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