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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Tree Board 2009-09-11ESTES QPARK COLORADO TREE BOARD MINUTES September 11, 2009 Board Members Present: Absent: Scott Roederer Bryan Michener Sandy Burns Mike Richardson Chuck Levine Bob Seifert Rex Poggenpohl QUORUM: yes Other Present: Russ Franklin, Bruce Kane — Public Works Staff Scott Zurn — Public Works Director Barb Boyer Buck — Support Staff Terms Expiring: It was noted the terms for Scott Roederer, Chuck Levine, and Bob Seifert expire in April, 2010, and that these positions would have to be advertised as per Town of Estes Park policy. Arboretum Expenditures Bruce Kane and Russ Franklin gave a report on the locates conducted at the site studied by EPURA for a picnic shelter revitalization (along Highway 36, adjacent to the visitor parking lot). This project was to be a joint effort between the Tree Board and EPURA, with the Tree Board contributing Tree City funds to provide the trees as an expansion of the arboretum. Scott Zurn reported EPURA has since allocated all of its remaining funding for the year to the Grandstands project. He suggested that the Tree Board spend its remaining approximately $1 1,000 to begin work on the arboretum, starting with "screen plantings" along Highway 36. 4' Russ Franklin reported that there was some existing irrigation and to upgrade the system to provide drip irrigation for the new plantings would be about $600. Additional expenses would include soil amendment and trees. The three designs for the area, commissioned by EPURA, were shown to the Tree Board. Both the Tree Board and EPURA had selected Concept A, but the locates showed that easements run directly through the shelter position in Concept A. It was resolved the Tree Board would utilize Concept B which has an area amenable to an educational arboretum (pathways) and a shelter located in the correct position. The Tree City funds, which must be spent by the end of the year, will be spent on upgrading the irrigation, amending the soil, and planting native trees as a phase of the arboretum expansion. Arbor Day, 2010 Sandy Burns gave a report on ideas for Arbor Day, 2010, building on some of the things that worked well in 2009 which included: • Visiting the classrooms • The tree cookie • Planting trees • Publicity • Good attendance • Proclamation She noted some things to be improved for next year might be: • Participating in the national poster contest • Having better prizes • Presenting trees to the classrooms to care for prior to Arbor Day • Having a school assembly or longer celebration to include more kids • Possibly involving the Senior Center _ Rex Poggenpohl said that it would be best to just involve the kids. Everyone agreed a poster contest would be a good idea; Sandy will present it to John Bryant at the school and see what he thinks. Barb will coordinate to find a space in town to display the posters. Goals Goals for 2010 we set which included four major projects: 1. Arbor Day Celebration a. Committee: Sandy Burns, Mike Richardson, Rex Poggenpohl 2. Legacy Tree Program a. Committee: Rex Poggenpohl, Mike Richardson 3. Tree Symposium a. Committee: Scott Roederer, Barb Boyer Buck 4. Arboretum a. Committee: Russ Franklin, Bruce Kane, Rex Poggenpohl Other Tong -term goals included: I. Setting criteria for tree plantings for developments and/or reviewing development plans in regard to landscaping 2. Developing a partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation to stabilize the riverbank near the CVB and develop the arboretum throughout. Officers Elected Chuck Levine nominated, with Sandy Burns seconding, Scott Roederer as Chairman who was unanimously elected. Rex Poggenpohl nominated, with seconds from Scott Roederer and Bob Seifert, Mike Richardson as Vice -Chair who was unanimously elected. NEXT MEETING: Friday, October 2, 2009, at 9 a.m.