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51 civic engagement in other similar communities as well as how the various departments in Roseville 52 promote civic engagement. 53 5. 2012 COMMISSION MEETING CALENDAR 54 A number of 2012 Commission Meetings need consideration for alternate meeting dates. 55 Commissioners discussed the options for moving the meeting dates. Commissioners suggested that 56 every effort be made to keep alternate dates as close to the original meeting date as possible. 57 o Commissioners recommended moving the February 7 meeting to February 9 to 58 accommodate Caucus' 59 o Commissioners recommended June 18 as the joint Commission/Council meeting date 60 o Commissioners recommended keeping the August 7 meeting date, but change the starting 61 time to 8pm to accommodate annual Night to Unite neighborhood activities 62 o Commissioners recommended moving the November 6 meeting to November 8 to 63 accommodate General Elections 64 Staff will check on the availability of these recommended dates and follow up with the Commission 65 at a future meeting. 66 67 6. MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION 68 Brokke informed Commission members of recent changes in the funding process for the Parks and 69 Recreation renewal program. 70 71 City Manager Malinen and Finance Director Chris Miller, with the guidance of the Bond Counsel 72 are recommending the use of general obligation bonds issued through the Roseville Port Authority 73 to finance the building of a new fire station and the parks and recreation renewal program for 74 system-wide maintenance and renovation. 75 76 This type of general obligation bond has limitations on the maximum amount of funding released 77 annually. This form of bonding does have some additional flexibility in how the funding is spent 78 and has the potential to be easier to administer and have a possible interest payment savings. 79 80 The general obligations bond process will be taken to the Planning Commission on October 5th for 81 their recommendation to the City Council to enable the Port Authority for Bonds to build the Fire 82 Station and implement the first step of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan for system-wide 83 renewal and maintenance. The Planning Commission recommendation will go to the Council on 84 October 10th for their official action to enable the Port Authority. A public hearing is tentatively 85 scheduled for October 24th to enable the Roseville Port Authority. 86 87 Commissioners discussed the most recent timeline for the renewal program, master plan priorities 88 and the need to act on time sensitive opportunities related to the Master Plan Implementation. The 89 Commissioners also spoke of their appreciation for those Council Members who have supported the 90 Master Plan Implementation. 91 92 Randall Doneen shared information on the work of the Natural Resources and Trails Work Group. 93 This Implementation Work Group has spent a significant amount of time talking with local 94 officials, reviewing trail plans and Natural Resource Management Plans to acquire a high level of 95 understanding of community needs and interests. In addition to traditional natural resources and 96 trailways projects the Natural Resources and Trails Work Group recommends considering looking 97 into investing in deer management as part of the natural resources management funding. 98 99 7. TREE INVENTORY 100 Brokke briefed the Commission on the latest tree inventory findings. Roseville has 10,685 public 101 trees, public trees are defined as trees that can be mowed around and are located at City facilities.