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51Roseville is rising and something should be done about this. Bill also is worried about the 52potential damage to the parks by the deer. 53Peter Rhode spoke to how the deer population is detracting from the quality of life in o 54Roseville. The deer are having an impact on the vegetation, has invested in making 55Watershedimprovements only to have the deer eat the very expensive plantings. 56Roger Toogood informed the Commission of the Citizen Guide to the Management of o 57WhitetailDeer and asked the commission to take action. 58D. Holt inquired in the concentration of deer o 59Brokke responded that the North East quadrant of Roseville has the largest 60population, based on the Ramsey County reports. 61Doneen questioned if Roseville’s participation would contribute toward the greater o 62county effort. 63Doneen reflected back to an earlier Commission Council discussion and Council’s o 64response did not rise to a level of needing additional attention. 65 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES REVIEW 665. 67KellyO’Brien, City of Roseville Volunteer Coordinator and Rick Schultz, RecreationCoordinatorwere 68in attendance to provide the Commission with an update of volunteer activity. 69Kelly thanked the Commission for their work resulting in the creation of the new position. 70Kelly spoke to the importance of recognizing that it takes infrastructure to build out a volunteer 71program. 72Kelly reported thata phenomenal amount of volunteer work is taking place. 73Currently Kelly is working on supporting community events, building a volunteer framework 74and infrastructurethat mirrors an HR system and building a database to track volunteer activity. 75Volunteer Program Highlights to date include: 76Hosted a Fall Volunteer Marketplace and have begun plans for a Spring Marketplace. o 77Kelly will be working on building a volunteer team to support spring projects that include the 78blooming boulevard and park sign gardens in addition to Eagle Scout Projects. Kelly is also 79working on an online access tool to promote volunteer services. 80Rick thanked the Commissioners for their volunteer participation. 81Rick recognized the good teamwork he has experienced working with Kelly, acknowledged that 82the volunteer program is using best practices and seeing more crossover between volunteers as 83well as new volunteers. 84Commissioner Diedrickasked about volunteer involvement outside of Parks and Recreation. 85O’Brien responded that Parks and Recreation is definitely the nexus of volunteering in o 86Roseville. 87Commissioner Holt asked about quantifying volunteer involvement. 88O’Brien talked about tapping into the experiences of a community member who is an o 89expert in building volunteer data base systems and putting her to work on Roseville’s 90new volunteer database. 91 HAMPTON INN PARK DEDICATION 926. 93Brokke reported thatthe cash amount would be $136,486 (7% of the FMV). The land amount would be 945% of 3.72 acres or .19 acre. 95 96Doneen commented how this is a classic situation of a small redevelopment and demonstrates why there 97is a cash option in lieu of land. 98Holt reminded the Commission that a recent transition in the park dedication process results in 99requests being brought to the Commission for their review earlier in the development process. 100