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Minutes of the Proceedings of the
Conservation Commission of the City
of Brooklyn Center in the County of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota
REGULAR S.E.SSION
FEBRUARY 8, 1973
CITY HALL
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Call to order The Conservation Commission met in
regular session and was called to order
by Chairman Vetter at 8:10 p.m.
Roll Call Chairman Vetter, Commissioners Price,
Almen, Winkelman, Byrnes, Dorff, and
Jensen. Also present was Administrative
Assistant Daniel Hartman.
Approval of P;inutes motion by Commissioner Winkelman,
January 25, 1973 seconded by Commissioner Dorff to
approve the minutes of the January 25,
1973, meeting. The motion passed
unanimously.
Introduction of Chairman Vetter introduced Mrs. Barbara
Mrs. Barbara Jensen Jensen, appointed to the Brooklyn Center
Conservation Commission to replace
Mrs. Bonnie Snater.
Conservation Proposal Commissioner Price reported on the
for Community Education drafting of an environmental proposal
Council in School for Community Education in Brooklyn
District No. 286 Center. The Commission discussed at
length the different topics presented
and concluded that the best approach to
developing a Community Education proposal
would be for each Commissioner to choose
certain topics and report to the Commis-
sion at the first meeting in March as to
how the topic could be developed into .
some type of Community Education program.
The secretary stated that if these posi-
tion papers were turned into him, he
would have them reproduced and distri-
buted to the Commissioners in the form
of a workbook. The secretary also skated
that each position paper should encompass
four main elements.-
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1. The topic,
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2. The philosophy relating the topic
to conservation and the environ-
ment,
3. The approach, and
4. The matter of implementation.
Chairman Vetter then stated that the
Commissioners were in no means limited
to the topics that have been discussed.
Flood Plain Laws Commissioner Byrnes distributed a report
that he had prepared on Flood Plain Laws
in Minnesota as they relate to the Miss-
issippi River Islands. He stated that
this information could be used in the
future to protect the Mississippi River
Islands from development.
Brooklyn Center - Crystal Commissioner Winkelman then reported on
Environmental Preserve the Brooklyn Center - Crystal Environ-
Task Group mental Preserve Task Group. She stated
that the environmental preserve brochure
has been prepared. She commented that
Mrs. Ann Mencel was in the process of
working with the Jaycees to provide
funding for the printing through the
recycling drive fund.
The Commission recessed at 9:08 p.m. and
resumed at 9:43 p.m.
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Recycling Drive Commissioner Almen reported on a discus-
Task Group sion he had with Mr. Garland Pierce,
chairman of the Recycling Drive Task
Group. He commented that Mr. Pierce
seemed more than willing to help fund
the Task Group brochure through the
recycling drive fund once he has had an
opportunity to examine it.
It was the consensus of the Conservation
Commission that Chairman Vetter meet with
the president of the Jaycees to discuss
Jaycees involvement and the possibility
of attracting other groups to take an
active interest in the recycling-drives.
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Youth Task Group Chairman Vetter reported that the Youtih.
Task Group would have a booth at Brook-
dale for the Scout-A-Rama Program this
month.
An Invitation To Chairman Vetter then announced that
Representative Lyndon Representative Lyndon Carlson of
Carlson District 44A has expressed an interest
in attending the next meeting of the
Conservation Commission to discuss
environmental legislation before the
1973 Minnesota legislature.
It was the consensus of the Conservation
Commission to invite Representative
Carlson to the February 22, 1973 meeting.
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Spring Nature Hikes Commissioner Almen stated that he was
in the process of setting up a spring
nature hike through the Brooklyn Center -
Crystal Environmental Preserve and that
he would have more information available
at the next meeting.
Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded
by Commissioner Almen to adjourn the
meeting. Motion-passed unanimously.
The Brooklyn Center Conservation Commis-
sion adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
Chairman
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