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City o,f <br /> Pe ?q not AGENDA ITEM #6.2. <br /> Lakes <br /> REPORT TO <br /> CITY COUNCIL <br /> Date: November 6, 2008 <br /> Subject: Shoreland Buffer Grant <br /> Report: The Minnesota DNR is offering two Native <br /> Shoreland Buffer Incentives Program grants. These grants <br /> are intended to support local governmental units in their <br /> efforts to offer incentives to private landowners who <br /> maintain or restore native vegetative buffers along <br /> shorelands. This grant program is being provided to help <br /> local governments and the DNR evaluate whether <br /> landowner incentives can effectively protect water and <br /> shoreland resources. <br /> Two $75,000 grants will be awarded. City Staff attended <br /> the Project Design Workshop at the Initiative Foundation <br /> on October 17 and has met with representatives for the <br /> Cities of Nisswa, East Gull Lake and Lakeshore who are <br /> interested in partnering for one of these $75,000 grants. <br /> The deadline to submit proposals is December 1, 2008 and <br /> the grants will be awarded on December 31, 2008. <br />