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81Picnic Shelter information provided: 82321 private rentals in 2019 83Rentals bring in over 25,000 guests to Central Park each year 84 Will host 9 organized run/walks in 2019 85Special Use Permitsincludingactivitiessuch as run/walks, food trucks, bounce houses, etc. 86 87 Commissioner Arneson questioned how shelters are listed as reserved so people don’t come and use 88 them without a reservation. Staff relayed that there are reservation postings put up at a shelter that 89 has been reserved. 90 91 Commissioner Arneson also asked who to call if the shelters are being used inappropriately. Staff 92 responded that if it is an emergency to call 911, otherwise to call the phone number listed on the 93 Parks and Recreation website. 94 95 Lastly, staff listed the Community and Neighborhood Group requirements to qualify for park 96 building rentals. In order to qualify, groups must acknowledge service to Roseville residents as the 97 central component of their organization’s objective. Community Groups must be a 501(c)3 with 50% 98 or more of the group being Roseville residents. Community Groups can request to reserve up to 12 99 dates annually. Neighborhood groups must be made up of 100% Roseville residents and can reserve 100 up to 3 dates annually. 101 102 5) DISCUSS JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL 103 Staff shared that Commissioner Stoner and Vice-Chair Hoag had met with the Finance Commission 104 to share information on the Accelerated Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) programper the City Council 105 request. The Finance Commission subsequently made a recommendation to the City Council that 106 EAB is a worthy program that should be considered to be budgeted for annually, rather than using 107 Cash Reserve Funds. 108 109 Staff noted that the magnitude of the EAB epidemic is only going to become greater in the Twin 110 Cities Metro which will cause prices to increase as vendors get busier. Also, hiring one vendor to 111complete the program will maximize the economy of scale, create a more straight forward program, 112reduce staff resources required to manage the program and may work to satisfy the vision of 113 maintaining a reasonable canopy. 114 115Commissioner O’Brien highlightedthe Natural Resource Program as a good model for how well a 116 one vendor multi-year project can work. 117 118The Commission discussed options for the accelerated EAB program and how to best present them 119to the City Council. They noted that this is a disaster that the city has the ability to plan for and that 3