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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee – January 20, 2026 Page 7 youth members, so it could be a total of 14. She has learned that the Charter was changed to add members as residents came forward, wanting to join. She shared a graphic showing the number of members in surrounding cities. Committee Member Hilding said if we want to change anything, we need to make a recommendation to City Council and they will approve or deny. He thinks seven is a reasonable amount, however he doesn’t see a down side of having more. He does think fourteen is a lot of people. Committee Member Olson said in the past, the committee has relied on us to do things. She wonders what the other cities in the examples Park and Rec Staff numbers are. If our PTRC is bigger, someone may be passionate about something, they may want to step up and help with Staff’s work load. She said if the right people on the committee take some big steps into actionable items, fourteen is fine. Chair Julius asked if having a large committee obligates us to interview and appoint people. Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said we have an obligation to interview but not to appoint them. Chair Julius said having a committee so large may create an administrative burden. It is better to set a size that we want to stay at. Then we run the risk of turning away passionate residents who may want to be involved, but we can let them. She thinks having an odd number makes sense, from a quorum perspective. Committee Member Hilding said the first part of the agenda materials outlines that the PTRC is established to review and evaluate the programs. What value do we add? We might want to fine tune the purpose. Chair Julius said people who sign up for this committee are going to tend to want to be involved in more than just reviewing and evaluating the programs. This committee seems to have more action-oriented volunteers. We have to stay in our lane, too. How can we be passionate and also work with the City in a way that is helpful? She asked if anyone had any other thoughts. Committee Member Johnson thought committee members should take some time to consider this and it can be an agenda item at February’s meeting. Committee Member Hilding agreed that an odd number is preferable. Discussion ensued regarding assigning work to volunteers, committees, and commissions. As it is written in the charter, there is no expectation for people to do work. The charter states the commission is to review and evaluate. D. Adopt-A-Park Draft Presentation Parks and Recreation Manager Skalicky said the City wants to formalize the process for adopting a park. The city currently has a large group of volunteers from the Rotary who have adopted Floral Park, and the city has a long history of volunteers working in parks and adopting them. She shared the draft brochure for the Adopt A Park program. It covers parks, trails, gardens