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Staff introduced Paul Bockenstedt with Stantec Consulting. Mr. Bockenstedt thanked the Commission for allowing him to join them at their meeting. He provided a PowerPoint presentation on the Goals of the Natural Resources Renewal Project: • Comprehensive Parks Plan • Vision • Environmental Stewardship. We envision our parks as an opportunity to care for our wild places and creatures, where we have been entrusted to manage a resource so future generations benefit from the spirit of nature, and where nature is extended to the experience of every park visitor. • Goals & Policies • Natural resources management. Preserve significant natural resources, lakes, ponds, wetlands, open spaces, wooded areas, wildlife habitats, and trees as integral aspects of the parks system. • Outcomes • Preserve natural assets and significant environmental features... • Foster environmental awareness and promote and manage the presence of wildlife and wild places. • Long-term View • Environmental Stewardship. We envision parks as opportunities to care for our wild places and creatures, where we have been entrusted with a resource that must be managed and cared for so that future generations will benefit from the spirit of nature, its function, and its regenerative qualities, and where nature is extended to the experience of every park visitor. • Create native habitat/plant restoration in all parks • Restore and manage natural areas (e.g., forest, prairie, wetland) • Native plantings in developed parks • 2013 System-wide natural resources evaluation • Identified potential projects • Assigned priority rankings • Identified potential outside funding sources • Served as the basis for implementation of the Park Renewal Program Natural Resources Restoration effort Staff thanked Mr. Bockenstedt for all of his work on the Natural Resource Renewal Program in Roseville. Commissioner Baggenstoss joined the Commission. 2