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COLORADO
TREE BOARD MINUTES
April 2, 2010
Board Members
Present: Absent:
Rex Poggenpohl Chuck Levine
Sandy Burns
Craig Adams
Mike Richardson
Scott Roederer
QUORUM: yes
Other Present:
Russ Franklin, Bruce Kane, Dave Mahany — Public Works Staff
Scott Zurn, Public Works Director
Barb Boyer Buck — Support Staff
New Members Craig Adams was welcomed to the Tree Board as a new member, replacing
former member Wendell Amos. It was decided that Sandy Burns, Rex Poggenpohl, Russ
Franklin and Scott Roederer will serve on the interview panel to interview three candidates for
the position vacated by Bob Seifert. Barb Boyer Buck will email the applications submitted to
the interview panel.
Tree Symposium Barb reported the Tree Symposium has collected $1,000 in income to
date. Vendor applications and conference details deadlines are April 23.
For every presenter, a member of the Tree Board was assigned as facilitator.
I. Sandy Burns will introduce and facilitate Keith Wood.
2. Rex Poggenpohl will handle Dave Schulte
3. Mike Richardson will take care of Tim Buchanan
4. Craig Adams will facilitate Ralph Zentz
5. Dave Mahany will facilitate both panel discussions
Scott Roederer will collect bios from all speakers.
It was discussed whether to publicize the event in the Front Range papers; Scott Zurn said he
would have to discuss that idea with Town of Estes Park administration to see if they want to
increase the audience in that way.
Honorariums were discussed; except for Dave Leatherman and Dave Schulze, all other
participants are representatives of governmental agencies and do not require compensation.
Dave Leatherman will be given $200 for presenting two keynote lectures and Dave Schulze will
be given a vendor table (value of $100) for presenting.
Door prizes and the tree cookie contest were discussed; Mike Richardson will try to collect
'door prizes from some local merchants but noted it would be difficult to get this year because
he is also requesting donations for another fundraiser. Mike will handle the tree cookie
coordination.
Agencies participating in the event so far (no charge for their tables) are:
1. Sue Pinkham, Wildfire prevention program
2. Rocky Mountain National Park
3. Colorado State Forest Service
4. United States Forest Service
5. Beetle Busters
6. Estes Valley Forest Issues Forum
In addition, participating presenters will be offered a table in this room to visit with attendees
and provide additional information (with the exception of Dave Schulze who will be given a
vendor table in the vendor exhibit area).
Arbor Day Sandy Burns presented a final schedule of activities at the Elementary School for
Arbor Day activities. A day of student tree education in each classroom will be followed by a
public ceremony, tree planting, and dedication of an Arbor Day bench donated by Sunrise
Rotary. A Blue Spruce tree will be delivered to the Estes Park Elementary School April 15 for
the students to care for until its planted on Arbor Day (May 7). The tree cookie will be
delivered on April 26. Contest prizes include a "We Love Trees" Arbor Day shirt for the
winners of the contest — one per classroom, 25 students.
Barb Boyer Buck will provide the flyers, the contest entry forms, and the invitations to the
event; the Town's Public Information Office Kate Rusch will handle the posters and publicity.
Tree Planting Schedule A sub -committee to determine the 2010 tree planting schedule was
not able to meet prior to this meeting; Russ Franklin will prepare a report to present at the
April 16 meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
Submitted by Barb Boyer Buck, April 23, 2010.
NEXT MEETING:
Friday, April 16, 2010