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Environmental Policy Board (EPB) 5.3. <br />Meeting Date: 01/06/2014 <br />By: Chris Anderson, Community <br />Development <br />Title: <br />Community Stewardship Recognition Program <br />Purpose /Background: <br />An action item on the Board's approved Work Plan is to develop a Community Stewardship recognition program as <br />a tool to promote stewardship land within the community. Staff would like to start exploring with the Board the <br />building blocks for such a program. Initially, Staff would like input from the Board on whether this should apply to <br />efforts on public land, private land, or either and whether recognition would be through the EPB or City Council or <br />some combination thereof. <br />A great example of an initiative that warrants recognition is the efforts of a local girl scout troop that undertook <br />fundraising activities to raise enough money to purchase and install a trash receptacle along the Lake Itasca trail. <br />The troop noticed large quantities of litter and cigarette butts that typically accumulated near a resting bench along <br />the trail . There was no trash receptacle in the area for trail users to dispose of their waste. They contacted the City <br />to discuss their concern and took the initiative to improve the situation by raising the funds to purchase and install a <br />receptacle. Additionally, the troop also spent several hours one weekend last fall raking leaves and doing general <br />clean up in this area to further enhance the setting. It is efforts like this that seem worthy of recognition. <br />The above example is included to help frame the discussion related to a recognition program. <br />Action: <br />No file(s) attached. <br />Information <br />Attachments <br />Form Review <br />Inbox Reviewed By Date <br />Chris Anderson (Originator) Chris Anderson 01/03/2014 02:41 PM <br />Form Started By: Chris Anderson Started On: 01/03/2014 11:59 AM <br />Final Approval Date: 01/03/2014 <br />