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Town of Reading - Meeting Minutes <br />• Senior Center initiative. No progess, as the Council on Aging will not meet until <br />September. <br />Adopt an Island <br />• David Williams received a phone message from Garden Club. They seem to be <br />concerned about our Committee's plans for the island we have adopted. <br />• David W noted that the two stakes at the island have turned into a pole and <br />hole with 4 traffic cones. Laurie Ann says they are putting in two poles. . <br />Ray says there is a pole now on the side closest to the RR track. Ray said <br />these are guide poles supporting the poles on the other side of the street - <br />Laurie Ann agreed. Ray didn't know why second pole didn't go in. <br />• Ray will try to contact Garden Club. Mary and Ray are trying to understand <br />what is there. It is cedar mulch on top of black fabric. Under that is rocky. <br />Ray reported that he and Mary planted golden rod and astors (which rabbits <br />love), and a serviceberry tree - medium size tree /shrub - to fill in a spot. Oat <br />grass seems to be rebounding after rabbit browsing. Gina said there is an <br />incredibly invasive week that has taken over. They had yellow flowers. Now <br />they look like dandelions - don't know what they are. Bittersweet is climbing <br />tree - they are trying to cut back. Ray talked to Dmetra (Garden Club <br />president) who had offered advice. <br />• A bench and pathways to walk through the island would be nice. Dave W. <br />offered landscaping stone. Ray said maybe a different color mulch would be <br />better. <br />Paper /cardboard recycle bin. David W noted that the bin has been moved and is <br />now taking up a whole parking spot. It must be JRM who relocated it in wrong spot. <br />It is being used. Dave has looked at it - lots of cardboard and little paper, no trash. <br />Maybe we should paint a spot on the ground where it should go. <br />Future activities. <br />o Business Food Waste. David W and Ray will do some research and then <br />connect with the Chamber of Commerce for outreach to local businesses. <br />The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. <br />Page 1 2 <br />2013 -09 -03 <br />