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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 06.g21 May 2012 Proposed Action Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move to approve a resolution accepting donations from various sources to the Lakeville Engineering Department in support of the annual Watershed Cleanup Day. Overview Donations from various sources were received by the Lakeville Engineering Department in support of the annual Watershed Cleanup Day. Please see the supporting information for details. On behalf of the Engineering Department, we sincerely thank these businesses for their generosity. Primary Issues to Consider • None Supporting Information • List of Donations • Summary of the Event Zach J fins n Interim ity ngineer ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES TO THE LAKEVILLE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL WATERSHED CLEANUP DAY Item No. Financial Impact: $ 0 Budgeted: Y/N N Source: Donations Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.): Notes: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES TO THE LAKEVILLE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL WATERSHED CLEANUP DAY WHEREAS, local businesses made the following donations to the City of Lakeville's Engineering Department in support of the Watershed Cleanup Day: and CITY OF LAKEVILLE RESOLUTION NO. Dick's /Lakeville Sanitation, one truck, one driver and trash disposal, valued at $155.67 GarbageMan of Lakeville, one truck, one driver and trash disposal, valued at $206.00 Troje's Trash & Recycling, one truck, one driver and trash disposal, valued at $173.96 Waste Management, one truck, one driver and trash disposal, valued at $300.00 Little Caesars Pizza, 700 free crazy bread coupons, valued at $2,093.00 WHEREAS, the donations were beneficial to the department and the event; and WHEREAS, the businesses have offered to transfer full rights of ownership of the donations to the City of Lakeville with no conditions or reservations; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute 465.03 requires that all gifts and donations of real or personal property be accepted only with the adoption of a resolution of the governing body. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota that the donations by these businesses are hereby accepted; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Lakeville sincerely thanks the businesses for their generous donations. ATTEST: DATED this 21 day of May, 2012. Charlene Friedges, City Clerk CITY OF LAKEVILLE Mark Bellows, Mayor Individual Business Little Caesars Dick's/Lakeville Sanitation* GarbageMan of Lakeville Troje's Trash & Recycling Waste Management DONATIONS RECEIVED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL WATERSHED CLEANUP DAY Donation 700 free Crazy Bread coupons One truck, one driver and trash disposal One truck, one driver and trash disposal One truck, one driver and trash disposal One truck, one driver and trash disposal TOTAL: Amount $2,093.00 $ 155.67 $ 206.00 $ 173.96 $ 300.00 $2,928.63 *In addition, staff from Dick's/Lakeville Sanitation participated in the education portion of the event at the Central Maintenance Facility. City of Lakeville's Watershed Cleanup Day April 21, 2012 Over 1,300 volunteers helped to remove trash throughout Lakeville's parks, roadsides, wetlands, and trails. This is a yearly event to celebrate Earth Day and clean up our watersheds of all the debris that collects throughout the year. We had several organizations participate: Girl Scouts, Boy /Cub Scouts, 4H, church groups, school groups, environmental groups and businesses as well as several families and individuals who take pride in the City and contributed to keeping it look its best. This year we had just over 700 volunteers attend the thank -you lunch and education event. Volunteers received a lunch consisting of pizza, chips, cookies, and a beverage. They were also able to receive promotional items (reusable insulated bags, reusable canvas bag, doggie bag dispensers, stickers, recycled crayons, and a dispenser for reusing plastic bags). Once someone participated in an education activity, or were able to answer an environmentally related question, they could choose a promotional item. The main topics involved recycling; reducing waste, water quality, exotic species, water conservation and things you can do to help the earth. All of this, as well as the t- shirts, were funded through the Dakota County Large Community Funding Grant. New in 2012 was a an information booth about Garlic mustard and Buckthorn (Cheryl Culbreth of Landscape Restoration, Inc.), Dicks /LSI (David Domack) attended the event to educate about what can now be recycled. Several Blue Thumb introduction classes (Curt Coudron of DCSWCD and Jen Morrow, Blue Thumb Partner) ran concurrently with the event and attendees were able to enter in a drawing for a rain barrel. Other things going on during the lunch/education event were the coloring table with recycled crayons, a water jeopardy game (Kathy Carlson, Vermillion River JPO), and Mike Tredan (The Recycle Zone) ran the recycle wheel and handed out a take home recycled crayon. This was the third year of the food drive and we collected $26.55 in cash donation and 205 lbs of food for local area food shelves. We received donations from Little Caesars Pizza; truck, staff, and disposal from Dick's Sanitation, GarbageMan, Troje's Trash Service, and Waste Management. Estimated trash removed was around 6 to 6.5 tons of garbage from Lakeville's watersheds. Thank you to all!