HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.i. Restoration Contract with Friends of the Mississippi RiverE X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
City Council Regular Meeting: April 19, 2016
AGENDA ITEM: Restoration Contract with Friends of the
Mississippi (FMR)
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation
Director AGENDA NO. 6.i.
ATTACHMENTS: Agreement and Location map APPROVED BY: ddj
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve the attached Restoration Agreement
between the City of Rosemount and the Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) for
restoration work at the Wiklund Preserve.
ISSUE
For the past several years, Friends of the Mississippi (FMR) has coordinated volunteer efforts to perform
the restoration work at the Wiklund Preserve. We are at a point in the restoration process where the needs
are more than just the help of volunteers. City staff has worked with FMR to create a plan where the City
would bring $5,000 and FMR would bring $6,099.50 to the restoration efforts at the preserve. The work
that would be done with the proposed funding is removal of invasive trees and shrubs, control of invasive
herbaceous plants, prescribed burns of woodland and prairie areas and the installation of native plants and
seed suitable for the native plant communities. Staff is proposing to use SKB tree and landscaping funds to
pay for the City’s portion of the restoration work.
BACKGROUND
In 2004 the City of Rosemount participated in the purchase of a 25 acre conservation easement from Aina
Wiklund at 12110 Bacardi Avenue in Rosemount. Ms. Wiklund kept 10 acres for herself and donated 15
acres to the City of Rosemount for a nature preserve. The Natural Resources Management Plan for the
property includes restoring the natural resources and removing invasive species on site. In 2005, the City
received a DNR Remediation Grant for $45,000 to assist with initial restoration and removal of invasive
species from the land donated to the City. In 2014, the City of Rosemount entered into a contract with
FMR that had both parties bringing $5,000 to pay for restoration efforts at the Wiklund Preserve.
SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the City Council approve entering into a Restoration Contract for work to be
completed at the Wiklund Preserve.
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