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. VI. New Business A. WaJkable Community Workshop Update Brad Martens, Recreation Supervisor, stated that Steve had applied for a grant and received it. Path improvements were indicated on the survey as an area of need. National speakers will be in attendance. Invitations were sent to all residents within a mile of Silver Lake Road & 694. We have received 29 responses from those planning to attend. The public is invited. Don Heinrich stated he appreciates the effort on Brad's part. Jason commented that Brad has done a great job on this proje B. Urban Forest Update Rick Wriskey, City Forester gave the Urban Forest lJ e smtegthey are still 't. working on cleanup from the storm. Over 1,000 tre 10s1.},~any boulevards, parks and open space areas lost trees. 26,500 S~ic y of Vi()9d was chipped. S1. Paul district energy used this material f()r helijug ill ;ii~u[ Bids for removal of this wood material came in at $30,009'::' 200,OiO. We received a bid of $0.00 if we held on to the wood material Ion . ... d planned. We were very fortunate to have the Dahlke site. now p antiitg on boulevards and in parks through May. We received som, money which has gone a long way to . help with replacement trees. 'f4ere was e sale last Saturday. We sold about 80,8' trees. In previous y~~ sO~.~:;~O-70 s little more this year. April had a high number of reques' d' phon~" ere 190 calls received in April on various topics. There ' ral beetles that we need to be concerned about; the Emerald Ash Bore:~ij~d the ong-homed beetle which bores into maples, /';,':~:HH/<PitW~~:~;0 elms and other ,Jiaraw~.", . new Wformation from a U.s. Forest Service study done in ouise of the last year. It deals with an in-depth costlbenefit of},,! c.,............ ........... ~ contributions in our urban setting taking into ation Clcbon dio~Qe removal, storm water abatement, seasonal savings of coolin;/,/.4,~sling costr and property value increases. The results indicate that for an ave'e tree over the course of 40 years the return is more than three times f ance. The estimated value of the street trees alone in polis into the millions of dollars. Attention to the results and methods .s study will be ongoing with New Brighton's street trees in mind. Parks, Recreation, and Trails Strategic Plan Greg Ingraham, of Ingraham and Associates, stated the intent of this meeting is to give an overview of this document and for the Commission members to hear from the experts. The intent of the document is to improve recreation from facilities . and operations. The Executive Summary is the primary piece of this and is wher you have spent most of your time. The document can be bound or printed in individual pieces. We want to have this as a changeable, editable, living document. We would like to get Commission feedback, your priorities and your approval.