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HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-21-2018 Minutes Tree Board Regular MeetingPage 1 of 2 Minutes Tree Board 9 a.m. March 21, 2018 Town Barn, 101 E. Orange St. Present: Chair Andrea Lewis, Casey Collins, Vice Chair Frances Harris, Tim Logue, Phyllis Simon, and Greg Yavelak (ex officio) Staff: Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood Guests: Sarah Meadows Item 1: Call to order, roll call, and confirmation of quorum Chair Andrea Harris called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood called the roll and confirmed the presence of a quorum. Item 2: Additions to the agenda and agenda adjustment There were no changes or adjustments. Item 3: Approval of minutes from Oct. 18 and Nov. 15, 2017, meetings Motion: Member Tim Logue moved to approve the minutes as presented. Member Casey Collins seconded. Vote: Unanimous Item 4: Select 2018 Treasure Tree The board chose the crape myrtle in front of Th e Wooden Nickle Public House. Board members will photograph a fringe tree and basswood this spring for possible future selection. Vice Chair Frances Harris offered to write the article that will be printed in The News of Orange County. Motion: Harris moved to approve the crape myrtle in front of The Wooden Nickle Public House as the 2018 Treasure Tree. Collins seconded. Vote: Unanimous Item 5: Update on Bee City 2018 initiatives: • Earth Evening subcommittee: April 27, 2018 Hillsborough Garden Club member Sarah Meadows shared that the subcommittee is planning an interactive activity for children called “Who Killed Bertha Bee.” There will be lists of native plants and good pollinator plants to hand out to adults. • National Pollinator Week: Meet the Garden at Cates Creek Park event on June 16, 2018 Page 2 of 2 Trueblood suggested it would make sense for Collins to talk about the garden because she designed it. • Local nurseries outreach Board members noted that Member Liz Waters (absent) had sent an email informing them that Gro- Smart is willing to order plants suggested by the Tree Board. Item 6: Updates • Hillsborough Garden Club: Trueblood and Lewis discussed who has planted which planters. There are four old planters at the Orange County Historical Museum and two at Town Hall for the Garden Club to remove. There are two new ones at the museum that need soil and to be planted. Trueblood reviewed that the Garden Club is still maintaining three planters at the Police Department, two at the Visitors Center and four at the museum. • Staff updates — Trueblood reported that: ○ A tree was removed at Turnip Patch Park because it was fallin g. She would like to remove two others that are not doing well. ○ A dead tree was removed from the Margaret Lane Cemetery. She would like to replace the dead cherry tree at that location with an ornamental tree in the fall. The black walnut trees approved for removal at Town Hall were also removed. ○ David Hinkle, the bee hotel creator, is adding materials to the habitat in the Gold Park pollinator garden. Trueblood and Hinkle have discussed placing a low fence and some plantings around the structure so that people are less inclined to touch it. The Public Works Department will install the simple fencing. ○ There will be no April meeting. Subcommittees are encouraged to meet with no more than three members. ○ At Turnip Patch Park, more plants are being planted as the gardener sources them. Item 8: Adjourn Lewis adjourned the meeting at 10:26 a.m.