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51 Roseville is rising and something should be done about this. Bill also is worried about the 52 potential damage to the parks by the deer. 53 o Peter Rhode spoke to how the deer population is detracting from the quality of life in 54 Roseville. The deer are having an impact on the vegetation, has invested in making 55 Watershed improvements only to have the deer eat the very expensive plantings. 56 o Roger Toogood informed the Commission of the Citizen Guide to the Management of 57 Whitetail Deer and asked the commission to take action. 58 o D. Holt inquired in the concentration of deer 59 Brokke responded that the North East quadrant of Roseville has the largest 60 population, based on the Ramsey County reports. 61 o Doneen questioned if Roseville's participation would contribute toward the greater 62 county effort. 63 o Doneen reflected back to an earlier Commission Council discussion and Council's 64 response did not rise to a level of needing additional attention. 65 66 5. VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES REVIEW 67 Kelly O'Brien, City of Roseville Volunteer Coordinator and Rick Schultz, Recreation Coordinator were 68 in attendance to provide the Commission with an update of volunteer activity. 69 • Kelly thanked the Commission for their work resulting in the creation of the new position. 70 • Kelly spoke to the importance of recognizing that it takes infrastructure to build out a volunteer 71 program. 72 • Kelly reported that a phenomenal amount of volunteer work is taking place. 73 • Currently Kelly is working on supporting community events, building a volunteer framework 74 and infrastructure that mirrors an HR system and building a database to track volunteer activity. 75 • Volunteer Program Highlights to date include: 76 o Hosted a Fall Volunteer Marketplace and have begun plans for a Spring Marketplace. 77 • Kelly will be working on building a volunteer team to support spring projects that include the 78 blooming boulevard and park sign gardens in addition to Eagle Scout Projects. Kelly is also 79 working on an online access tool to promote volunteer services. 80 • Rick thanked the Commissioners for their volunteer participation. 81 • Rick recognized the good teamwork he has experienced working with Kelly, acknowledged that 82 the volunteer program is using best practices and seeing more crossover between volunteers as 83 well as new volunteers. 84 • Commissioner Diedrick asked about volunteer involvement outside of Parks and Recreation. 85 o O'Brien responded that Parks and Recreation is definitely the nexus of volunteering in 86 Roseville. 87 • Commissioner Holt asked about quantifying volunteer involvement. 88 o O'Brien talked about tapping into the experiences of a community member who is an 89 expert in building volunteer data base systems and putting her to work on Roseville's 90 new volunteer database. 91 92 6. HAMPTON INN PARK DEDICATION 93 Brokke reported that the cash amount would be $136,486 (7% of the FMV). The land amount would be 94 5% of 3.72 acres or .19 acre. 95 96 Doneen commented how this is a classic situation of a small redevelopment and demonstrates why there 97 is a cash option in lieu of land. 98 • Holt reminded the Commission that a recent transition in the park dedication process results in 99 requests being brought to the Commission for their review earlier in the development process. 100