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June 17, 2020 Ms. Sheela Johnson Natural Resource Specialist US Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry 11 Campus Boulevard, Suite 200 Newtown Square, PA 19073 Re: Letter of Support for FY2020 U.S. Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative application by Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc. on behalf of the Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative, Planting Trees to Reduce Runoff in Ohio's Central Lake Erie Basin Dear Ms. Johnson, On behalf of Mayfield Village, I am pleased to submit this letter of support for Chagrin River Watershed Partners' (CRWP) application to the FY 2020 U.S. Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program on behalf of the Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative. This application proposes to reduce runoff through targeted plantings in central Lake Erie basin watersheds, which includes the reforestation of 3.25 acres of riparian habitat at Village -owned property near Bonnieview Road and Beech Hill Road. This project will reduce polluted stormwater runoff and improve water quality in the Griswold Creek -Chagrin River subwatershed of the Chagrin River watershed, which is impaired from excessive stormwater runoff from urban and suburban development. The Chagrin River watershed and Lake Erie will benefit from this opportunity to expand tree cover, reduce sediment and stormwater runoff, and improve water quality. It will directly contribute to achievement of water quality goals listed in the State -endorsed Griswold Creek -Chagrin River Non -Point Source Implementation Strategy and implements actions outlined in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan II to restore and manage healthy native plant populations and reduce nonpoint source pollution to the Great Lakes and its tributaries. Mayfield Village supports this project and commits to working with CRWP to coordinate the plantings. At its June 15, 2020 meeting, Mayfield Village Council approved $14,722 of cash match (20 percent of total budget for this site) to support this project on Village -owned property. Additionally, the Village will agree to maintain the trees and shrubs including watering, mulching, pruning and other activities in accordance with the project's approved maintenance plan. Mayfield Village will also allow a sign to be installed at the project site. We strongly encourage your favorable consideration of Chagrin River Watershed Partners' application on behalf of the Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative under the U.S. Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Program. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Very truly yours, Brenda T. Bodnar, Mayor