03-07-2016 Council Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Search

Lino Lakes Environmental Board Goals 2016 1. Promoting Environmental Stewardship with the citizens of Lino Lakes, and conservation opportunities by communicating environmental initiatives in the city using various means of communication such as: • Mailings. • Multi -media including social media. • School "enviro- shows", promotion in schools. • Partnerships with our two watershed districts. 2. Participate in Earth Day (April 23rd, 2016) 3. Participate in Blue Heron Days (August 20, 2016) 4. Recycling/Partner with Anoka County Recycling Resource Solutions to: • Utilize County Select Committee on Recycling (SCORE) and Local Recycling Development Grant (LRDG) Funds to the maximum extent possible to increase our recycling totals. • Work with local participating businesses on mandated business recycling through Anoka County and "Waste -Wise" staff. • Partner with our neighborhood groups to educate and start pilot projects to recycle organics. • Increase our volunteer base. • Increase services available to residents at the monthly Recycling Day event including additional paper shredding, events, hard drive destruction and the Bridging program and or other charity organizations. • To meet or exceed our City recycling goal of 50 (1836 tons) percent or greater of our municipal solid waste. Find innovative ways to promote and encourage recycling as a city. Continue to look into ways for school facilities to reduce waste and increase recycling, and continue to enhance recycling efforts through grants from Anoka County Integrated Waste. 5. Cooperate with Rice Creek Watershed District and Vadnais Lakes Area Water Management Organization, and city staff to promote development that renews, preserves, and restores surface water, lakes, stream and wetlands through project review processes and public education. 6. Monitor any activity in the AUAR as well as other proposed development areas, focusing on the values that citizens of Lino Lakes have expressed in the 20/30 vision for our city and the unique ecological aspects of our wetlands, lakes and streams and subsurface waters, vegetation and wildlife populations.