Mountain Lakes Shade Tree Commission
Minutes of Meeting
September 11, 2008
In Attendance:
Commissioners:
H. Carr, T. Caine, J. Best, B. Rosenthall, L. Connor, M. Vyff
S. Marshall.
1. There were no comments from the public.
2. The June minutes were accepted with corrections.
3. Prune and Remove: Tom, Heather, and Joan are finished
with their inspections of the street trees in their areas. Others were
requested to finish up soon because we need to choose planting sites for the
trees to be planted this fall. Joan requests we e-mail her our lists of high
priority sites within a week.
4. We will plant 35 trees in the next couple of months: 2
memorial trees and 33 as the third installment of the 3 year planting contract
with CerboŐs. Sue will contact Ann Blanda about the tree to be planted in
memory of Ann BartonŐs mother. The
other memorial tree has been paid for and will be planted near Island
beach. Heather asked us to begin
compiling a list of sites that would be suitable for future honorary and
memorial trees.
5. The annual Shade Tree Federation meeting will be
October 24-26. Bonnie, Laura and Marnie will attend sessions on Saturday the 25th,
which will satisfy our 2008 CEU requirements.
6. Gypsy Moths:
There were a lot of gypsy moths caterpillars in several areas of the
borough this spring; on Rainbow Trail and near the corner of Morris and
Elm. Marnie shared an article
about the moths in the Catskills where activity increased over several years
and then dissipated. The article
suggested that this is a naturally occurring cycle which required no action.
7. Laura will write the November article for the H&S
Bulletin about gypsy moths and how to identify and destroy egg cases.
8. News from other commissions and committees: Jerry Uhrig has resigned from the Woodlands
Committee. There was much
discussion over the summer about how to manage invasives. Heather requested that each of form our
own position on the subject and be prepared to discuss the subject at the next meeting. She would like the STC to form a
consensus opinion.
9. The next meeting date falls on Yom Kippur. We agreed to change it to Thursday,
October 16th.
10.After a tree branch fell on a car at 50 Rainbow Trail
last spring, Ray Woytas from Greenwood evaluated the health of the tree and
concluded that it was not unhealthy and does not currently need attention.
11.Heather noted that she agreed to chair the STC for a
third year (2008) and plans to step down at the end of December. We will need to elect a new chair in
January.
12.Joan noted that the Community Forestry Management
PlanŐs Annual Accomplishment Report will be due in January or February. The state has notified us that there
will be C-SIP grant funding available for which to apply.
The
next meeting will be held on Thursday October 16th at 8:30am.