HomeMy WebLinkAboutTree Board Minutes 10.05.2023Minutes
City of Laurel
Tree 10/5/23
Council Chambers
Attending: Michelle Mize, Paul Kober, Wait Widdis, LuAnne Engh, Phyllis Bromgard
1. Public Input
2. General Items
a. August Minutes approved
b. Meeting place — Council Conference Room is now the Court Office. We will be
meeting in the old Court room from now on, unless it's used an then we'll be
upstairs. The Council Chambers is too large for our group
c. Possible new board members — Pat Hart & Dan Fevold (Sylvan Nursery)
d. Arbor Day funds: City $776 Laurel Foundation: $925
e. Arbor Day 2024: Tuesday May 71h Kiwanis Park
f. Logo and Theme — Quinn Butler, grade 7 School of Life, Trees=Beauty & Opportunity
g. We are planning 2-3 trees on the west side of the playground to shade the
equipment.
h. MUCFA — Kelly never received any invoice from them so LuAnne will follow up
L Library trees — 2 trees were planted on Oct 3r1 by Sylvan Nursery. One will be
dedicated to Jean Carol Thompson and a marker will be placed until a permanent
plaque is made. Nancy the Librarian will make sure they are watered. Bright n
Beautiful paid for one and Arbor Day paid for the other. ($270 each)
j. The fallen crab tree in the Chamber park was replaced with another crabby the
Laurel garden club
New Business
a. The idea of facilitating a 3 r grade leaf clean up this Fall doesn't seem to work
with the school schedule. Let's bring this up next year.
b. Matt has said the city has money for underground sprinklers in Kiwanis Park and
possibly Nutting Park $87,000—These parks are the only ones left that don't
have automatic watering.
c. Tree Education — with the new south side 411 Street boulevards, the property
owners will need to be notified the trees are their responsibility. It's unsure
when the trees will be planted. LuAnne will search for the letter we sent out for
8` Ave boulevards.
d. Fall Tree Care — LuAnne wanted to see an article in the Outlook about how to
care for your trees in the Fall — when to stop watering, prep against deer,
fertilizing, etc. She will ask Jackie Webb to help with an article.
3. Old Business
a. DNRC grant— Matt says we should qualify this year. Michelle said she would
help with the application this year
4. Other Items
a. Volunteer hours —Keep your hours for all meetings, time spent on Arbor Day or any
other project as this helps when applying for grants.
Next meeting: Thursday, November 9th, 4:30 Council Conference room — we moved the
meeting to the next week to maximize attendance.