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Minutes
Tree Board
9 a.m. May 16, 2018
Town Barn, 101 E. Orange St.
Present: Casey Collins, Vice Chair Frances Harris, Phyllis Simon, Liz Waters and Greg Yavelak (ex
officio)
Absent: Chair Andrea Lewis, Tim Logue and Bryan Stuart
Staff: Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood
Guests: Carol Staton
Item 1: Call to order, roll call, and confirmation of quorum
Vice Chair Frances 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 March 21, 2018, meetings
Motion: Member Phyllis Simon moved to approve the minutes as presented. Member Casey
Collins seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Item 4: Turnip Patch Park butterfly garden
Carol Staton offered a proposal of plants for the Turnip Patch Park butterfly garden. Board members
discussed locations for the plants and decided Turnip Patch Park would be the best place. Member
casey Collins and Staff Stephanie Trueblood will visit the site with carol Stanton and begin planning for
transplanting the plants.
No action taken
Item 5: Review draft Cates Creek Park Master Plan and offer recommendations for trees
Trueblood reviewed the draft pans for Cates Creek Park including continuing the linear rain garden in place of
the stormwater swale, planting the entrances and around the playground area, an d establishing native grasses
on slopes that have erosion issues. The board members agreed with the recommendations .
Item 6: Determine watering volunteers for summer 2018:
• Cates Creek Park pollinator garden and trees: Logue
• Turnip Patch Park butterfly garden: Hillsborough Garden Club
• West King Street parking lot: France and Bill Harris
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• Churton Street trees and West King Street planters: staff
Item 7: Review 2018 Treasure Tree-Crepe Myrtle article written By Frances Harris
Board members decided to wait until June to publish the article so a photograph could be taken while the
trees were in bloom. No action was taken.
Item 8: Update on Bee City 2018 initiatives:
• Earth Evening subcommittee: debrief event
• National Pollinator Week planning: Meet the Garden at Cates Creek Park event June 16, 2018
• Local nurseries outreach update: Liz Waters
Item 9: Updates
• Hillsborough Garden Club:
• Staff updates — Trueblood reported that:
○ Trees approved for removal by this board have been removed at the Town Hall Campus.
○ Planters
Item 10: Adjourn
Harris adjourned the meeting at 10:26 a.m.