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94RiceCreek and Battle Creekare thetwo current parkswith Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)in <br />95Ramsey County.Thefutureapproach towards EABis that onceidentified at a park, <br />96Ramsey County will look to remove and potentially replace (if appropriate)those trees. <br />97 <br />98The City of Roseville is considered fully infestedwith EAB. Roseville has nearly 2,000 <br />99Ash Trees. All public trees in the City are tracked via the Davey Tree Keeperdatabase. <br />100Currently, Roseville has a combination approach of treatment, removaland replacement <br />101toaddress EAB in the city. It is estimated that it would costapproximately$2 million <br />102dollarsto remove and replace all of the Ash Treesin Roseville. <br />103 <br />104The City of Rosevillehasutilizeda Natural ResourceStewardship programsince 2013. <br />105Volunteers help to maintain natural resources throughout city parks. All the volunteers do <br />106great work! <br />107 <br />Community Engagement <br />108d) <br />109The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners established a new Vision, Mission and <br />110Goalsto addressracial disparities and concentrated areas of poverty throughout the <br />111county.Every department is working to increasing their community engagement, <br />112especially in populations that have not typicallybeenheard fromin the past. <br />113 <br />114Ramsey County Chair Pederson stated that one of the great things that Roseville does is <br />115get residents out to the parks. Itisharder to garner feedbackfrom users of the Ramsey <br />116County Parksas they are more spread out. <br />117 <br />118The Commission discussed potentially combining groups to offer a Discover Your Park <br />119(DYP) event at a Ramsey County Parklocated in Rosevillenext summer. <br />120 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN –PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM MASTER <br />1215) <br />PLAN REVIEW UPDATE <br />122 <br />123Staff confirmed that they are planningto present theupdateddocument,withthe <br />124Commissionssuggestions,to the consultantfor incorporationinto the Comprehensive Plan. <br />125 <br />126The Commission discussed Goal1.2 and suggested to change 1.2toinclude“Parks and <br />127Recreation Commission will review and track annually”. <br />128 <br />129Commissioner Baggenstoss made a motionto approve and move forward the Parks and <br />130Recreation System Master PlanGoals and Policieswiththesuggestions and amendments. <br />131Vice Chair O’Brien seconds. Motion passed unanimously. <br />132 <br />ONGOING TOPICS <br />1336) <br />Cedarholm Community Building Replacement <br />134a) <br />135The Cedarholm Clubhouse Buildinghas been demolished. The anticipated timeline for the <br />136newCommunity Buildingincludes: <br />137September 25, 2017 –Clubhouse demolition <br />138October 2017–Footing and foundation work begins <br />139Winter 2018 –Construction of the cart storage facilitybegins <br /> <br />