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/i <br />i <br />Elk -= <br />River <br />REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />TO ITEM NUMBER <br />Parks and Recreation Commission 8.2 <br />AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br />Action Item April 11, 2012 1VI'ichael Hecker, Parks and Recreation <br /> Director <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED BY <br />Ecological Management Plan for Woodland Trails Park Cal Ponner, Ci Administrator <br /> REVIEWED BY <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />Staff recommends the Parks and Recreation Commission support a grant to implement an ecological <br />management plan for Woodland Trails Park. <br />BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION <br />Resource Conservationist for the Sherburne Soil & Water Conservation District, Gina Hugo, will make a <br />presentation at the Park and Recreation Commission meeting on April 11, 2012 on a proposed ecological <br />management plan for Woodland Trails Park. Dave Anderson and Michael Hecker met with Gina at <br />Woodland Trails Park on Apri13 to discuss the need for a plan. The plan would be the first steps in <br />initiating an ecological management plan that would have a primary, long term objective of controlling <br />the buckthorn, mamtaining forest cover and in time, restoring native herbs, shrubs and trees as needed. <br />The proposed plan would be funded through a grant for $75,000 with the Mimiesota DNR. The City will <br />not be required to match or financially contribute toward the grant. Gina will need a letter of support <br />from the Commission and then City Council to develop an RFP for the overall plan. The RFP will <br />request a grant to implement an ecologically sensitive biomass harvest that will clean up the downed <br />timber, selective harvest poor fom~, potential hazard and "noncontributing" trees- as well as bucluhom. <br />If the Commission approves the plan, then Gina will make a presentation to City Council in May. <br />Action Motion by Second by Vote <br />Follow Up <br />PRNEREI 11 <br />N:\Departments\Pads and Recreation\Recreazion\2012 PRC Packeu\411-12 PRC Packet\8.2 Ecological Management (~,~ ~ w ~~~~ <br />Plan for Woodland Ttads.docx ryH <br />