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