HomeMy WebLinkAboutTree Board Minutes 02.18.2021Minutes
City of Laurel
Tree Board
2/18/21 9:30 AM
Council Conference Room
Attending by Zoom: LuAnne Engh, Aaron Christensen
Attending: Matt Wheeler, Richard Herr, Walter Widdis, Dale Ahrens, Phyllis
Bromgard
1. Public Input
a. No public attending
2. General Items
a. Jan. minutes approved - $700 with the school $2300 city
b. Laurel Arbor Day May 4, 2021 Thomson Park — PM schedule
c. "Stay Wild" Design from Graff students New artist is Brislyn Maharrey —
age 9 — Walt will work up the graphic for printing.
d. All designs will be put in a booklet as a living record of our young artists
at the Graff Library to share with visitors. LuAnne will supply the book.
Dale suggested we pay for Lifetouch to do a collage of the best designs,
as well. Dale will bring the completed design to Dynamic Design — we'll
work on donors for the shirts and banner.
e. We will only provide t -shirts for volunteers as the teachers really don't
need them. About 15 total. Better ways to spend out money.
f. Dale will check with HS Principal, Shawdra Zahara about putting the
donors on the marquee during Arbor Day
g. Grants
a. DNRC grant $750 received —
b. Walmart — new format with "Front Door" — Dale plans to ask for
$1,000 but we need to clarify which school's EIN is used.
c. NEW - $600— We'll use the city EIN —Bethany will send Dale the
IRS letter to submit with the application. Lisa Perry is always very
supportive.
h. Aaron is getting 4 Ash trees for Thompson $600 x 4 and we'll have the
city plant the Spring Crab for Veteran Park — it has been replaced several
times. With other funds we could replace trees at South Pond with the
city planting them.
i. LuAnne has contacted the vendors to see which ones will be able to help
us this year. Only a few have replied YES. We would need a few more.
j. Lunch — bag lunch is fine with Lynn
3. New Business
a. Nick wasn't available today to discuss grants for replacing downtown
trees. Next month he will report.
b. The tree board should recommend tree varieties that fit the space and
do well without much water — as we don't want those trees to remain
vacant.
4. Old Business
a. Tree Trimming —Thomson Park —Steve Larned offered $250/tree —
5. Other Items
a. 8t" Ave trees — Cenex needs help/advice on tree selection.
b. Volunteer hours - Please keep your hours.
c. South Park is on track for Spring construction of the dock/walkways
d. Riverside Park — monitor new trees after winter to see what should be
replaced.
6. Announcements
a. Next meeting — March 18th— 9:30 At the Council Conference Room
LuAnne Engh, Chairman