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Lake Elmo council backs letters of support for Friends of Sunfish Lake Park 3M settlement grant proposals
Summary
Council voted to submit letters of support for three project proposals by the Friends of Sunfish Lake Park seeking Priority 2 funds from the 3M settlement: forestry/trail work, a 300-foot boardwalk and a fish advisory study for PFAS testing.
The Lake Elmo City Council voted to support and submit letters backing three grant proposals from the Friends of Sunfish Lake Park to a Priority 2 fund created by the 3M settlement. Assistant Public Works Director Swanepoel described the three proposals—continued buckthorn removal and forestry work, a roughly 300-foot boardwalk on the northeast side of Sunfish Lake and a fish survey/advisory concerning PFAS contamination—and asked the council to authorize letters of support.
Swanepoel said the 3M settlement set aside $20,000,000 for Priority 2 projects that restore…
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