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<br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />Topic Report: MN Naturalists Program <br />By: Mark Riverblood, Parks Supervisor <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The purpose of this topic report is to highlight the existing volunteer program within Ramsey <br />Parks; and discuss potential expansion to engage more adult volunteers. Staff proposes <br />partnering with the University of Minnesota on a fairly new and successful endeavor they <br />developed with the Department of Natural Resources called the, Minnesota' Master Naturalist <br />program. <br /> <br />Staff believes that this program can greatly enhance volunteerism and, in doing so, accelerate <br />certain park improvements while saving valuable dollars, as well as reducing some of the <br />demand on paid staff. In addition, a formalized program can also develop a pool of residents to <br />provide volunteer contributions for programming like the Environmental Expo. Additional <br />. info'rmation will be available at the meeting. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Action Statement: <br /> <br />Based upon discussion <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />Parks Supervisor <br />Director of Public W orks/Principal C' <br />Environmental COOl1 . <br />City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />CCWS: <br /> <br />11/27/2007 <br />