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CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 04 -21 RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD GOALS FOR 2004 WHEREAS, , The City of Lino Lakes has an established Environmental Board, AND WHEREAS, ; The purpose of the Environmental Board is to provide aid and advice to the council in its efforts to encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between people and their environment ; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and stimulate the health and welfare of people; to enrich the understanding of ecological systems and natural resources important to the city; to advise the City in the use and management of its natural resources in order to preserve and enhance the environmental amenities for present and future residents, and to ensure a lasting quality of life within the city, AND WHEREAS,; The Environmental Board approved the following 2004 goals at their December, 2003 meeting: 1. Continue to work with landowners, developers and all stakeholders and agencies to buffer and protect the wetland area behind Lino Lakes Elementary School. 2. Expand the Wildland urban Interface project to work with Centennial Fire District in implementing the Fire Wise program starting with Pine Vista subdivision. 3. Work with Lino Lakes Park Board in the planning of a new open space and trails plan. 4. Petition to have the sunset clause removed from the Peltier Lake slow, no -wake ordinance, and continue to monitor the Heron Rookery and the Northern 1/3 of the lake. 5. Promote and "showcase" (example: Legacy at Woods Edge) the use of native plantings in formal and informal settings. 6. Promote public education and provide handouts on such subjects as invasive, non- invasive species, where to buy native plants, environmental landscaping, composting, organic gardening, promoting and protecting wildlife habitat. 7. Pursue having Lino Lakes certified as a Community Wildlife Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation. 8. Partner with local Master Gardeners for a series of public education seminars. 1111 9. Do a special project with Blue Heron Elementary