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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – July 15, 2025 Page 11 <br /> <br />Committee Member Johnson pointed out that the person who is mowing, is not talking to <br />whoever designed the roundabout. She wondered if we could just stick a sign in the roundabout <br />that says “Please don’t mow”. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson said she thinks the key will be getting a hold of Jodi Lundquist. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson said if it keeps getting mowed so frequently, the plants may not <br />have the energy to come back. <br /> <br />Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said it is Ramsey County. We have no say. Since we <br />have already talked to Ramsey County about it and this roundabout is not part of Arden Hills, this <br />is a closed door. <br /> <br />Committee Member Olson said part of the job of the PTRC it to be advocates for these types of <br />things. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson said she heard if we start to work on it, Ramsey County will walk <br />away from it and won’t maintain it. <br /> <br />Committee Member Nazir Ahmed asked if the issue is with the height of the growth. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson said they put in tall prairie grass and there should be a whole <br />variety of grasses. <br /> <br />Chair Dietz said we should be careful about weeding out there. It’s a safety issue. He said there <br />is an abundance of plants at Floral Park. Maybe some of them could be used at the roundabout. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson said it goes back to Arden Hills doesn’t have the equipment. <br /> <br />Committee Member Rogers asked if we could find an example of a roundabout we would like <br />to duplicate, that is also maintained by Ramsey County, so we can just show them that we want <br />ours to look like that? <br /> <br />Council Liaison Rousseau said the challenge goes back to 2021 when they took out the irrigation <br />system. Ther is no way to water anything out there. <br /> <br />Committee Member Jacobson said the one near Walmart and Aldi is beautiful. They are <br />Roseville’s roundabouts. <br /> <br />C. Cummings Park Planting <br /> <br />Committee Member Seemann said Arden Hills Greening was hoping to get some native plants <br />on the west side of Cummings Park. One of the neighbors is worried about invasive species <br />growing in. We received $100 from the foundation to go towards seed to be used at Cummings or <br />Chatham, or be split between them. We have some shrubs and other wild flowers that are ready to <br />be planted once we get permission to plant and the site is prepared. There were 20 volunteers from <br />Boston Scientific who were at the park in June to dig up the burdock so it won’t go to seed and get <br />worse. She would like the PTRC to support a recommendation that we be allowed to plant in that <br />area. It would be a multi-year effort.