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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee — February 13, 2024 Page 5 Chair Anderson said Committee Member Seemann would continue working on the invasive species projects. She would put Committee Members Dietz and Nelson at least temporarily under habitat. Committee Member Weber said she could help in whatever area needed more people. Accessibility and community were what interested her most. Committee Member Johnson was interested in working with rain gardens and community involvement if they needed more help. Chair Anderson noted that rain gardens would probably fall under habitat restoration and she could be on that group as well. Youth Committee Member Edgar said she would also be interested in planning. Committee Member Rogers said trails and planning pieces have to do with knowing what the City Council is doing looking ahead to the next few years and what the PTRC response or recommendation would be. She would like to do that and not accessibility. Chair Anderson said they could review the trails priority list later in the year. Council Liaison Rousseau said she had a spreadsheet regarding trails she could send to everyone. Committee Member Seemann stated as far as she knew they couldn't do anything with rain gardens until Public Works compiles a list of locations. Chair Anderson would like rain gardens to stay as a project under habitat restoration and hoped they would make a plan that may include reaching out to the Public Works Director. Committee Member Johnson would prefer to have a work group that has the title of what they are focusing on rather than an overarching group. Chair Anderson explained that she thought the groups could decide what projects they'd like to work on. They didn't necessarily need to assign people to groups tonight, the more pressing issue was identifying goals so she can present them to Council. Discussion ensued regarding goals. Council Liaison Rousseau felt the Council would like an update on what areas PTRC wants to focus on this year. She thought a template could be made for timelines and resources. Chair Anderson wanted to be sure everyone was comfortable with the goals she had provided. She would send an updated version to staff for distribution.