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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 6:30p.m. City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 1 2 1.No Mow, Less Mow May Discussion 3 Environmental ManagerRyan Johnsonintroduced Mr. Russ Henry, owner of 4 Minnehaha Falls Landscaping, who made a presentationon the No Mow/Less Mow 5 May conservation initiative. 6 7 Mr. Johnson acknowledged the City received a comment from Mr. Fester, who was 8 in support of No Mow May. 9 10 Mr. Johnsonasked the Commission to discuss this and consider options for No 11 Mow/Less Mow May and provide recommendations to the City Council. 12 13 Building Official David Englund summarized the complaints the City received in 14 May of 2022 regarding No Mow May. 15 16 Member Collins asked what a food forest is. 17 18 Mr. Henry explained the definition of food forest to the Commission. He noted this 19 includes berries and an entire world of edible plants. He explained he will send 20 links to the City regarding starting a food forest. He noted there is also a seventh 21 step in the trajectory, the love forest, a term utilized to add some of the Minnesota 22 peak ecosystems succession trees onto the property allowing them to grow up 23 which stays as the underlayer. 24 25 Chair Ficek inquired about the cutting and general rule of never cutting more than 26 one third. He asked if someone does participate in the No Mow May and their grass 27 grows ten to fifteen inches, whatever to get back down to the five inches, assumed 28 this is done in layers, what is the proper way to do this if the person wanted to get 29 down to the five inches. 30 31 Mr. Henry thought most people will mow it all down at once but the proper way 32 would be to mow a third at a time over a period of time. He indicated a person does 33 not want to mow more than twice a week because of compaction and overgrazing Page 1 of 5