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o How could you roll dark sky education into pollinator / bee city <br />discussion? <br />o Ceres society came out with a video showing reduction of insects on <br />the planet (in part, lighting for night -flying insects) <br />Arboretum - Ellen <br />• Arboretum has been a work in progress - city did plant new trees on arbor <br />day to replace those lost in fire <br />• Replacement plaques - constant battle to replace signs <br />• 10-12 reservations this summer for arboretum <br />• Fairy house walk going on now <br />• Xeric demo garden there years ago - had drip irrigation but design of raised <br />berms collected weed seed with wind and no staff to maintain; ripped out <br />when pergola area redone <br />Weed management <br />• Goats under contract for Open Space <br />• Today was last day for cattle on Davidson Mesa <br />• Goats on unirrigated park property for fire mitigation - there are some <br />potential spaces (cricket pitch, power line trail) <br />• Grant for support of maintaining buffer zones <br />• Looking into weighing mowing vs. grazing in Open Space and Parks <br />Other comments <br />• New piece of sidewalk on regal near centennial park and poop sign was <br />removed; isn't one in Centennial Park and it does need to be used <br />• City Calendar being shown in Rec Center - helpful to see but was outdated <br />IX. Discussion Items for Next Meeting <br />• Visual draft of intersections with other committees - board update <br />• Work plan - can start to discuss; waiting for City Council to advise on <br />aligning with their process <br />M <br />