HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - August 6, 2003 D-03bAGENDA TITLE: Mokelumne River Watershed Mural Project Status
MEETIN DATE: August 6, 2003
PREPARED BY: Parks and Recreation Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION. That City Council review the progress to date related to the Mokelumne
River Watershed plural Project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On April 27, 2001, the Lodi Lake Nature Area Docent Council
submitted a GalFed Watershed Program Proposal to the State of
California Department of Water Resources, The proposa :sought
funding to establish a Lower Mokelumne River Citizen Monitoring
Program. In June 2001 the Department of Water Resources entered into a Standard Agreement with
the City of Dodi. This Standard Agreement is providing the Lower Mokelumne River Watershed
Education Project funds in the amount of $70,140,00. Within the Budget Summary of this CalFed Grant,
Task 4 earmarks $29,000.00 for the design and production of two watershed education murals.
Professional artist, Suzanne Kennedy, was commissioned to design and assist in the production of the
two murals. Ms. Kennedy worked with 3`� grade students at Heritage Primary Schaal to produce mural
1. A Rotary Club member installed this small mural at the Discovery Center on June 4, 2003. For
mural #2, Ms. Kennedy, along with students from Steve Jordan's Liberty High School 2002-2003 art
classes, studied the Mokelumne River, watershed. The mural will be the end product of their year long
study. This mural will be installed on the trail head at the Lodi Lake Nature Area to be used by the Lodi
Lake future Area Docents in their outdoor education program.
Both murals highlight the many impacts the river has sustained through the past two centuries since
modern contact. It is the students and their sponsors hope that through their work, people now who
enjoy the river will contribute to its healthy stewardship, which often begins on the streets of our
neighborhoods.
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Tony oe ring
Parks and Recreation Director
Prepared by Steve Goers, Parks Superintendent
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