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Home My WebLink About2015-05-06 PACKET 04.D. REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ITEM # � � DATE 5/6/15 . PREPARED BY: Parks and Recreation Zac Dockter ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT HEAD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST: Consider adopting a resolution to authorize the acceptance of$51,500 from the MN Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program to restore 22 acres of Hidden Valley Park to native prairie and wetland. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution to authorize the acceptance of$51,500 from the MN Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program to restore 22 acres of Hidden Valley Park to native prairie and wetland. BUDGET IMPLICATION: $12,000 $12,000 BUDGETED AMOUNT ACTUAL AMOUNT ADVISORY COMMISSION ACTION: DATE REVIEWED APPROVED DENIED ❑ PLANNING ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ PUBLIC SAFETY ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ PUBLIC WORKS ❑ ❑ ❑ � PARKS AND RECREATION � � ❑ ❑ HUMAN SERVICES/RIGHTS ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ECONOMIC DEV. AUTHORITY ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: ❑ MEMO/LETTER: � RESOLUTION: ❑ ORDINANCE: ❑ ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATION: ❑ LEGAL RECOMMENDATION: ❑ OTHER: ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS: , ' i� � �/ ��(� City Administrator Date C:\Users\nbelscamperWppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook�XRITLL4J\Council Action Form-Grant Acceptance.doc City of Cottage Grove , Minnesota To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Zac Dockter, Parks and Recreation Manager Date: 4/17/15 Subject: MN DNR Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Introduction The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Legacy (CPL) Grant program has a mission of restoring, protecting, and enhancing wetlands, prairie, forest and habitat for fish, game and wildlife. The CPL Grant is designed by the DNR to partner with regional and local organizations to achieve said mission through Legacy Grant funding. Funding for the CPL program is from the Outdoor Heritage Fund created by the people of Minnesota. This fund receives 33% of the sales tax revenues resulting from the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Constitutional Amendment passed by the voters in the November 2008 election. The CPL Grant program offers an excellent opportunity for the city of Cottage Grove to continue its efforts in restoring historical landscapes within the community. Background With Council authorization, staff applied for and has received the MN DNR's CPL grant to restore native landscapes within the Hidden Valley Park greenway corridors. This project would begin rehabilitation of the native prairie that dominated the pre-settlement landscape in order to improve plant variety, soil stabilization, habitat and water quality. The project would consist of prairie restoration work where the land is more open and ripe for prairie. Areas near and below normal water elevations of the Hidden Valley Park ponds would be planted with wetland mixes. The restoration of this property would advance the vision of a "prairie belt" through Cottage Grove via the power line corridor (see attached map). Work would be completed using multiple sources of both in-house services and hired services. Staff is proposing acceptance of the CPL grant application in the amount of $51,500. A match funding combination of cash and in-kind services of up to $12,000 would come from the Public Landscapes Initiative (PLI). The PLI identifies the restoration of the Hidden Valley Park area as a top priority due to its high visibility within the community and its ecological value for both land and water ecosystems. 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'F�*��'_ ��'" l� �' �.�.a` :t.'F�i��.�laS� ' i., t� i�fr ��1 q '7 Current Hidden Valley View Pine Summit Pond Restored Prairie ,� RESOL.UTION NO. 15-[Resolution Number) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE '� AMOUNT OF $51,500 TO BE USED TOWARDS THE PRAIRIE/WETLAND I RESTORATION OF HIDDEN VALLEY PARK WHEREAS the Cit of Cotta e Grove desires to restore 22 acres of I , Y 9 Hidden Valley Park to native prairie and wetland in order to beautify the public ' property while improving habitat and water quality within the park, and i WHEREAS, the MN Department of Natural Resources offers the ! Conservation Partners Legacy grant program to aid in funding such land I improvement projects. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of ; Cottage Grove, County of Washington, State of Minnesota, to authorize and accept grant funding from the MN Department of Natural Resources ' Conservation Partners Program in the amount of$51,500 to be used towards the i Hidden Valley Park native prairie/wetland restoration project. � Passed this 6th day of May 2015. Myron Bailey, Mayor � � Attest: '� � Caron M. Stransky, City Clerk � I � i