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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting MinutesMarch 18, 2014 Page2 trees staff will be revisiting with the Council are the smaller trees that were recommended not to be treated to discuss removal and replacement. Mr. Maurer also pointed out that Ms. Olson has negotiated a private treatment price with Precision Landscaping for Arden Hills residents at a price of $7.00 per DBH for 24 or less and $9.00 for 24 above 90% but that the disadvantage is that once you treat you need to continue to treat and that this was one of the reasons it was decided to treat only the significant trees in the parks. B.Other Unfinished Business None. 4.NEW BUSINESS A.Joint Meeting Debrief 2014 Work Plan Discussion Public Works Director Maurer recapped that the City Council reviewed the proposed 2014 committee goals and work plan at the February 18, 2014, joint PTRC/City Council meeting.From input provided at that meeting, Parks and Recreation Manager Olson has made some minor adjustments to the proposed work plan which are noted in the bullet points on the first page of her memo.Mr. Maurer asked the committee to review Attachment A and the Draft Work Plan (Attachment B) and provide anycomments or suggestions. Committee Member OMalleyasked that the Mission Statement in Attachment A include wording regarding helping preserve natural resourcesandthat Item 10 under Ongoing and As Needed Goals read Prepare semi-regular articles that the Committee would like to see highlighted in the City newsletter. Committee Member Stephensindicated she would volunteer to assist with any articles the PTRC had for the newsletter.Council Liaison McClung indicated the Communications Committee will alsowork with the PTRC on helping communicate information to the residents. Discussion ensued and it was decided the committee members would think about topics they could include in the newsletter.Mr. McClung indicated he felt the joint meeting went very well and that the presentation was very good.He stated that since Council has decided not to move forward with franchise fees it will cause some issues with prioritizationand the committee will need to find creative ways to move forward with some of the projects.He feels the committeeshould look at what the next real possibilitiesare and do some legwork in order to have them ready when those opportunities present themselves.Committee Member OMalleyasked if they should put another article in the newsletter about the Arden Hills Foundation.Committee Member Stephensinformed that an article was in the newsletter this month.Council Liaison McClungstated that the committee may want to ask the Foundation how the PTRC can help get themessage out about the Foundationassome of the parks and trails projects could be goals oftheFoundation.Public Works Director Maurer informed that Councilmember Holmes provided packageswith information on the Foundation for him to distribute to the PTRC members.Discussion then ensuedregarding the wording of the mission statement and correcting the wording for Item #10.