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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes October 18, 2022 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Committee Member Beggin thought it was a great idea. He realized there would be expenses to <br />this and cleaning needed. <br /> <br />Committee Member Poelzer said it is an amenity the residents of Arden Hills paid for once upon <br />a time that they don’t have access to. <br /> <br />Chair Hinton said the item would be tabled until a future meeting with a quorum. <br /> <br />C. Review of Past PTRC Goals <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Miller said the Mayor was looking for an update on the Work <br />Plan, such as what items had been done or postponed. <br /> <br />Committee Member Beggin commented that there was money donated to the Foundation for a <br />bench in someone’s name and he felt the City should contact the family to let them know how <br />much is there. <br /> <br />Council Liaison Scott explained the donations are made to the Foundation, the Foundation <br />eventually donates money to the City, and the City Council has to approve the receipt of the <br />donation. <br /> <br />Committee Member Beggin said that when someone donates to the Foundation there should be an <br />acknowledgement made to the family that the donation was made for. <br /> <br />Committee Member Poelzer noted that if the Foundation is sitting on money the Council <br />wouldn’t know. She said there was a former Recreation employee that used to be the go-between. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Miller said that person may have just taken it upon herself to do <br />that. <br /> <br />Committee Member Poelzer thought they should note in the report how many groups of <br />volunteers they’ve had, how many people, how many hours and in what parks. <br /> <br />Chair Hinton stated the Perry Park improvements are in progress, they recommended sliding hills <br />and staff is looking at those, there has been a large amount of volunteer work done especially with <br />invasive species, everyone adopted parks and reported on maintenance items, they identified areas <br />that trees could be planted, staff was going to work on updating the park map and info on the <br />website but she wasn’t sure where that was at. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Miller said the website updates would be a winter item for staff. <br /> <br />Chair Hinton said they gave input on trails and which trails on the list of recommendations would <br />be completed would be up to Council. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Miller noted item C was in progress. Item E was basically <br />done. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued regarding the trail at the senior housing project on Pine Tree Drive.