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Urban Forestry Advisory Board
July 09, 2014
4:00 p.m.
City Administration Building 1 113 W. Mountain I Room 111
Members: Amy Jones; Sarah King; Kathy Launder; Malcolm LeVois;
Sue Madison, Vice Chair; Don Steinkraus, Chair
City Staff: Ken Eastin, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park
Planning Superintendent
1. Call to Order
Don Steinkraus, Chair
2. Approval of Minutes
Don Steinkraus, Chair
3. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation
Malcolm LeVois
4. Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas
Jennifer Ogle, University of Arkansas Herbarium
5. UFAB Sustainable Landscape Competition — Debrief
Ken Eastin
6. Celebration of Trees, preliminary planning
7. Derek Linn
8. Other Business or Announcements
9. Adjourn
Mailing Address:
113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov
Fayetteville,AR 72701
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Urban Forestry Advisory Board
June 11, 2014
4:OOPM
Adventure Subaru 12269 N. Henbest Drive
Freeman/Elder Residence 11794 W. Berry Street
Members: Amy Jones; Sarah King; Kathy Launder; Malcolm LeVois;
Sue Madison, Vice Chair; Don Steinkraus, Chair
City Staff: Ken Eastin, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester
1. Call to Order: 4:03pm I Don Steinkraus, Chair
2. In Attendance: Amy Jones, Sarah King (arrived later), Malcolm LeVois, Sue Madison,
Don Steinkraus
Absent:
Staff: Ken Eastin, Derek Linn
Guests: Meredith Hendricks; Glenda Patterson; Jeremy Williams; Andy Shupe
3. Approval of Minutes: Madison made a motion to approve the minutes as written.
Jones seconded it. The motion passed with a 4-0-0 voice vote.
4. UFAB Sustainable Landscape Tour: Location A— David Nelms
Adventure Subaru, 2269 N. Henbest Drive
Nelms shared highlights of Adventure Subaru's landscape, including drought tolerant
plants, pine straw planting beds, street trees, and grass pave in their overflow car storage
area. He also mentioned several energy saving design elements that were implemented
into the main building.
Nelms and Adventure Subaru were presented the Commercial award.
5. UFAB Sustainable Landscape Tour: Location B — Karan Freeman
Karen Ann Freeman and Bill Elder Residence, 1794 W. Berry Street
Freeman shared highlights of her residential landscape, and said she and Elder removed
an extensive amount of bush honeysuckle and other invasive plants from their property.
She showed the board where they have re-planted the property with a diverse number of
native plants.
Freeman and Elder were presented the Residential award.
Mailing Address:
113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov
Fayetteville,AR 72701
6. Other Business or Announcements
Steinkraus said that he and King had a plan to approach the Fayetteville Public Library to
encourage their consideration of offering a weed wrench for checkout to library card
holders.
Madison made a motion for the Board to support this plan to connect with the Library.
Jones seconded it, and the motion passed with a 5-0-0 voice vote.
7. Adjournment Time: 5:32pm
8. Submitted by: Derek Linn
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