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<br />City Council Minutes 04/15/02 <br />Page 4 <br />III. Hearings <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />City of Roseville Parks & Recreation Natural <br />Resources Master Plan <br />Bierscheid said that preserving and improving the natural <br />resources in our parks was one of the most important <br />issues facing our park system. He described the purpose <br />of tonight's hearing and the time line for future public <br />input and Council action. Paul Bockenstedt, Proj ect <br />Manager from Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & <br />Associates, presented the Upland Inventory for the five <br />city parks studied. These include pioneer forests of <br />cottonwood and box elder, and non-native species of <br />trees and brush. <br /> <br />John Smyth, Water Resource Specialist, presented the <br />Wetland Inventory. He spoke to the importance of <br />wetland buffers and restoring wetland hydrology. He <br />also spoke about storm pond maintenance and aesthetics. <br /> <br />Rich Brasch, Limnologist, presented the Lake Inventory; <br />He indicated that Langton Lake is an impressive shallow <br />urban lake that is in reasonably good shape. <br /> <br />Bennett Lake, he said, is another shallow urban lake, but <br />unlike Langton, Bennett has a large (700 acre) <br />watershed. The extensive watershed increases the risk of <br />pollutants. Overall, the water quality in Bennett is about <br />half as good as Langton. It is a challenge to reduce <br />pollutant discharge to Bennett. <br /> <br />In summary, he recommends: <br />Phase I. <br />. Adjusting street sweeping <br />. No phosphorus fertilizer <br />. Stocking with DNR fish (esp. Northern and Bass) <br />. Monitoring water quality trends <br />Phase II. <br />. Special 5 -10 year cleaning of Langton's storm <br />pond <br />. Experimental filtering of discharges into <br /> <br />Natural Resources <br />Master Plan <br />