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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-03-05 - Agendas - Final AGENDA Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting March 5, 2025 4:00 p.m. City Hall Room 111 113 W. Mountain Members: Bethany Douglas, Kathrine Shirley, Jim Parrish, Nathan Walker, Hannah Ash, Joseph Fox – Chair City Staff: John Scott, Urban Forester, Willa Thomason, Urban Forester Special Guest- Kristina Jones, Adam Day, Carlo Bertini, Tas Zinck, and Tree Guardians 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. b. 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. i. Board Member Presentation of the Month -Nathan (Fran Alexander, and Andrea Fournet- Presenting on Neighorwoods) April – Tas May – Carlo 3. Urban Forestry, Public Works- Maintenance – Adam Day 4. Volunteer Coordinator- Kristina Jones – Clabber Creek a. Board to decide if they want to take over invasive clean up on Clabber Creek? 5. Development Projects – Willa 6. Programs- a. Current Programs – i. Bounty is ongoing. ii. EAB is ongoing – The Draft plan is ready 1. Release Date on this. The maps are ready now. iii. The Food Foraging Map is ongoing. Press release, iv. Amazing Tree Nominees 1. See Handouts. v. Washington Elementary Tree planting- March 17 planting trees with Kindergarten. vi. McNair and Advance AP Science class project update vii. Hiking with science classes and FHS update. b. Tree Week i. Sat- Tree Giveaway Update ii. Sunday- Scavenger Hunt Update iii. Monday- Tree Price Tag Update iv. Tuesday- Earth Day – Hiking Update 2 v. Wednesday- Talking Tree Update vi. Thursday- Arbor Day – Amazing Tree Update vii. Friday – Citizen Tree Care update – Free Tree Friday viii. Saturday – Botanical Garden Hikes- Update 7. 2025 Projects- Spring a. Donation Trees – b. Niokaska Creek planting project - 8. 2025 Projects – Fall a. Celebration of Trees- No updates b. Adjourn -