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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MARCH 5, 2020 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota, was held on the 5th of March in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road East in said city. Chair Dave Miller called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the following members of the commission were present: MEMBERS PRESENT: Ms. Anna Abruzzese Ms. Rose Chu Ms. Sharen Darling Mr. Ron Horwath Mr. Dave Miller Mr. Tom Ray Mr. Peter Schletty ALSO PRESENT: Mr. Bryce Shearen, Parks and Recreation/ Community Services Manager Horwath made a motion to approve the minutes from the January 9, 2020 meeting. Darling seconded the motion. The motion passed 7 – 0. The Community Services Manager reported on the successful pollinator seeding event that recently took place. He stated that this was phase one of the linear planting plan for the park. He explained the process that would occur including weed management. He stated that Xcel Energy funded this first phase of planting within the corridor. Chair Miller asked if the same plantings would be used in future phases. The Community Services Manager replied that there would be different types of plantings in the different areas of the corridor based on the different site conditions and amounts of sun. He stated that although the City has funds budgeted, he has also submitted an application with Great River Greening in an attempt to possibly gain additional funding. He confirmed that all the plantings would be pollinator-friendly. MINUTE THUNDER BAY – WESTWINDS PARK PLANTING UPDATE MINUTES