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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – May 20, 2025 Page 6 Committee Member Olson handed out the letters to be hidden at the parks for the Summer Park Passport program. She requested that Committee Members install them on the weekend prior to the program start on Monday, June 9. Discussion ensued regarding where in the parks to place the letters. Committee Member Hilding asked if the letters should be hidden in a hard to find place or is the focus on getting people to show up? Recreation Supervisor said it should not be hidden in the woods or any other really hard to find spot. Placement can be on the back of a bench, or on a fence at the tennis court. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said she was touring the parks and noticed signs that identify plant species. She doesn’t think visitors to the park see them unless they are within 10-15 feet of them. Recreation Supervisor said they should not be put on a welcome sign or any playground structure. Committee Member Olson said she will hand out what she has but there should be a couple sets of each letter, so if it goes missing, the person monitoring that park can replace it quickly. Committee Member Hilding asked, as a new member how does he get into a work group. Recreation Supervisor outlined the main groups. Committee Member Rogers said the PTRC creates their goals in the fall and present it to City Council. The tasks on that goals list become the work groups. Committee Member Jacobson said there is a list of the existing groups so new members don’t have to wait until fall to join a work group. Committee Member Ahmed asked if there are groups that need volunteers. Committee Member Olson said if there is a group or project that they are interested in, new members can join any work group. Or if you have a new idea, you can form a new work group. Committee Member Rogers said one of the challenges is that you can’t talk to the large group outside of the meetings. It is difficult to avoid a quorum because the committee doesn’t have a lot of people to begin with. There is an ongoing item to create a welcome packet and put some procedures in place. She read the items from the Work Plan. Committee Member Olson said it would be a good idea to list all the work groups during the work group update. She read some of the groups, to include: enhancing and creating community events, habitat and restoration, volunteer coordinating. Committee Member Rogers thinks with all the trail work planned in the immediate future, it would be a good idea to have a trails work group.