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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – February 18, 2025 Page 7 <br /> <br />Recreation Supervisor thinks Great River Greening is documenting their progress. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson thought it would be great to share that somewhere. <br /> <br />Recreation Supervisor Johnson thinks some residents will be very surprised when they walk in <br />there in the spring. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson asked if any one is complaining. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz didn’t know. He said there is signage and letters were sent to surrounding residents. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson asked how long they will be working there. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz said it is three-year partnership. This is the first step. <br /> <br />5. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. Parks Summer Passport <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson said she had asked Recreation Supervisor Johnson about timing on <br />getting information included in the Summer Programs Guide. She was told it was due by February <br />10th. Committee Members Rogers, Acosta and Olson got together to discuss. This program will <br />have Arden Hills residents, and residents from surrounding cities, visiting our parks. They will <br />receive a passport and when they have visited all of the parks, they will receive a prize. The <br />information in the Summer Programs Guide will just identify that this Park Passport Program is <br />coming. The information is vague because they didn’t know, at the time, if there would even be <br />prizes. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson said every park will have a letter or symbol. Participants will have to <br />collect all of the letters/symbols and unscramble the letters to reveal a message. The letters will be <br />laminated and be tucked around a playground or bench pole. Some of the parks may prove to be a <br />little tricky for selecting a place for the letter to be installed. There will be a QR code on the letter. <br />So if someone who isn’t participating yet find a letter, they can scan the code and it will take them <br />to the page on our website that explains the program. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson said they are brainstorming to figure out a way that the passport can <br />be completed digitally vs. residents needing to bring it to City Hall. They thought about partnering <br />with businesses where residents could pick up their prize from the business. This idea came about <br />because City Hall hours are limited but this idea feels kind of big for the first year. If there is a <br />limit of 100 prizes, we wanted there to be a bigger prize. So everyone who completes the passport <br />gets the prize and their name will be entered into a drawing for a larger prize, from a local business. <br />Maybe that’s a bowling party or a meal at a restaurant. Anyone completing the passport after the <br />prizes are gone, will still be eligible for the larger drawing. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz thinks this is a great idea. He thought it may be a good idea to have extra letters for <br />each park and have volunteers check the parks on a regular basis and replace letters that have been <br />damaged or stolen.