HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-08 - Agendas - Final AGENDA
Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting
January 8, 2025
4:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 111
113 W. Mountain
Members: Bethany Douglas Jim Parrish, Nathan Walker, Hannah Ash, Joseph Fox, Kate Shirley
City Staff: John Scott, Urban Forester, Willa Thomason, Urban Forester
1. Call to Order –
a. Roll Call
b. Carlo will have to wait until the end of the first quarter to rejoin UFAB officially, he was
unavailable for the interviews.
c. Tas missed the deadline to reapply.
d. We need to elect a new Chair and Vice Chair or set a new date to vote on the chair.
2. Introductions to New Members- Kate Shirley
3. Recommended Tree List
4. 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. Board Member Presentation of the Month -
1. January- Bethany Douglas
2. February- Jim P
3. March – Nathan
4. Apil- Tas
5. May – Carlo
5. Development Projects – Willa will present a broad overview of the development review process
6. Programs-
a. 2025 Education, Engagement, and Outreach Programs-
b. Stakeholders
List Sent
c. Current Programs –
i. POA tree plantings— Fall 2025
ii. Celebration of trees –
iii. Invasive Bounty
iv. Schools/ Programs-
1. Symbols Day
2. Earth Day
3. AP Science program
4. Replanting the trees at Washington Elementary School.
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v. Tree walks/Hikes
vi. Arbor Day National, April 25
vii. State Arbor Day March 17
viii. Celebration of trees is Fayetteville Arbor Day in October
ix. Earth Day, April 22
d. New Programs Ideas
i. Tree tags
ii. GPS Talking amazing Trees with QR Code
iii. Email to a tree
iv. Text a tree
v. Citizen Forestry Training
vi. Stop Program
vii. Big Ash Tree Program
7. 2024 Projects- Fall
a. Sites- Work in Progress
What is the anticipated date of plantings?
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 for collaboration for tree planting.
8. 2025 Projects
a. Emerald Ash borer Plan in January.
b. Invasive Planting bound in February and March.
c. Tree week in April
d. Data Collection in the summer for Ash Trees
e. Fall, Celebration of Trees
f. Symbol Days
Adjourn -
