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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2023, 6:30 PM ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL CALL MEETING TO ORDER Committee Chair Marie Hinton called the May 16, 2023 meeting of the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee to order at 6:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Marie Hinton, Committee Members Nancy Jacobson, Dan Dietz, Mark Kelliher, Kerri Seemann, Emelia Rogers, Lacy Loosbrock and Kristine Poelzer OTHERS PRESENT: Assistant Public Works Director Lucas Miller, Council Liaison Emily Rousseau and Boy Scout Griffin Boldt ABSENT: Committee Members Jill Anderson, Timothy Nelson, and Kate Olson 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Assistant Public Works Director Miller requested to add Color Choices for Playground Equipment and Shelters for Floral Park and Arden Manor Park, and Perry Dog Park Agility Equipment. A motion was made by Committee Member Kelliher and seconded by Committee Member Dietz to approve the agenda as amended. Motion passed unanimously. 2. PUBLIC PRESENTATION A. Griffin Boldt’s Eagle Project – Bee Houses Mr. Boldt stated he was building bee houses for leafcutter and mason bees as an Eagle Scout project. He demonstrated how to clean the bee houses. He’d like to put bee houses on posts near gardens in some of the Arden Hills parks and wanted to know where they’d like to see them placed. Committee Member Kelliher asked if he was budgeted for the project and how many houses would he like to construct. Mr. Boldt said he would be fundraising and some from his own pocket, and he’d like to build eight to ten houses. They are about one foot cubed. He said scouts in his troop and other troops are always looking for service hours and could be used to clean the houses each year. He could incorporate cleaning instructions so anyone could do it. He would build them out of pine and have a roof, he will look for post material.