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AGENDA ITEM - 3B ,--ARZEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 8, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Becca Tucker, Great River Greening Kerri Seeman, Minnesota Master Naturalist, PTRC Member David Swearingen, P.E. Public Works Director / City Engineer SUBJECT: Park Habitat Management through Great River Greening partnership Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $0 $29,000 - $38,125 PIR - Parks Council Should Consider • Direction to move forward with the Hazelnut Park and Chatham NRMB proposal. • Direction to move forward with the Floral Park proposal. • Direction on minimum cash match and in -kind labor needs. Background/Discussion At the April 24, 2023 Work Session, this topic was first presented to the City Council. Direction was received to partner with Great River Greening to apply for state funding to go towards buckthorn and general habitat management projects at selected parks in Arden Hills. Some of the parks discussed were Hazelnut Park, Chatham Open Space, Floral Park and Perry Park. Since then, Great River Greening has been successful at attaining available funds for the City of Arden Hills through the Outdoor Heritage Fund grant program. On April 16, 2024 the PTRC discussed the project proposals from Great River Greening. The PTRC voted to approve the projects as proposed and move it to the City Council for discussion and further direction. On April 22, GRG gave a presentation for the full project proposal and background. Council direction was to bring back estimated costs for long-term maintenance needs and exact minimum City cash match requirements and an example of a Natural Resource Management Plan. The estimated maintenance needs costs and cash match requirements can be reviewed in Attachment A. The example Natural Resource Management Plan was sent to Council for review prior to the meeting due to the large size (93 pages) of the document. Page 1 of 2