HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-010 Council ResolutionCITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 17-10
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
BOARD GOALS FOR 2017
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 2017 goals at their January
25th, 2017 meeting:
2017 Goals Environmental Goals
1. Promote 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 such as Facebook and possibly Twitter;
and double the followers on Facebook.
• School "enviro- shows", promotion in schools.
• Partnerships with our two watershed districts.
• Newspaper, Environmental Board article.
2. Promote Lino Lakes Environmental Issues to the Public by:
• Participate in Earth Day (April 22).
• Participate in Blue Heron Days (August 18-20).
• Partner with Anoka County Recycling Resource Solutions.
1. Utilize County Select Committee on Recycling (SCORE) and Local
Recycling Development Grant (LRDG) Funds to the maximum extent
possible to increase our recycling totals.
2. Work with local participating businesses on mandated business
recycling through Anoka County and "Waste -Wise" staff.
3. Partner with our neighborhood groups to educate and start pilot
projects to recycle organics.
4. Increase our volunteer base in recycling
5. 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.
6. To meet or exceed our City recycling goal of 50 (1836 tons) percent
or greater of our municipal solid waste.
7. Find innovative ways to promote and encourage recycling as a city.
8. 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. (Changed Format).
9. Continue to promote organic recycling and investigate methods to
make organic recycling all-inclusive to residents.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Perform evaluation of past Environmental Board recommendations for development
projects. Review a sampling of a variety of projects by on-site visits, discussion with
city staff, and landowners, neighbors, on the outcomes of the board's recommendations.
If necessary, submit a summary of significant findings resulting from the review in
writing to the Community Development Director.
6. Support Conservation Development within the city through site review processes by
incorporating The Resources Management System Plan components of the City
Comprehensive Plan. The use of the planning documents within the Comprehensive
Plan that enable Conservation Development include:
• The Lino Lakes Handbook For Environmental Planning and
Conservation Development,
• The Minnesota Land Cover Classification System and Natural Resource
Inventory for Lino Lakes
• The Minnesota County Biologic Survey
• The Lino Lakes Assessment of Existing Ecological Conditions and
Management Opportunities
• The Lino Lakes Handbook For Environmental Planning and Conservation
Development
• The Minnesota DNR Regionally Significant Ecological Areas Assessment,
Rare Wildlife and Plant Models built by the City
• The Lino Lakes Parks, Natural Open Space/Greenways, and Trails
System Plan,
• The I -35E Corridor Alternative Urban Area -wide Review (AUAR)
assessment
• The Rice Creek Watershed District/Lino Lakes Resources Management
Plan
• The Assessment of Development, Suitability and Natural Resources
Conservation Opportunities study,
• The City of Lino Lakes Local Surface Water Management Plan
7. Support the Community Garden site and continue the partnership with Park Department
�.., to manage the Community Garden site, adapt gardens to site land sale.
8. Do an annual review/update in regards to the Lino Lakes EAB Implementation Plan.
Offer residents opportunities for tree purchasing and possibly tree treatment. Obtain
interns and train them in Ash Tree Treatment. Start treating a third of our City
boulevard trees.
9. Continue to work on Wollan's Park Wetland bank to achieve wetland bank credits by
the end of the year 2019 and investigate new banking opportunities. Help to establish a
city wide process to fund wetland banking.
10. Continue to monitor the Heron rookery and water quality in the northern one third of
Peltier Lake and to support the protection of resources in that area. Update Council on
these matters. Recruit new volunteers to help with rookery maintenance and
monitoring.
11. Support Stormwater efforts of our engineering department in Community Development
to develop a NPDES next phase inventory of our ponds and support adequate funding
for needed maintenance efforts, and in emergency situations and regular maintenance of
drainage areas.
12. Support the maintenance of established conservation easement areas where funding is
available.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes that
the 2017 goals of the Lino Lakes Environmental Board are hereby adopted.
Adopted by the Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 13th day of February, 2017
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member
Rafferty and was duly seconded by Council Member Manthey and upon
vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Rafferty, Manthey, Maher, Kusterman, Reinert
The following voted against same:
none
ATTEST:
l is e Bartell, City C