacting water quality and to provide •a forum for feedback to <br />public officials. Both meetings were well received by residents, city staff and elected leaders. <br />Good press coverage helped to broaden the scope of the meetings. to include the entire <br />community. <br />Let's talk further about how a similar meeting /workshop could.be beneficial for the City and its <br />efforts to protect water quality in the Chain of Lakes. <br />enclosures. <br />Printed with soy -based ink on 100% post-consumer recycled paper <br />