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53 • Brokke commented on the beauty of the Public Tree Master Plan as well as the Renewal 54 Program is the opportunities for community education and neighborhood dialogues 55 • Commissioners reminded all the need to plan for planting options in the place of buckthorn 56 • Doneen spoke to the fact that any invasive species removal is a level of resource restoration 57 and needs ongoing monitoring and maintenance. The City of Roseville needs to utilize grass 58 roots efforts and tap into the volunteer workforce to help support base financial commitments 59 • Brokke thanked and recognized the efforts of community member Kirk Brown as well as 60 staff members Anita Twaroski and Jeff Evenson for their work on the plan and the 61 Department of Agriculture for the Preparedness Grant 62 The Commission will see the Plan again before it is forwarded on the Council. The Plan will also be 63 reviewed by the Public Works and Community Development staff prior to making a 64 recommendation to the City Council in 2013. 65 66 4. PARK & RECREATION RENEWAL PROGRAM 67 Jason Etten introduced the Public Engagement Strategy draft for the Renewal Program. The goal at 68 all levels is to involve as many community members as possible. 69 • Commissioners recognized the detail to communications in the Engagement Strategy and 70 made some suggestions in areas not as thoroughly identified in the Strategies; 71 o Commissioners liked the idea of project signage to being provided by contractors 72 o Commissioners suggested use of signage in the parks with QR codes to help inform 73 people as they are using the parks 74 o Suggested using signs with eye - catching captions like "Coming Soon" or Your Tax 75 Dollars at Work" 76 o Highly recommended the use of social media — facebook, twitter and others to reach 77 deeper into the community 78 o Utilize Nextdoor.com — people are using this tool more and more 79 o Commissioners reminded everyone to be more alert to providing notices and 80 invitations in multiple languages to help reach all parts of the community 81 o Suggested checking into the availability of public displays /community boards at the 82 Library, shopping centers, places where people tend to gather 83 • Commissioners felt very strongly that there is a need to make meeting notifications very clear 84 as to what attendees can expect — people want to know directly what will be happening and 85 what their participation level will be. 86 87 Brokke informed the Commission that faculty from Arizona State University will be providing a 88 Best Value presentation on January 28 to the Roseville City Council, City Commissions and other 89 interested entities from the community. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this hour -long 90 presentation. 91 92 5. MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2013 93 • Commission agreed to reschedule the January l st meeting to Thursday, January 10. 94 • Commission will discuss alternative dates for the June and August meetings at the January 95 meeting. 96 97 6. STAFF REPORT 98 Brokke updated the Commission on the following; 99 • Council approved the recommended commercial park dedication rate increase to 7 %. 100 • Council will be looking for information on Park Boards early in the coming year — are 101 there Commission members that would like to work on this task with staff? Greg Simbeck 102 volunteered and commissioners recommended Nolan Wall based on thoughtful comments 103 made by Wall at an earlier meeting.