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Parks,Trails&Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes March 18,2014 Page 2 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" or more. Mr. McClung informed that treatment has had a success rate of 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 any comments or suggestions. Committee Member O'Malley asked that the Mission Statement in Attachment A include wording regarding "helping preserve natural resources" and that 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 Stephens indicated she would volunteer to assist with any articles the PTRC had for the newsletter. Council Liaison McClung indicated the Communications Committee will also work 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 prioritization and the committee will need to find creative ways to move forward with some of the projects. He feels the committee should look at what the next real possibilities are and do some legwork in order to have them ready when those opportunities present themselves. Committee Member O'Malley asked if they should put another article in the newsletter about the Arden Hills Foundation. Committee Member Stephens informed that an article was in the newsletter this month. Council Liaison McClung stated that the committee may want to ask the Foundation how the PTRC can help get the message out about the Foundation as some of the parks and trails projects could be goals of the Foundation. Public Works Director Maurer informed that Councilmember Holmes provided packages with information on the Foundation for him to distribute to the PTRC members. Discussion then ensued regarding the wording of the mission statement and correcting the wording for Item 910.