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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes November 18, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Grant indicated that effective January 1, 2015, staff will be posting for her former <br />position as Recreation Programmer. <br /> <br />The committee members congratulated Ms. Grant on her new position. <br /> <br />A. PTRC Subcommittees <br /> <br />Recreation Coordinator Grant recapped that at the October meeting they had discussed <br />forming subcommittees to work on certain projects the PTRC is looking at. Council <br />Liaison McClung commented that they had discussed having a subcommittee for safety <br />and trail access, a community survey subcommittee, a pickle ball subcommittee, and a <br />floral garden/plant pollinator subcommittee. Committee Member O’Malley indicated she <br />will be reviewing the Community Parks and Trails survey results in order to see what <br />concerns the residents have and will present some action items to the Council. Co-Chair <br />Kramlinger suggested the other committee members also review the survey results and <br />give their ideas to Ms. O’Malley. Committee Co-Chair Van Valkenburg informed that <br />the plants and garden subcommittee will first be looking at the three gardens at Floral <br />Park. They are hoping to get notification out by spring 2015 in order to get volunteers to <br />help with the gardens. Co-Chair Kramlinger suggested they put a subcommittee update <br />item on the agenda so that each committee can give an update on their progress. <br /> <br />Committee Member Straumann gave a brief update on Ramsey County’s trails master <br />plan for pedestrian and bikes and indicated that all of the information has been gathered <br />from each of the communities on street improvement plans, etc., and Ramsey County is <br />wanting to make sure that each community’s plan is on the master plan as part of trail <br />connections. He indicated Ramsey County will be hiring a consultant to pull everything <br />together and to come up with safe practices, access, and signage. Mr. Straumann <br />suggested the PTRC have a joint meeting with Ramsey County to review Arden Hills’ <br />plan and give input. Co-Chair Van Valkenburg asked Mr. Straumann to provide the <br />PTRC with periodic updates. Committee Member Straumann and Council Liaison <br />McClung also provided a brief update on various County street/trail projects coming up <br />in 2015. <br /> <br />B. Ice Rinks <br /> <br />Recreation Coordinator Grant commented that this is the earliest that Public Works has <br />ever started flooding the ice rinks. She indicated the rinks are scheduled to open <br />December 8 and that the packet includes the rink locations and hours. <br /> <br />C. Winter Recreation Guide <br /> <br />Ms. Grant informed that staff was ahead of schedule getting the Winter Recreation Guide <br />completed. Council Liaison McClung pointed out that the PTRC members are listed on <br />the back of the Recreation Guide.