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1 ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 MEETING MINUTES FOR 3 March 5, 2020 6:30 p.m. 4 5 PRESENT:Arneson, Baggenstoss, Brown, Dahlstrom, Carlson, Hoag, O’Brien, Stoner 6 ABSENT:Heikkila, Kim, Newby 7 STAFF:Brokke 8 9 1) INTRODUCTIONS 10 11 2) ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 12 Commissioner Heikkila and Youth Commissioner Kim notified staff that they would not be in 13 attendance. 14 15 3) APPROVAL OF MINUTES – FEBRUARY 4, 2020 MEETING 16 Commissioner O’Brien moved to approve the minutes. Vice-Chair Hoag seconded. Motion passed 17 unanimously. 18 19 4) FORESTRY TASK FORCE DISCUSSION 20 Vice-Chair Hoag relayed that the second and most likely final meeting was completed by the 21 Forestry Task Force. During that meeting the Forestry Task Force continued their review of City 22 Code 706.03. Also, Vice-Chair Hoag noted that it became apparent that the objective of the Forestry 23 Task Force was to discuss how forestry plays into environmental sustainability and if the Parks and 24 Recreation Commission is the correct home for the Tree Board. Vice-Chair Hoag noted that the tree preservation policy was not reviewed by the Task Force. 25 26 27 A list of three potential recommendations that the Forestry Task Force will give to the City Council 28 was handed out to the Commission for review and comments. 29 30 Commissioner Dahlstrom added that a member of the Public Works Environment and Transportation 31 Commission(PWETC)hadpreviously recommendedthe creation ofanEnvironmental Commission 32 to the City Council. As a result, the Forestry Task Force was suggested by the City Council to explore further recommendations. 33 34 35 The Commission discussed the next steps for the Forestry Task Force and gained further clarification 36 on the three recommendations. Staff confirmed that the PWETC would be presenting the 37 recommendations to the City Council in the coming weeks. Staff will notify the 38 Commission when this item has been added to a City Council agenda. 39 40 1