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Pizza at 1809 Franklin Blvd. Welcomes Nearby Nature on Wednesday May 4`" to Track Town Pizza for <br />a day of fundraising. Track Town did this twice a year. <br />One of Nearby Nature's employees (their Education Coordinator) was moving to California, and Mrs. Stein <br />is working on finding a replacement. <br />Ms. Mello asked about the Park Host Report. <br />Ms. Stein said she would check with Ms. Lamb and get it sent to the CPC. <br />Ms. Mello said the CPC appreciated Ms. Lamb's work. <br />Ms. Stein said that Ms. Lamb and the Education Coordinator worked extensively with Nearby Nature's <br />volunteers. <br />Ms. Ferschweiler gave Ms. Stein a flyer on a teacher workshop about native plants that would occur that <br />summer. <br />8. Reports on subcommittees <br />a. Wildlife/Habitat <br />Ms. Brand asked Mr. Richardson about the tree roots above the Autzen pathway. She noted the Steep Hill <br />Chase, which had exposed the roots. People were using these to climb up and down the hill. This was <br />degrading the tree roots. <br />Mr. Richardson said he had talked to Jesse Cary- Hobbs, POS Natural Resource Specialist about this. Jesse <br />had said something would be done about it, but not until the summer when the ground was thoroughly dry. <br />Ms. Brand said that she had been asking about this issue for a year. <br />Mr. Richardson said that fencing was expensive, and people had mentioned boulders or rocks at the last <br />meeting. This was probably what would happen. He asked her to ask about this again at the next CPC <br />meeting, when he would know what would happen about the exposed roots. <br />Ms. Moore left at 6:38 p.m. <br />Ms. Brand thanked Mr. Richardson for bringing signs for the bird nesting area. She volunteered to put the <br />first round of signs out. She imagined future rounds would be needed, but she would put them out as soon <br />as possible because the birds were already nesting. She asked for a volunteer to check the signs in mid- to <br />late -May. If needed, new signs would be put out. She would put stakes on each sign. <br />Ms. Mello noted the restrictions on depths for stakes based on the landfill. She was concerned about the <br />signs being taken out because of this. <br />Mr. Biggs said that the restriction was not "official." <br />Mr. Richardson said that the restriction was probably not an issue with the signs. An inspector had come <br />out and was doing inspections related to the bridge project. It was possible he could monitor the signs, but <br />14 <br />MINUTES — Citizen Planning Committee for the April 21, 2011 Page 5 <br />Whilamut Natural Area <br />