Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/14/1992

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Beth ~ iitch~ll and Bruce Bacon reported on the Arbor Day events, EXPO events and the Tree S de. They stated that thank you notes should to be sent to the participants of both events. Ms:IMitchell also suggested having a round table meeting every month instead of once a rear ~ a way to discuss possible changes for next year's tree sale. Mark Boos was receptive to education being a component of each meeting. Commissioner Florentius read the draft Statement of Purpose for the Citizens Tree Comm,.tee. [She stated that the draft was written by Mark Boos, Bruce'Bacon and herself and as ~k~xl:th¢. Committee for any suggestion. Several! suggestions concerning the vision statement and the mission statement were offered~~ Bruce ~acon. suggested having other people write a vision statement and the Committee could c§oosa the best one. Commissioner Florentius suggested having the Citizens Tree Committee review the Park and Reca'. eatitbn Commissions goals and make suggestions. Bruce l~con isuggested having a list of goals for the Citizens Tree Committee. Commi~ion~.r Cook agreed that it is a good idea to have a goals list and that it should be an ongoin~;;thing. Bruce BOCon }Stated that the City should have a report stating how many oak trees have been lost to o~ wilt each year. Mark Bqos agreed and added that the City needs to know how many oak trees left and what the cost !s to ~ave them as compared to reforesting. Bruce B~tCon ~tated that Joan Spence, an intern who worked for the City a few years ago, estimatea~l thMwe were losing about 2.5% of our oaks trees a year to oak wilt. He also said that the ~ity iR awaiting Mr. Kunde's reports regarding trees and that it should be ready by mid-sutran~ er. ~Mr. Bacon has already informed the DNR that the City is doing a study and that staff~will be requesting funds in grant application, volunteer time and matching funds. Mark BOOs reported that the prairie at River's Bend had a management burn today. Bruce B~con Stated, with regard to River's Bend, that the grass is well established but the flowerin$ plaflts take longer. The Cheerful Chuggers 4-H group is ready to assist with the Ramsey £1em~ntary School prairie which will also be used for educational purposes. Mark BooS st[tted that the development of the vision and mission statements are very importaM to s,how what is going to be done. He suggested checking with Ken Holman of the DNR 3o determine what funding is available. Bruce Bacon isuggested inviting Mr. Holman to a Park and Recreation Commission meenng goad t~a C~t~zens Tree Comrmttee meeung, but not unul after the Ctty has recmved the repo~Mr. Kunde is doing. Commiss[oneriFlorentius recommended applying for the growth award given by the DNR. She added road signs are included with this award. The TreeiConimittee scheduled their next meeting for 7:00 p.m., June 10, 1992 at the Ramsey Municipal Center. PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION / MAY 14, 1992 Page 2 of 5