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<br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />Consent uly 17, 2006 <br />Item Description <br />Resolution Acce tin <br /> <br />Item Number <br /> <br />3.4.* <br /> <br />Prepared by <br />Rebecca Hau , En\Tiromnental Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction <br />TIle City of Elk River, on bellalf of the Heritage Preservation Conunission (HPC), applied for a grant in <br />tlle amount of $15,150 from the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) to continue tlle <br />archaeological \vork at the Hoebellleinrich property off T\vin Lake. The grant \vas denied because the <br />\vork is not a program acti\rity eligible for Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant assistance through tlle <br />Certified Local Go'vernment (CLG) grant program. The reasoning for the denial is because \vork \vas <br />done at this site in 2005 and tlle grant does not allo\v for further testing at the same site. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />Approximately 200 indi"\liduals attended last year's exca,ration, \Vitll half spending at least 4 hours getting <br />11ands-on experience. TIle project \vas offered to '~lolunteers for t\vo consecutive \veekends. The City <br />\vas able to recei,re donations from area businesses for food and be\rerages. The individuals '\vere sur~leyed <br />to determine if there \vas enough interest to pursue anotller project in 2006. The o\renvIlelrning response <br />\vas to continue the '\vork in 2006. The HPC and St. Cloud State Uni\7ersity (SCSU) belie,re this is a <br />public educational opportunity rarely matched in the State and belie,re this \vork to be ,raluable to the <br />C01TIffiUmty and should be continued. <br /> <br />TIle HPC, along \Vitll St. Cloud State University (SCSLT), discussed pooling tlleir monies together to <br />continue the \vork. The HPC llas $5,000 budgeted for this \vork and SCSU \vill match the $5,000. Dr. <br />Rotllaus is \\Tilling to donate Ius time, \vluch is \vorth $50/hour. There is still a need for additional paid <br />arcllaeologists to continue tlus \vork. Once the \vork is completed, additional time and lnoney are spent <br />on reporting the data, soil testing, dating tlle materials found, etc. The $10,000 does not allo\v for the <br />\vork to be adequately completed nor does it allo\v many opportunities for the "volunteers to recei,re <br />l1ands-on experience. The businesses on the attaclled resolution ha"ve made it possible to continue the <br />arcllaeological \vork. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />$5,000 out of tlle HPC budget, staff time <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />Brocllure, Resolution and ..A,"ppendi~ A <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Staff is requesting the Council appro've the Resolution and Appendix A.. <br /> <br />C:\Documents and Scttings\tallard\Local Settings\Tcmporary Internet Filcs\OLKF\REQUEST COUNCIL ACTION-resolution for 2006 dig2 <br />(2).doc <br />