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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes January 24, 2023 Page 3 Council Liaison Rousseau said they could bring the names back to the next work session and provide a photo of the equipment. 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Introduction to New Council and Staff Liaisons This was done at the beginning of the meeting after the roll call. B. Meeting Schedule for February, March and July Chair Hinton said next month they would have the same issue with the City Council meeting on the PTRC’s normal Tuesday, and so wondered if it was OK with everyone to push the meeting to February 18. She won’t be able to attend the March meeting and asked if someone else could run the meeting. There was also a good chance that she will miss the July meeting. C. PTRC Goals for 2023 Chair Hinton stated she would like to have goals set by the spring. She asked the Council Liaison to let them know if there were things other than trails the Council would like to see them work on. Council Liaison Rousseau said trails were an interest for the slate of candidates she campaigned with. Chair Hinton said that Committee Member Kelliher would like to focus on buckthorn removal and start using Robert’s Rule of Order more than they have been. She felt the way they were handling meetings worked but she would be willing to change if others were interested in the meetings being more formal. Committee Member Anderson wondered what would be the purpose of being more formal. She felt it may make members feel more intimidated to speak. Committee Member Dietz said as long as they all behaved professionally they just needed to find means to move the meetings along. Chair Hinton asked if there was anything the committee wanted to work on in the areas of parks, park safety, trails or connection gaps, recreation and community partnerships. Ms. Loosbrock thought if someone was doing buckthorn removal it would be nice to have them announce it to the public beforehand to enlist more help instead of after it’s been done. Committee Member Dietz agreed with buckthorn and invasive species removal, community involvement like the naming of parks, and getting more input from people that use the parks. Committee Member Seemann would like to see habitat restoration, working with volunteer groups, stewardship programs with people helping to maintain the parks, community gardens that involve landscaping with edible plants.