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APPROVED MINUTES
CITY OF LINO LAKES
ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MINUTES
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1. CALL TO ORDER:
Mr. Heiskary called the Lino Lakes Environmental Board meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.
on December 21, 2016.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Ms. Andrzejewski made a MOTION to approve the Agenda. Motion was seconded by
Mr. Sullivan. Motion carried 4- 0.
ADDED: Mr. Sullivan asked if the below items could be added:
D. Earth Day Planning
E. Green Events
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
November 30, 2016
Mr. Sullivan made a MOTION to approve the November 30, 2016 Meeting Minutes.
Motion was seconded by Ms. Klebba. Motion carried 4-0.
4. OPEN MIKE
Declared Open Mike at 6:22 p.m.
DATE : December 21, 2016
TIME STARTED : 6:20 P.M.
TIME ENDED : 7:15 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT : Steve Heiskary, Paula Andrzejewski, Nancie
Klebba, John Sullivan
MEMBERS ABSENT : Liz Kaufenberg, Alex Schwartz
STAFF PRESENT : Marty Asleson, Nan Jin
APPROVED MINUTES
Closed Open Mike at 6:23 p.m.
5. ACTION ITEMS
No Action
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Goals/2017 Revision Review
2016 Environmental Board Goals were discussed at the November 30, 2016 meeting.
The Following statements have included the suggestions proposed at the meeting:
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 - board needs to make connection to the press, Environmental
Board article and Organics recycling news
2. Promote Lino Lakes Environmental Issues to the Public by:
Participate in Earth Day (2017) to promote Environmental issues to the public
Participate in the Earth Day committee
Participate in Blue Heron Days (2017) to promote Environmental issues to the
public
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 and promote organic recycling through Anoka County and
“Waste-Wise” staff.
3. Continue to 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.
APPROVED MINUTES
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. And connect with the
Environmental group at the high school.
9. Continue to promote 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
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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. Obtain Forestry interns
and train them in Ash Tree Treatment and 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 and support 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.
B. Recycling Updates – Nan Jia
Ms. Jia mentioned that in December there will be Christmas tree recycling at Sunrise
and Country Lakes Park. There will also be Christmas lights recycling at Ace
Hardware and at the Saturday recycling in January.
Ms. Jia is working on the SCORE reports and will have some updates next month.
C. Wollan’s Park Wetland Bank Update
Mr. Asleson was grateful for the equipment use in Wollan’s Park and getting the
project done. Thanks to the Public Works Department for their help.
D. Earth Day Planning
APPROVED MINUTES
Mr. Sullivan called Wargo to get involved in Earth Day. He wants to help with
discussions on the theme of the day, contact groups and he would like to start to plan
in March.
There was discussion on doing more education to the public about trash, organics,
and composting.
Mr. Heiskary would like to see more projects and displays to create more interest.
Ms. Andrzejewski thought that maybe a relay race with pictures of trash, organics
and recycling would be fun.
E. Green Events Workshop
Mr. Sullivan went to a Green Events workshop in Hennepin County where the best of
recycling efforts were given credit.
Among many of the events which were of interest was how to stage recycling places
at city events.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Sullivan made a MOTION to adjourn the meeting at 7:15pm. Motion was supported
by Ms. Andrzejewski. Motion carried 4 - 0.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Fogarty
Office Tech 1