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16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E.
Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MAY 1,2006
7B
LARRY POPPLER, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER
LAKE CLEAN UP DAY PROCLAMATION - JUNE 10, 2006
Introduction
The Prior Lake Lake 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 10, 2006, Lake Cleanup Day.
Historv
The Prior Lake Lake Advisory Committee (LAC) has been in contact with
citizens interested in organizing a Scuba dive event on Prior Lake. At its
November 15, 2005, meeting, the LAC was introduced to the possibility by
Steve Berg, a citizen of Prior Lake, who had participated in a similar scuba
lake cleanup on Lake Minnetonka.
Current Circumstances
The Prior Lake Association is organizing an event on June 10, 2006, called
"Dive the Lake, Lake Cleanup Day in Prior Lake." The event will coordinate
private business, lake residents, and scuba divers in an effort to remove trash
from the lake bed and draw publicity to the problem of litter accumulating in
Prior Lake. This event is run through efforts of members of the Prior Lake
Association and volunteers, with support of Captain Jack's and Evergreen, a
local garbage hauler. The scuba event will be staged out of Captain Jack's
where dive teams will load equipment and disperse to various points on the
lake. Prizes will be awarded for unusual items, most valuable, and most trash
collected. Diving will be concluded by 11 :30 am with awards and a lunch to
follow.
As part of "Lake Cleanup Day in Prior Lake," residents will be asked to support
the effort by removing debris from their shorelines, helping to clean up public
shoreline, or pick up litter in drainage ways that flow to our lakes. Educational
information about litter cleanup in the watershed will be included in the
announcement.
Issues
This is the first year of this program and as such, the focus will be on Prior
Lake. It is our goal in future years to expand the effort to other lakes as well.
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Conclusion
The role of the City in proclaiming June 10, 2006, "Lake Cleanup Day in Prior
Lake" would be to further draw publicity to the events taking place on that day.
This effort will reinforce the fact that the lakes within the City are valuable
resources that need public cooperation to keep clean.
ISSUES:
None.
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
Minimal staff time is required to place promotional articles on the City website
and local access television.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Read the proclamation.
RECOMMENDED
MOTION:
Alternative #1
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Steve Albrecht, Public Works Director/City Engineer
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