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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: MAY 17, 2010
AGENDA #: 7C
PREPARED BY: ROSS BINTNER -WATER RESOURCES ENGINEER
AGENDA ITEM: LAKE CLEAN UP DAY PROCLAMATION -JUNE 5, 2010
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The Prior Lake Lakes Advisory Committee recommends that the City
Council lend its support to the efforts of the Prior Lake Association in
cleaning up Prior Lake by proclaiming June 5, 2010, to be Lake Cleanup
Day.
History
The Prior Lake Association held its first event on June 10, 2006, called "Dive
the Lake, Lake Cleanup Day in Prior Lake." The event was a coordinated
effort of private business, lake residents, and scuba divers. The effort
accomplished its goals of removing trash from the lake bed and drawing
publicity to the problem of litter accumulating in Prior Lake. This event was
run through efforts of members of the Prior Lake Association and volunteers,
with support of Captain Jack's and a local garbage hauler. The scuba event
was staged out of Captain Jack's, where dive teams loaded equipment onto
volunteered boats and traveled to various points on the lake to collect trash.
Prizes were awarded for unusual items, most valuable items, and most trash
collected. Last year, on June 6, 2009 the fourth annual event was held, and
this year the tradition will continue. From 2006 through 2009 the Council
has proclaimed a Lake Cleanup Day to coincide with the Dive the Lake
events.
Current Circumstances
The Prior Lake Association will be holding its fifth annual Dive the Lake
event on June 5, 2010 and has asked the City to again show its support.
In order to support and supplement the Association's effort, the proposed
proclamation would declare June 5, 2010 as "Lake Cleanup Day." As part of
Lake Cleanup Day, residents would be asked to support the cleanup effort
by removing debris from their shorelines, helping to clean up public
shoreline, or picking up litter in drainage ways that flow to the lakes.
Educational information about litter cleanup and other water quality topics
will be included in the announcement of Lake Cleanup Day.
Conclusion
The role of the City in proclaiming June 5, 2010, to be "Lake Cleanup Day in
Prior Lake" would be to draw further publicity to and supplement the cleanup
events taking place on that day. This effort will help build and reinforce
public awareness that the lakes within the City require constant stewardship
and that public cooperation is a key component to keeping them clean.
ISSUES: None.
FINANCIAL Minimal staff time will be required to place promotional articles on the City
IMPACT: website and local access television.
ALTERNATIVES: 1. Read the proclamation.
2. Do not read the proclamation.
RECOMMENDED Alternative #1
MOTION:
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