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Evironmental Board <br />July 30, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />Close 6:42pm <br />5. ACTION ITEMS (No Action Items) <br />6. DISCUSSION ITEMS / INFORMATION ITEMS <br />A. Recycling Assistant K.C.Kve, Recycling Updates, Progress Reports <br />Mr. Alseson introduce the Recycling Assistant Intern K.C. Kye. One of the main <br />things that Mr. Kye will be doing is to expand into the business area and improve <br />public awareness about recycling. <br />At this time some of the projects that Mr. Kye is working on is the recycling portion <br />of the City of Lino Lakes website,a fact sheet for recycling, a twitter feed, and <br />facebook to connect to the residents. He is also working on promotions for recycling <br />with the churches, schools and multi -family units. <br />Mr. Kye believes that sharing best practices and bringing people together is a very <br />positive thing. <br />Upcoming events in October will be mattress recycling and paper shredding. <br />City of Lino Lakes has been recoizes by the Anoka County Board of Commissioners <br />as having one of the most improved drop-off programs. In 2013, the city increased <br />45% in the amount collected <br />B. Blue Heron Days <br />Mr. Asleson stated that we do need people for the Blue Heron Days parade for litter <br />pickup. Meet at 10:30am <br />C. Peltier Island Heron Rookery Update <br />Mr. Asleson and Mr. Husveth did a drone fly -over but it was a little too late. Most <br />of the birds had fledged and there was leaf coverage. Mr. Asleson will post the <br />video on the Peliter Lake Facebook page. <br />On the other hand Mr. Asleson did mention that flashing does seem to help and <br />maybe we can get more volunteers and possibly Anoka County to help with this <br />project. <br />Ms. Bor would like to see the Heron Task Force reinstated. <br />Ms. Klebba will email the people at Wargo Nature Center to see if they can help <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />