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Home My Public Portal About09-21-2022 Minutes Tree Board Regular Meeting 101 E. Orange St., PO Box 429, Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-732-1270 | www.hillsboroughnc.gov | @HillsboroughGov TREE BOARD MINUTES | 1 of 2 Minutes TREE BOARD Regular meeting 9 a.m. Sept. 21, 2022 Board Meeting Room of Town Hall Annex, 105 E. Corbin St. Present: Chair Casey Collins, Vice Chair Tim Logue, Sharon Billings, Bridget Booher, Mixon Nelson, Linda Paynter and Greg Yavelak Staff: Public Space and Sustainability Manager Stephanie Trueblood 1. Call to order, roll call and confirmation of quorum Chair Casey Collins called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Public Space and Sustainability Manager Stephanie Trueblood called the roll and confirmed the presence of a quorum. 2. Agenda changes and approval There was none. The agenda stood as presented. 3. Minutes review and approval Minutes from regular meeting on Aug. 17, 2022 Motion: Member Greg Yavelak moved approval of the Aug. 17, 2022, minutes as submitted. Member Sharon Billings seconded. Vote: 7-0 4. Discussion items A. Video planning: How to Plant a Tree Collins will record the video to provide an audio track that will be overlayed with instructional photos. B. Fall Plantings Trueblood reviewed past planting projects. She noted that: • The stream buffers at Turnip Patch and Murray Street Park need replacement plants now that stiltgrass has been removed. She recommended beautyberry. Winterberry holly was also suggestd. • The neighbor adjacent to the northern border of Turnip Patch Park has requested some additional bushes between the Loropetalum and was specific in her requests. Board members weren’t certain about the objective of the neighbor. • The Fairview Community Watch may have planting requests for the community center property. Logue noted that it would be good to plant some woody plants along the river where invasives have been removed. Trueblood added that stormwater funds may cover those plantings. Trueblood suggested planting three to five red bud trees near the picnic table on Riverwalk. TREE BOARD MINUTES | 2 of 2 Board members expressed interest in planting street trees along sidewalks near Central and Hillsborough elementary schools. 5. Updates A. Garden Club Billings gave a brief update. A speaker was scheduled for the Garden Club to talk about snakes. B. Invasive Removal Team Logue gave a brief update. He is working on removing ailanthus. C. Staff Trueblood’s updates included: • Tree identification project • Tree removals • Video release dates 6. Adjournment Collins adjourned the meeting at 10:30 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Stephanie Trueblood Public Space and Sustainability Manager Staff support to the Tree Board Approved: Month X, 202X