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Agenda Item 4-C �-AIQEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January 24, 2023 TO: Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee FROM: Marie Hinton, PTRC Chair SUBJECT: PTRC Goals for 2023 Summary: A discussion with the PTRC members to take place in a work session format. The following was submitted by Mark Kelliher in advance due to planned absence: "1) For me, I would like to see us focus on buckthorn eradication throughout our city parks. As I am sure you remember, I have assembled a small cadre of intrepid volunteers and we have been working to remove buckthorn from the wilderness area behind the Valentine Hills Elementary. It's hard work, but we have accomplished a lot. Ultimately, without a long-term plan, all of our efforts will go to naught because buckthorn is so resilient. That is why I would like to see the City, with our help from PTRC, develop a long-term strategy to keep buckthorn at bay. The work I did volunteering for the NPS at Fort Snelling is an example of how constant harassment of buckthorn growth can ultimately win the battle. So, I guess that's a long way of saying that I would like to see PTRC develop a long-term strategy to combat buckthorn. 2) Then, on a different note, I would like PTRC to be a little more disciplined in how we conduct our meetings. Specifically, I would like to see us use Robert's Rules of Order with better proficiency than we have in the past. I'm not saying that PTRC has to be super -strict about using Robert's Rules because too much formality will dampen the fun in attending PTRC. I do, however, think that if we all follow a basic framework of Robert's Rules we will have a better communication process develop between us. Below our some of the basics that I would like to see applied to our PTRC meetings: 1. The Chair (Marie) is responsible for recognizing the next speaker. We, as members, should first ask Marie for the floor.