HomeMy WebLinkAboutTree Board Minutes 12.16.2021Minutes
City of Laurel
Tree Board
12/16/21 9:30 AM
Council Conference Room
Attending: LuAnne Engh, Paul Kober, Matt Wheeler, Walt Widdis, Phyllis Bromgard, Dale
Ahrens, Aaron Christensen
1. Public Input
a. None
2. General Items
a. Dec. minutes approved –
b. City balance $528 School Balance ?????
c. Arbor Day grant for $750 needs to be done by the end of the year. Matt will do that.
d. 2022 Arbor Day – Tuesday, May 3rd – South Pond – them is “Grow with the Flow” –
Graff student art (don’t have the artist name available) - picture is a palm tree on an
island. Cute and colorful.
e. LuAnne checked on shirt costs tie dyed is $13.60 Regular shirts $8.00 – costs have
gone up. If we want to have the artwork done it is $30.
f. Need a list of donors to start the process of collecting tree donations, cash
donations, in kind donations (bark, signs, stakes)
3. Old Business
a. Downtown trees – We have 13 locations that should be replaced. If the trees are
gone the stumps are still in the ground or suckers are growing…its looks awful.
b. We should notify the landowners it’s their responsibility to replace them.
4. Other Items
a. Volunteer hours - Everyone at the meeting turned in their hours.
b. South Pond – asphalt walkway is finished. Paul said the Lions would like to see the
drip system improved so that more trees could be planted around the pond.
Benches are also an item – Rotary would like to add their benches.
City is fixing the playground for $5,000
A retaining wall to hold back the east ledge will be necessary eventually.
c. The Charlie Fischer memorial tree is gone and should be replaced.
d. Two willows are gone and the markers are needed to be removed as they are a trip
hazard.
Next meeting January 20th – 9:30
LuAnne Engh, Chairman