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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 18, 2022 7 Councilmember Holden mentioned that a trail costs about $1.5 million per mile. They continue to work on adding more trails. She was thinking father/daughter, mother/son, grandparents/grandkids dances could be held in the community room at City Hall. She suggested the PTRC members look at other city's recreational guides for idea. Mayor Grant said he liked that the committee was getting back to a balance of parks, trails and recreation. He acknowledged Mark Kelliher for the work he's done removing buckthorn in the Chatham neighborhood. Mayor Grant stated he had a recommendation from a resident that the City provide 5-gallon buckets and tongs for seniors to adopt a park and pick up trash. He felt the committee was making good progress thinking of the city as a whole. Committee Member Holden said talking to people in the parks and asking what is needed is always helpful. She mentioned that the Rotary would like ideas for projects they could do at the parks. Mayor Grant said the park tour last year was helpful to find issues, and it's nice to have PTRC be an extra set of eyes. He cited putting lids on the trash cans as an example of things done because of the park tour. Councilmember Holmes indicated community outreach is good because there are people willing to volunteer from businesses, Boy Scouts, Rotary etc. They could also try to engage the colleges and high school. She felt they could have a list of potential volunteers and projects they could do. PTRC Chair Hinton said they would be discussing volunteers at their next meeting. Councilmember Holmes agreed that the workplan is very good. City Administrator Perrault wondered if council would like recommendations to come back to them each month or at the end of the year. PTRC Chair Hinton replied that the intention is for it to be both, depending on urgency. Councilmember Holden asked if staff could update the Council once a month. PTRC Chair Hinton said they are going to try to have the meetings be more structured with motions and votes. She would like the minutes to be more useful as well. She would also like to hear from the Council if there is something they'd like to see PTRC do. Councilmember Holden mentioned there are grants available in many places that they could watch for. PTRC Committee Member Beggin asked if there was a central place that a list is kept as grant opportunites come in so they could look at them. Recreation Programmer Vaughan said he could start a list.