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MINUTES August 13,1997 Attended by: Marie Asgian (Minneapolis Public Works) Anne Weber (St. Paul Public Works) Shelley Shreffler (St. Paul Niegh. Energy Cons.) Karen Kobey (Hennepin County Parks) Louise Watson (Ramsey-Wash. Metro WD) Barb Luikkonen (U of M Water Resource Ctr.) Dan Ray (McKnight Foundation) Kristina Valen (DNR- Waters, Project WET) Apple Szostak (Friends of the Miss. River) Jerry Spetzman (MN Dept. of Ag.) Judy Thomson (DNR- Parks) Jim Haertel (Bureau of Water ~ Soil Resources) Paul Mohrbacher (Science Museum of MN) Lany Thomas (Science Museum of MN) Marty Rye (SEH /Grass Lake WMO) Lyndon Torstenson (Miss. Nat River & Rec. Area) Charlotte Shover (Dakota Cty." Envir. Ed. Prog .) Suzanne Wilson (Hamline Univ. -CGEE) Deb Pilger (Minneapolis Park ~ Rec) Tracy Fredin (Hamline Univ. -CGEE) Minutes: Marie Partner Updates ~' Louise Ramsey- Washington Metro Watershed District has completed its water management plan. Louise will lend a copy to interested patties." ~' Charlotte - The Dakota County Environmental Education Program has received $81,000 . grant from the EPA to develop wetland health monitoring protocols that citizens can implement as , volunteers. Proposed projects will include biological indicators such as plants, macro-invertebrates ~~; _, ~ and frogs. ' . _ . ~' Darb Part of the PCA's 319 proposals will include alum treatment for metro area lakes. Also, PCA funding for Joe Schimmel's work will be continued. ~' Dan Dan has been leading the multi-organizational application for consideration of the Upper Reach of the Mississippi River as a heritage river. The focus is activities on the river, education and land use planning: identifying barriers and which barriers need federal assistance. ~' Lyndon Lyndon reminded Partners of the August 15~' deadline for the EPA's sustainable development challenge grant applications. The grant program has $5 million which is intended to target projects by non-profit stakeholders. Also MNRRA has new brochures with information on the river corridor. ~' Apple Friends of the Mississippi River is coordinating the volunteer program for catch basin stenciling in St. Paul. If anyone knows of groups who are looking for a public service project, Friends is !ook'sng for more volunteer groups to stencil. ~' Anne 8~ Made This fall, both Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Works are going to be putting out test batches of the new catch basin stencil stickers to see how well they weather the winter. St. Paul Public Works Traffic shop will be printing the stickers for both Minneapolis and St. Paul. Barb & Char mentioned that the City of Eagen is placing permanent RepNet discs into the concrete in high traffic areas as part of its stenciling program. ~' Deb The Minneapolis Park Board, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, will be putting an informational flyer in the September Minneapolis water bills which discusses responsible lawn care and leaves. ~' Paul The Science Museum is developing an exhibit on the Phalen wetland restoration for the wetland interpretive center. Paul can be reached at 221-4745.