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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – January 20, 2026 Page 6 Committee Member Hilding asked if there is an active Natural Habitat group right now. A Former Committee Member used to facilitate that work group. Committee Member Olson said she thinks Committee Member Dietz will continue that work. Committee Member Johnson said with Great River Greening doing so much good work we should have a Natural Habitat Restoration group update. We need to know what they are doing. Committee Member Olson said the Special Event Enrichment group was just her and one other Committee Member whose term has ended. Committee Member Olson said she won’t be serving the full year. She is staying on the PTRC until the Park System Plan is completed. Unless anyone wants to take that one on, it should probably be removed. Committee Member Johnson said we need to support what the City is doing 100%. If the City doesn’t have the resources to support what we are doing, we need to take that on ourselves. Committee Member Olson said the original intent when the group was created was to start with the events we already have and help enhance them. Someone needs to be looking for opportunities that are free. Chair Julius thinks the committees should tie back to the work plan. She would hesitate to have any item on the list that doesn’t have a work plan objective. We can remove anything without an objective. It can be added back later if an actionable work plan becomes clear. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky sought clarification that even if a work group is active, does the PTRC want that item removed from the agenda if there is no update. Chair Julius said she is fine either way as long as there is accountability towards whatever we signed up for. She can see summer projects dropping off the agenda during the winter months. She worries we may lose visibility to it if its not on there. Committee Member Olson thinks active groups should stay on the agenda, and the members and simply say “no update”. Chair Julius asked if there are any on the list that should be removed. Discussion ensued about the individual groups. Rain gardens will be removed. The rest of them should remain. If there are no updates over the next couple of meetings, they can be removed at that time. Further discussion ensued regarding the makeup of the 75th Anniversary Committee and the Parks Master Plan steering committee. C. PTRC Charter Discussion Park and Recreation Manager Skalicky said Council Liaison Rousseau wanted PTRC to look at the charter and see if there are any updates we want to make. This may not be resolved today, and it may be good to have Council Liaison Rousseau here for the conversation. She said the amount of people on the PTRC is more than other cities have on a committee like this. She asked if everyone thinks the maximum is too high. Currently we are allowed 12 members and up to two