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It was noted that Ms. Ferschweiler, Ms. Mello and Mr. Hughes had excused absences from the <br />October 13, 2011 meeting, and the minutes would be so corrected. <br />Ms. Brand, seconded by Mr. Sonnichsen, moved to approve the October 13, 2011 <br />minutes with corrections. The motion passed unanimously. <br />5. Announcements and Points of Information <br />Ms. Lamb, Nearby Nature, said one of their staff attended Peck International in December 2011. <br />They hired a new education coordinator, whose background was in Marine Biology. Nearby <br />Nature's 20' anniversary party was scheduled for St. Patrick's Day from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 <br />p.m. and she invited those present to attend. A timeline and history of Nearby Nature's 20 years <br />would be presented. <br />Ms. Lamb said they were continuing restoration work with Network Charter School, Rachel <br />Carson, University of Oregon students, as well as community groups. They were also pulling ivy <br />and blackberries with students every other week and provided litter pickup. They were <br />anticipating 1500 students on field trips in the spring. They had support from EWEB and had <br />received a Staples Grant to fund scholarships. Wendy McKenzie, an instructor from Network <br />Charter School, with her students, saw a river otter and bald eagles near the Turtle Pond. <br />Ms. Lamb said they were applying for a Neighborhood Matching Grant from the City with the <br />Harlow Neighborhood Association. They want to put in wildflowers in the grassy area near the <br />Frohnmayer Footbridge that would not obstruct the bike path view. The grant would allow them <br />to purchase plants. Their focus would be working with groups and organizations in the Harlow <br />neighborhood. She said that area was presently unrepresented in their volunteer efforts. She <br />asked if anyone present would be willing to sign on as community supporters. She also asked if <br />anyone was willing to sign up for a work party and if anyone had community connections for <br />groups they could recruit for volunteer work parties. She passed around a form for sign up. <br />Mr. Sonnichsen asked the status of barking the Wildflower Hollow trail. <br />Ms. Lamb said that was suspended until they had approval from the CPC because Nearby Nature <br />would be responsible for it and not the City. <br />Mr. Sonnichsen said he and the Chair had discussed it informally and he believed the feeling was <br />to go ahead with the project. <br />Ms. Brand asked if they were talking about a particular area. <br />Ms. Lamb showed the group the area on the map being discussed, which was near Wildflower <br />Hollow. Two places were slippery slopes that were muddy and hazardous that they wanted to <br />mulch. It was a unique part of the riparian forest, which was why they adopted it. They want <br />people to walk through the area, not bike through it. <br />MINUTES -- Citizen Planning Committee for the January 12, 2012 Page 2 <br />Whilamut Natural Area <br />