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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – October 22, 2024 Page 3 <br /> <br />Committee Member Dietz likes the way the categories are broken out. He thinks some things <br />may be missing. He cited items 8, 9 and 10. He thought ten was the PRP initiatives for Adopt-a- <br />Park, eight was the Hazelnut parking lot and nine was partnership with Karth Lake. <br /> <br />Committee Member Rogers remembered there was a legal reason why the Hazelnut Parking <br />Lot one was put on hold because there was no movement the PTRC Committee could make. The <br />Karth Lake item was not something for the committee to work on. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson remembered the Karth Lake was another group of citizens that had interest in <br />improving the Karth Lake area. It was mostly a partnership opportunity for the two groups to <br />work together. <br /> <br />Council Liaison Rousseau she said the partnership could be a simple as Committee members <br />attending a board meeting. It could be an educational event regarding maintaining the landscape <br />in the lake area or installing rain gardens. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson clarified it was more a partnership to get involved with shared goals. <br /> <br />Council Liaison Rousseau said there would be no problem with PTRC building the connection <br />to the Karth Lake group. She said it just depends on how involved members want to get. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson said it had been on the list because it was an opportunity to partner with them <br />on some projects. <br /> <br /> Committee Member Dietz said the Adopt-A-Park is the remaining item that’s missing. <br /> <br />Committee Member Rogers said she and Committee Member Olson had discussed the Adopt- <br />A-Park. They decided not to get too far ahead of themselves. They thought there are some <br />smaller things that can be the focus for this year and then the following year bring a more formal <br />Adopt-A-Park program. She thought the subcommittee members will lean on Staff for the larger <br />vision for the program and then work with the City to implement it. The subcommittee isn’t <br />saying it shouldn’t happen this year, the members of the subcommittee just don’t have the time <br />to implement it properly this year. <br /> <br />Council Liaison Rousseau has a meeting with Kevin from the Rotary Club and Councilmember <br />Holden and Committee Member Dietz will try to attend, as well. She has the paperwork that <br />Shoreview uses as examples for how to implement such a program in Arden Hills. She is going <br />to speak to Public Works Director Swearingen to discuss if the Rotary can pilot the program <br />this year and then expand the program. Touch a Truck might be a good time to talk to people <br />about the opportunity to adopt a park next year. <br /> <br />Committee Member Rogers said it is difficult to know what role, if any, PTRC should take in <br />that project. She discussed it with Committee Member Seemann months ago. The opportunity <br />through Rotary came up. She is unsure how much the City and Council want PTRC to be <br />involved.