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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes April 4, 2007 labor costs if you were going to have a contractor install each of the projects. You may be able to get the city to provide the grading services. to haul-away soils for the bioretention area, and to bring in the soil-replacement mixture. but for your grant application you will most likely need to show a value for that work Also. for the rest of the projects I itemized the labor for each step. so you can count the value of volunteer labor. hours. although I used a blanket rate of $50 / hour for contracted labor. Depending on the availability of fimds. you may consider having a specialized contractor do some of the more technical work and utilize volunteers for planting (and maybe spreading mulch. although there would be a lot to spread). I listed potential sources for the .materJals. but there are certainly other sources that could be investigated if there could be a cost savings. as long as the original intent was kept. Also. I worked with your general landscape / structure plan so that the concept plans for the stormwater and shoreland projects should fit into what you had provided me with (trail layout. bench / swing locations. etc.). Jfyou have any questions. please let me know. Also. I would suggest reconsidering the amount of tree / shrub clearing at the shoreline area. I would suggest first targeting the invasive species (like the black locust) and then taking a step back, locating where your benches / swings. etc will be located and then determining where you want to open views (whether some shrub cutting. removal of some of the smaller diameter trees. and/or limbing up some of the larger native trees (like the green ash that emt along the shore) rather than a clear cut. Something to consider. since a clear cut will definitely reduce the habitat value of this area of shoreline and the live roots of the woo~ plants along the bank do greatly aid in holding those soils together. I had forgotten to mention that on the toe protection for the shoreland area. I had changed my mind while I was doing the cost estimate and switched from the cedar tree revetment to using 16" coconut- fiber biologs. and the plans were finished and I wasn't at my office. so the plans don't reflect that change. I will eventually make that change on the plan set. but because of a very tight schedule for this week, I probably won't get to that until the next week. Viee-Chalrperson Kevin Amundsen updated the eommittee with the foDowing: Mr. Thompson doesn't show a 'water feature' because he is just working on the "conservation" part of the project. He said he kept it in mind and it will work with his plan by just connecting it to the swale that nms from . the big rain garden to the little rain garden by the lake. He also said the plan on page 3 shows a "cedar tree revetment" but he has changed his mind because it will be easier for the contractor to put in bio logs and get the same result. I asked him about grants and he said Anoka County doesn't have any. He supplied the "items list" so we could apply for a Rain Garden Grant from the Rice Creek Water District. I asked him about DNR contacts and he said that the DNR Fisheries would be the place to get the monies for the shoreline project. He gave me the name of Mr. John Hiebert who works out of St. Paul. He thought that the DNR grant d~1ine was September 30th. But, also said that their Fiscal Year ends June 30th and if there are monies left over they need to spend it. Mr. Thompson suggested sending Mr. Hiebert an email explaining all the things that are going on and the deadline we have and see if he can work with us to find some monies. This information was passed on to Mr. Dallas Larson, City Administrator who said he would ~ntact Mr. Hiebert. Motion was made by Viee-Chairpenon Amundsen, seconded by Committee Member Mosher to recommend to City Coundl authorizing Mr. Mark Statz, City Engineer, to move forward with soUeitIDg bids for the list of items prepared by the eommittee, as weD as the doeuments provided by Mr.. Greg Thompson, Urban Conservation Speeialist, Assoeiation of MetropoUtan SoU &: Water Conservation Districts. AD In favor. Motion passed 1JIJAnimousIy. SofB