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<br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 6.5 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> <br />Presentations, Awards March 7, 2016Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director <br /> <br />and Recognition <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br /> <br />Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) Partnership Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Presentation <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />For Presentation. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />The Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) staff, FMR Conservation Director Tom Lewanski and FMR <br />Ecologist Alex Roth, will make a presentation to City Council outlining their unique mission and <br />partnership with the City of Elk River. Protecting land that is ecologically linked to the Mississippi River <br />is one of the strategies the FMR uses to pursue its mission of enhancing the Mississippi River. <br /> <br />The FMR has become a critical partnership to restore and manage the William H. Houlton Conservation <br />Area. They have not only led in the development of the Natural Resource Management Plan for the <br />property, but they are providing the expertise and funding to make the Plan a reality. The FMR will <br />present some of the critical aspects of the Plan to restore the Conservation Area property during the next <br />four years. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />None <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />