Mountain
Lakes Shade Tree Commission
Minutes of
Meeting
May 8, 2008
In
Attendance:
Commissioners—H. Carr, J. Best, S. Marshall, B.
Rosenthall, M. Vyff, L. Connor, T. Caine
Secretary—S.Landau
1.
There
were no comments from the public.
2.
April
minutes were approved.
3.
Arbor
Day was a great success. The presentations and play worked well in the
gym. Distribution of seedlings was
very successful and students in upper grades received a seedling only if they
felt they could plant it. To date, 90 students have returned verification that
they planted their seedlings.
Junior Nature Club and Girl Scout Troop 1855 planted the extra trees and
the seedlings from New Jersey Shade Tree Federation behind Wildwood School and
along the path to the turf field. Laura will write an article about Arbor Day
and send to Marnie with a photo for submission to the Neighbor News.
4.
Marnie
will be the STC liaison to the Environmental Commission.
5.
Friends
of Ann Barton have expressed interesting donating a tree in memory of AnnŐs
mother. Sites for 2 memorial trees were discussed.
6.
Area
lists will be distributed at the June meeting. Commissioners will be looking
for 33 planting sites as they complete the summer prune and remove survey.
7.
Old
Business:
A. Corrected Federation
Membership cards were distributed.
B. A homeowner had
contacted STC asking to have a stump from a felled street tree removed. Joan
notified the borough manager. DPW will remove it as soon as they can.
C. FAQ editing is in
progress.
The
next meeting will be held on Thursday June 12, 2008 at 8:30 AM.