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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes May 16, 2023 Page 4 <br />City Council Liaison Rousseau reported they had started conversations at the City Council work <br />session about what more formal recognition could look like. She’d like to highlight someone in the <br />newsletter such as a buckthorn champion that would come out around the time they were looking <br />for volunteers to help with buckthorn. The city administrator will be asking other cities what they <br />have in place for volunteer recognition and they will continue to discuss in June. <br />Upcoming Meetings Discussion <br />Chair Hinton asked if people were still interested in doing a trail tour in June. <br />Committee Member Kelliher was concerned that if they don’t have a meeting in June and <br />possibly July they may lose the momentum they’ve established in clearing buckthorn in the <br />Chatham trails area. He’d like to have a meeting to discuss the specific proposal regarding bringing <br />goats into that area. He gave further information regarding the goatherders. <br />Committee Member Dietz wondered if they could meet before they do the trail tour. <br />Chair Hinton suggested they have a stand-up meeting before the tour. <br />A motion was made by Committee Member Kelliher and seconded by Committee Member <br />Dietz that the June PTRC meeting would be a goat and buckthorn presentation followed by a <br />trail tour. Motion passed unanimously. <br />Chair Hinton said they may also need to change the date for the June meeting. <br />Council Liaison Rousseau explained that June 19th may be a State holiday, so the City Council <br />meeting may be moved to Tuesday. <br />A motion was made by Committee Member Poelzer and seconded by Committee Member <br />Rogers that the June PTRC meeting would be moved to June 13, beginning at a trail to be <br />determined. Motion passed unanimously. <br />Additional Reports <br />Committee Member Poelzer encouraged everyone to attend the Commission and Committees <br />picnic on July 18 at Cummings Park. <br />Committee Member Poelzer noted that the northeast side of the parking lot at Sampson Park is <br />crumbling, and some of the posts along the lot are rotted. <br />B.Trail and Parks Projects Update <br />Assistant Public Works Director Miller gave the following updates: <br />New/Updated Items: <br />Safe Routes to School from MVHS to E2 down Lake Valentine Road/Old Highway 10 is <br />scheduled for construction this summer 2023. There were $450k in grants awarded for this project. <br />This project bid opening was 5/4/23 and the apparent low bidder was Bituminous Roadways. The <br />contract will be finalized in the coming weeks with Ramsey County. A preconstruction meeting <br />where a schedule will be discussed will be determined at that meeting.