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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-10-02 - Agendas - Final AGENDA
Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting
October 2, 2024
4:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 111
113 W. Mountain
Members: Carlo Bertani-Chair, Tas Zinck Co-Chair, Bethany Douglas Jim Parrish, Nathan Walker, Hannah
Ash, Joseph Fox
City Staff: John Scott, Urban Forester
1. Call to Order -
a. Roll Call
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes -
a. The minutes are Video Archived. The committee approved the motions for the previous month's
meeting. Set up additional presenters and brainstorm ideas for knowledge sharing for 2025. Or
do we want to change this up? It doesn’t have to be a plant, it could be a code, a case study,
etc. The goal here is to share
i. Woody Plant of the Month -
1. November- Tas Zinck
2. December- Bethany Douglas
3. Summary from public discussion city council vote 5-3 in favor of the school board motion to
vacate tree easement to build a parking garage
a. Takeaways/learnings?
b. How to keep up civic engagement without a controversial issue…or….do we leverage
controversial issues that entice participation from the community?
4. Discussion on time allotment for external parties that want to present to UFAB (how do we
encourage additional participation while staying on time)
5. Urban Forestry Management Plan Status and Discussion -
a. Public feedback received?
b. City Council to vote on November 7 to approve/deny final plan
6. Development Projects - Willa accepted the job and starts October 16th.
a. Update UFAB on new hire and how we should best work with them. Will they be at the next
meeting?
7. Programs-
a. Fall Programs-
i. Symbols Day - Set up on Friday, October 11th. 800+ participants. How many board
members will be there? What else needs to be coordinated to make a successful event?
Can we market anything additional to spur excitement and engagement from the public
to save our canopy?
ii. If you all would like to participate, there is a Lower Ramble invasive removal activity on
October 24 with EAC. Share dates/needs from UFAB.
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iii. POA tree plantings—I am gathering trees to order. The final order date is September 6. I
have 150 trees so far. I have placed my order, and we are getting trees the first week of
November. Update on this?
iv. Celebration of trees – Bids were received, and I have a plant list for you all. Specific
feedback requested from UFAB? How can we provide value to this project?
8. 2024 Projects- Fall
a. Sites- Work in Progress
Anticipated date of plantings?
i. Greathouse Park Parking lot - Plans are done
ii. Shiloh and W. Point St- Plans are done
iii. Hollywood and Parnell/ There are too many utilities to work on this project; I am adding
trees to Fire Station 6. Plans are done
iv. Carriage Way- Plans are done
v. Mtn. Ranch Green Space – plans are done
vi. Kitty Creek Trail – Plans are done
vii. East Madison Drive – Plans are done
b. Donation Trees -
i. I have five donation trees that need to be planted in the fall.
ii. Two at Washington Elementary have died already.
iii. Potential to leverage council member
Adjourn -