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Mountain Lakes Shade Tree Commission
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Minutes of Meeting
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March 8, 2007
In
Attendance:
Commissioners—H.
Carr, J. Best, S. Marshall, B. Rosenthall, A. Barton, L. Spencer-Green and =
T.
Caine
Secretary—S.Landau
1.There
were no comments from the public.
2.
February minutes were approved.
3.
Bonnie met with Sean Dolan and she reports that plans for Arbor Day are mov=
ing
forward nicely. The poster contest, 1st grade poems, a possible nature club
skit and WW band music are all in the works.
Free
tublings will come from NJ Forest Service. Planting information will be pos=
ted
on the web site.
Bonnie
will talk with Mr. Reid about his dedication of a memorial tree for his mot=
her
at the start of the Arbor Day ceremony. STC will look into a planting site =
at Wildwood
School.
4.
Tree removal request at 48 Ball Road was discussed. STC approves removal of=
the
Mulberry tree in position #1 and no replacement will be required. Joan will
handle phone and letter notification.
5.Tom
will post The Honorary Tree Protocol on the web site. A list of honorees and
the dates their trees were planted will also go up on the site. Tom will up=
date
this list annually. Heather will field questions about the location and sta=
tus
of specific trees.
6.
Ann will call to remind owners to remove a plaque at the base of an honorary
tree.
7.
Joan met with the town attorney about the Birchwood area accident.
8.
Other/ New Business:
A. STC membership information has =
been
corrected on the website.
B. Sue looked into the
files that track tree protection plans and requests to remove trees. She
reported the statistics from 2006. Discussion concluded with the formation =
of a
subcommittee composed of Joan, Sue and Heather. They will study revision of
permit application forms so that complete and consistent information is
documented and they will look at permit fees, possibly proposing a fee/tree
structure.
C. Linda found =
Tree
City USA grant info on their website but they have not returned her phone
calls. She will continue to follow up.
D. FAQ list is =
in
progress.
9.
Tom is scheduled to attend the upcoming CORE training.
The next meeting will be h=
eld
on Thursday April 12, 2007.