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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: February 12, 2Q01 <br />Iteml No: �_ � <br />l: Manag� �Apprvvec�' Agenda Section: <br />� CONSENT <br />Fte�ti Des,¢fription- Ramsey County Parks and Recreation: <br />Request for Approval of Burn Permits <br />1, 0 Requested Action <br />1.1 Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department is requesting City Council approval for the <br />following bum permits to enhance prairie management in the parks: <br />a) The first site is the natural area around the ponds at Lake MCC�170I1S County Park The <br />Council approved a like permit in March of 2000. The County advises that they <br />anticipate three consecutive years of bums, and thereafter, a bum every three to four <br />years. <br />b) The second site is a small 3-acrd area within the City of Roseville's Reservoir Woods Park Two <br />permits are being requested for this site. <br />The first will be to bum several sumac brush piles that were cut out of the prairie areas last <br />summer. Although the County anticipates this bum will take only one or two days, the permit is <br />being requested for a one-month period to allow for flexibility due to weather conditions. <br />The second bum will be for burning grass in the spring in the Reservoir Woods Park. <br />2.0 Sackground <br />2.1 The purpose of the requested bums is to improve the quality of prairie vegetation by <br />stimulating prairie grasses and flowers and eliminating non-prairie vegetation. <br />2.2 Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department will conduct the bums and the County <br />will provide a11 necessary equipment and personnel to insure a safe bum in a controlled <br />manner. The Department has e�tensive experience conducting controlled bums over the <br />past 16 years. All burning is done against the wind so that it moves at a slow speed, and the <br />sites will be burned on days when the wind blows smoke away from the street and homes <br />in the area. <br />3.0 Staff Recommendation <br />3.1 It is the staff's recommendation that the City Council authorize the Fire Marshal to issue the <br />three bum permits as requested by the Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department. <br />RCA-Ramsey County Parks � Recreation �ep� U3.27.0[� <br />