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159Golden Rose Medallion Hunt 160Unable to offer in 2021 161Parade –postponed to 2022 162 Party in the Park (fireworks) – postponed to 2022 163Taste of Rosefest postponed until fall 2021 164 165Work on the inclusive play area at Central Park Victoria West is anticipated to begin in mid- 166 May. Special thanks to the Friends of Roseville Parks and the donor, both made this special 167 project possible! 168Flower Power planting at Central Park Lexington on Saturday, May 22 from 9 a.m. –Noon. 169 Come volunteer and make Roseville Blooming Boulevard beautiful. 170 The Park Dedication Ordinance item that was discussed at the April Commission meeting is 171anticipated to be on the Agendaat the Monday, May 10 City Council meeting. Staff will send 172 out the agenda and packet to the Commission. 173 The Discover Your Park (DYP) sign-up sheet is available online for Commissioners to sign-up to 174 attend. Staff reiterated how important it is to have Commissioners available at the DYP events to 175gather feedback from community members on the Pocahontas Park renaming item. Staff agreed 176to resend the link to Commissioners. 177 Staff asked the Commission if they felt they would like to meet with the City Council on June7 178 or if they would prefer to wait until the Pocahontas Park naming item is more wrapped-up. The 179 Commission discussed wanting to keep Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) before the City Council. 180However, they agreed that waiting may be beneficial in order to allow for additional updates on 181the Pocahontas Park name topic. 182 183 6) OTHER 184Commissioner Lenhart sharedtheland surveyof pre-Europe settlementPocahontasPark(circa 1851848). Pocahontas Park was in section 10 of the 1848 land survey. The land description from Section 18610 included: 187 Land rolling 188 Soil second rate (not good for agriculture) 189Scattered timber, oak (bur, white and black) 190Lowlands –marsh and lakes 191 192Commissioner Baggenstoss shared that he greatly appreciates the research on the pre-European land 193information. However, he wants to reiterate that the Commission needs to hear from non-white 194 voices and what their history and thoughts of the land may be. 195 196 Commissioner Lenhart agreed that she looks forward to hearing and learning about those stories as 197 well. However, she relayed that she shared this information as it was readily available and she 198 thought the group might want to know about it from a historical perspective. 5