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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – July 15, 2025 Page 13 <br /> <br />Committee Member Seemann said the west side of Cummings Park is just weeds. It isn’t even <br />being mowed. <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky says the Maintenance Plan specifically says that area <br />will be mowed once per year. <br /> <br />Committee Member Hilding said he fully supports all these efforts. He just doesn’t want PTRC <br />to vote on something and then have Public Works say no. <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said having the Adopt-A-Spot/Adopt-A-Park program <br />will remedy some of that. That will create a systematic procedure to make these things happen. <br />People can adopt a certain area. Once it’s part of the park plan, the area can be adopted and the <br />work needed in that area will already be laid out. It is not the role of the PTRC to approve planting <br />in parks. <br /> <br />Committee Member Hilding said PTRC can make recommendations that can become a part of <br />the plan. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz confirmed. The role of the PTRC it to make recommendations. <br /> <br />Council Liaison Rousseau asked how many plants Committee Member Seemann has that are <br />ready to be planted. <br /> <br />Committee Member Seemann thinks it is about 2,500. <br /> <br />Council Liaison Rousseau asked if there are any alternate locations where those plants could be <br />planted. <br /> <br />Committee Member Seemann said Chatham may be an option, assuming Public Works has <br />sprayed twice this year, to kill the buckthorn. She thought they were planning to spray in July but <br />she isn’t sure if they’ve done it twice. <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said even if we have the volunteers and they are ready <br />to do it, there isn’t a framework in place for extremely large projects of park plantings. There needs <br />to be a documented, systematic process so that 10-years from now we can look back and see when <br />these native plants were planted and where they came from. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson summarized when the framework is in place Arden Hills Greening <br />can adopt a park or a spot in the park. Will that always be a year out? <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky confirmed. Depending on what it is, planning what <br />will happen, what will be planted should be planned for the following year. <br /> <br />Committee Member Rogers said the Rotary has approval to do the work at Floral Park. <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky confirmed. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson asked if we could do the same thing with Boston Scientific at <br />Cummings Park?