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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTree Board Minutes 05.10.201877 W 01 "M 1" I C!� ► =1 9:30 City Attending: LuAnne Engh, Dale Ahrens, Aaron Christensen, Walter Widdis, Matt Wheeler, Kurt Markegard, Phyllis Bromgard Expense/Income: See Attached — looks like we might have a balance of $1303 for next year. Overview of Arbor Day: • Everyone liked the afternoon schedule better • SOW team was super but Dale feels a minimum of 8 people is needed • Double wash station would help speed up the line. Kids loved the food! Not much left over — Dale managed the shopping well. • Due to packing the chips Dale had $143 left from the grant that will be in the school account for next year. • The hospitality sandwich helped to feed city staff and volunteers who had been there all morning and afternoon. LuAnne will send the receipt to the school for reimbursement out of the Walmart grant money. • Need better map for parking and someone to direct that has authority • Walmart volunteers didn't show up — Dale gave us the request letter (attached). It may be that someone needs to call the contact person. We'll ask again next year. • Plaques for the trees can be installed next year. Pacific Recycling is still working on them. • We need to promote the event on Facebook either on the Laurel Community watch page or the city website. Outlook does a nice job but it should get more attention. Our photos should be uploaded and a story to explain future plans. LuAnne has photos and will try to get this done. • On the t -shirts, SOW should have been included because their donation of time and the trailer was a huge amount. We need to be more clear about where our donors are listed. Everyone is on the banner which is on the pool fence. • LuAnne drafted a Thank you to all donors for the Outlook — Walter will see its printed New Business: Dead trees are an issue through out town. The tree board can send a letter to the homeowner about their responsibility to take down dead trees due to the danger of them falling on property. Karen our code enforcer will be at the next meeting to discuss what we should be doing according to the city codes. • Clean up in Lions park must be approved by a city employee. The Lions want to take out dead and dying trees around the pond but those must be targeted by a professional. Aaron will help identify the trees. Anyone can weed out the ditches of volunteer trees that are going to crowd the tree line. Next Meeting: June 21" — 9:30 Invite Karen Code Enforcer to the meeting Donations - this is not official — still waiting for the Treasurer's official report Money — NOT INCLUDING WALMART -$4210 TREES 2,221 SHIRTS 464 BANDS 132 HOSPITALITY 100 Balance $1303 Thank you - Outlook article The Laurel Tree Board would like to thank all the supporters and volunteers that made our 2018 Arbor Day Celebration at Lions Park and South Pond a huge success. The 200 students and teachers from the Laurel 4th grade, Laurel Home School, New Life Church School of Light, and First Baptist Academy appreciated the opportunity to help improve the pond with 9 new trees. They learned from the following area educators: Bright N Beautiful Riverstone Health Yellowstone Weed District Yellowstone Master Gardeners Montana Nursery & Landscape Association Northwest Energy Fish, Wildlife and Parks USDA — Agriculture Department of Natural Resources The Laurel Garden Club provided the hospitality for the presenters and the S.O.W. Ministries offered the BBQ lunch. The Lions members helped with the set up and clean-up of the park and the City Staff dedicated several days to preparing the park for the tree planting. The Laurel Fire Department was on hand to show their equipment and explain fire safety. The American Legion presented the flag. Our generous donors that supported the event are: Laurel Lions Club First Baptist Church DNRC Northwest Energy Walmart AM Auto State Farm —Tom Maack Laurel Rotary Yellowstone Bank River Ridge Landscape Larned Tree Service Albaugh Construction Tech Construction Thank you to all who participated in Arbor Day! The Laurel Tree Board Local 316 Employee Union Western Security Bank Rocky Mountain Compost American Legion Meadow Green Sales Laurel PTA Dynamic Designs Cotters Squatters Pacific Recycling Ace Hardware Laurel Ford Anril 17. 201 Mr. Nick Paden, Store Manager Laurel Wal Mart 1,aurel,.MT 59044 V1,- , \Nt-V As a member of the City of Laurel, Tree Board, and also a trustee of the Laurel Public Schools, I want to extend our heartfelt "thank you" to you and your admillistrativc team for the financial SUnnort Wal Mart. has Qiven to our annual Arbor Day opportunities. This is your second year that our Arbor Day committee has received a Wal Mart grant that will cover the lunch and snacks for all 4th t,raders from the Laurel Schools. Private Schools. and Horne schools. With the presentations from county and state organizations and groups, our Students are learning the importance of good tree planting and conservation. We thank you for the local surmort of the Laurel City of Trees designation. Last week, I carne into your store to personally thank you for the 2018 Community Grant from Wal Mart. You were in a itiecting, so I was able to speak with a. member ofThe Wil'Mort ndminicztrative Pae 1. He mentioned to me that Wal Mart employees are actively involved in their local communities. He asked me if our Arbor Day event could use any of the Wal Mart volunteer,,;. After discussing the possibility of the wal iv W -t volunteers at our nionthl-v Arbor Dav in tinea. the decision was a resounding "yes". If it could be arranLcd to have 4 to 6 Wal Mart volunteers at our Arbor Day event. we would be grateful. 1- lerc are the details: Arbor Day Event - Citv ofLaurel and 4tli Grade Students of Laurel Date: Tuesdav Mav 1.2018 Time: It:' )0 arri Place: Laurel South Pond - Lions Club Park * students- oresenters. and volunteers will be served lunch startine at I 1:30am Tree dedication, speaker presentations, honor guard at 12:00prn County, 'State, other organir�ations small group presentations to follow ceremony * Wal Mart volunteers needed statini-T at 10:' )0 am - Set up of organization booths - Stand / supervise students and teachers as students shovel a scoop of dirt at trees - helm with anv "minor" event clean -un at 2:30 rami gray ny volunteer that cannot stay the full time, can rotate in where necessary. Yours truly. 1-191c AhrenF4. Laurel 'Free Board. Laurel 'S.D.Trustee