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The City of Roseville owns the property. Management is the responsibility of the City Park and Recreation Division. Roseville understands the importance of natural areas in an urbanized setting and the critical habitat they provide, as well as the role they play in providing park visitors outstanding opportunities to experience natural areas. Roseville is dedicated to being wise stewards of these resources and is actively engaged in maintaining or improving the quality of natural areas in its park system. Jeff Evenson is the staff person responsible for overseeing natural resource management activities within Roseville Parks. His contact information is listed at the top of this grant application packet. B. Timeliness Please see the proposed schedule in the attached Work Plan. The outlined work is anticipated to be complete by December 2004, and will be completed no later than June 2005. C. Reasonable Cost Please see the attached budget exhibit. D. Expertise of the ImplementingEntity Roseville Parks and Recreation has been actively engaged in stewarding natural areas on city park property since the 1970's. Efforts in the last 10 years have focused on restoring the integrity of natural areas through the control of invasive/nonnative shrubs, the application of prescribed fire to maintain prairies, restoring shoreline habitat, environmental education, and others. Jeff Evenson, Park Proj ect Coordinator will serve as the city's proj ect manager. Jeff is a Landscape Architect and has been actively involved in coordinating and conducting natural resource management in Roseville Parks, including seeding, prescribed burning, planting, invasive brush removal, and others. The city also intends to utilize staff from Bonestroo Natural Resources to guide sequencing, plant selection, and on-the-ground activities for this project. Paul Bockenstedt will serve as the primary staff person from Bonestroo for this project. Paul has worked in inventorying and managing natural areas in the Upper Midwest since 1983. Before joining the Natural Resources Team at Bonestroo in 1997, Paul worked for the MN DNR as a State Park Resource Specialist and on a Scientific and Natural Area restoration crew. The City of Roseville and Bonestroo have teamed to successfully complete restoration projects in other Roseville Parks including lakeshore and prairie/savanna restorations at Bennett Lake in Central Park. III.Other Program Goals (Secondary Criteria) A. Community Support and Collaboration. Protection and restoration of natural areas within city parks is supported by the Mayor and City Council of Roseville, the Park & Recreation staff, and residents. When Reservoir Woods was acquired in 1997, neighborhood task forces and Park and Recreation planners expressed the wish that Reservoir Woods remain pristine. In 2000, with Ciry of Roseville — Reservoir Woods Restoration 2003 MetroGreenways Site Restoration Grant Application August 2003 -3-