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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes March 21, 2023 Page 3 Committee Member Poelzer said the goal of letting the whole city know about volunteer opportunities is moving forward in 2023. Committee Member Olson read the Community and Rec & Events goals. Committee Member Poelzer noted they have talked about having a magician, dances and music at the parks, or a free fun day. Committee Member Olson said it would be nice if there was something more to picture day at soccer and baseball. Committee Member Olson read the Volunteer Opportunities. B. GreenStep Cities Program Committee Member Olson read the information provided by City Administrator Dave Perrault. Committee Member Kelliher asked what their involvement would need to be to get to the next step. He thought a recognition thing versus a funding opportunity had a different feel to it. What would be the benefit of going to Step 3? Council Liaison Rousseau stated this was talked about at the Council work session, they discussed putting the conversation on hold until after the LMC conference in June. There was discussion about hiring an intern to work on GreenStep or climate action next year. It sounded as though we submitted for a number of things that if they had been submitted separately would have put us at a higher step, so it might be interesting to see what was actually submitted. Committee Member Kelliher asked what were the benefits of having a higher designation in the GreenSteps program. Committee Member Poelzer said some people actually look at things like this when deciding where to live, and it goes along with the City Vision. Committee Member Kelliher asked if Committee Member Seemann could lay out her vision and what she’d be advocating for. Committee Member Seemann said invasive species management was her first concern. Raising chickens has been facilitated so she felt we should get recognition for that. She is intrigued with the concept of community food forests, and support and protecting wildlife. Committee Member Kelliher asked if she was thinking to use the program as a blue print but not necessarily get a higher designation. Committee Member Seemann replied that was correct. Committee Member Anderson wondered how No Mow May fit into the program as the City is moving forward with that. She felt they could take advantage of the fact that it is happening already.