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REQUEST FOR COUNCI� ACTION DATE: 07/11/05 ITEM NQ: 3.g �epartme�t Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: s� � �� d �� ..�-- Consent Item Descrip�ion: Acceptance of Minnesota Department of Nafural Reso�rces Shorefand Habitat Program far a por�ion of Bennett Lake shoreline. BACKGROUND The Minnesota Department of Natural Resaurces ir�itiated a program in 1999 to assist local agencies in their attempts to better manage natural resources and to coordinate efforts tf�roughout tFte metro area. In 2400, wiih th� assistance of a Metro Greenways Planning Grant, fhe City of Roseville cand�acted nat�ral resource inven�ories and created management plans for five parks. The resulting Nafiurai Resource Management Plan identified shoreland areas at Benn�tt Lake as a tap priority. Staff and local planners who have expertise in this area {BRA) hav� continu�d to search out funding opportuniiies to continue to address Natural Resource Restoration in a�rr Park Sysfem. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has r�cently awarded the City of Rosevi[le a grant fnr up ta $9,150 �or a Shore(and Habitat Program restoration � project at Bennett Lake through remo�al nf nannative in�asive species, and � repEant�ng wiih native pEant material. The grant application and the agreement is � attached. POLICY OBJECTIVE The attached propasal is consistent witE� the poEiey of leveraging other public and private resources fo obtain funding to offset the costs af Natural Resourc� Management. It is also consistent with the Roseviile Parks and Recreation System Pian and the City's efFo�s as outlin�d in the Vis�a 2000 goals to impro�e our environment tF�rough tl�e protection ar�d impro�ement of our natural resources. ]t is also cansistent with a�r efforts to pariner wi�h other agencies. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS Tl�e City mtast provide mafching funds of $1,000 cash and matchin� in-kind of $4,750 if the gran� were approved and accepted. The $1,0�0 wauld be proposed ta be taken from the 2005 Park Improvement Program (PIP) for this item.