HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Tree Board 2012-11-16Tree Board Minutes
November 16th, 2012
Members Present:
Rex Poggenpohl, Barbara Williams, John Ericson
Members Absent:
Scott Roederer, Steven Day
Others Present: Scott Zurn, Jen Imber, Brian Berg, Apryle Craig
Quorum: No
Tree Protection
Rex reported on the development code content regarding protection of trees. Section 7.3 Tree
and Vegetation Protection deals with tree/vegetation removal as well as tree/vegetation
protection during construction/grading activities.
New Tree Board Members
Pending completion of interviews for both member applicants Apryle Craig and Celine Lebeau,
Tree Board recommendation for these new members will appear on the Town Board agenda for
the December 11 th meeting.
The board continued to discuss the possibility of recommending to the Town Board a reduction
from seven to five in the number active Tree Board members. This topic will be added to the
agenda for December's meeting to discuss when a quorum is present.
Budget
The board briefly touched on budgeting for bus tours, tree planting and the Visitor's Center
master plan for 2013. Since a quorum was not present, the discussion was postponed until the
December meeting.
Website
As part of an educational outreach and publicity effort, the board discussed the idea of producing
a periodic article to include on the Tree Board section of the website, to be update bi-weekly or
monthly. This topic will be added to the agenda for December's meeting to discuss when more
board members are present.
Next Tree Board Meeting
The next Tree Board meeting will be held on December 14°i, 2012 at 8:30am.