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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – September 17, 2024 Page 3 Vice Chair Olson asked if Recreation Supervisor Johnson has an idea if the nature play structure is made to look like wood, but it’s plastic. Recreation Supervisor Johnson said they discussed that it would not be real wood. The fabricated structures last longer. Committee Member Jacobson said so it would look woodsy like a tree fort rather than the traditional blue and red plastic. Vice Chair Olson said she contacted Staff about Lindey’s Park. The county owns that. The county is giving it back to the City but the City hasn’t accepted it yet. Any improvements will be on the county, at this time. B. Work Group Updates Committee Member Johnson updated her project is to identify rain garden. The next step is to put something in the newsletter. She worked with Committee Member Jacobson to create an article that will be in the October newsletter. Vice Chair Olson asked if the article provided tips for what kind of maintenance should be done in October. Committee Member Johnson said there is a link back to the rain garden page of the Arden Hills website. She thought it would be a great idea to include that information. She wondered if it could be added to that web page. Vice Chair Olson reminded that she brought up several ideas at the last meeting. She received an email from staff stating that there is no budget to support any of the ideas. Staff suggested reaching out to the Arden Hills Foundation or local businesses for donations. She is not sure what next steps should be. Vice Chair Olson reminded the committee that The Discover Your Parks Passport would be a free program for residents. It would encourage residents to visit all of the parks in town. There would be a word or picture at each park and when residents complete the passport, they would turn it in at City Hall and get a prize. The financial ask wouldn’t be very high for this idea. It could be sponsored by a business and the prize could have the company name on it. The Economic Development Committee (EDC) is contacting businesses. They could be a good resource for which business might be interested in sponsoring the passport program. She thought that would be a good project to start with for next year. Vice Chair Olson emailed Arden Hills Greening to see if they are interested in partnering with the City to put on an Earth Day Event in the spring. They would still need financial support. Vice Chair Olson talked to Recreation Supervisor Johnson regarding a city-wide garage sale. He thought the City’s sign ordinance wouldn’t allow signs to be up long enough to promote the event. Signs need to be removed after 3 days. In order for an event like this to happen, we would want participants to sign up in advance and the best way to get the word out would be signs.