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Town of Reading <br /> X Meeting Minutes RE C E I VE L) <br /> TOWN CLERK <br /> REAUlNG, MA. <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br /> 2019 MAY 22 PM 2 31 <br /> Town Forest Committee <br /> Date: 2018-11-13 Time: 6:00 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br /> Address: <br /> Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> William Sullivan, Nancy Docktor, Thomas Gardiner, Kurt Habel <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Michael Bourque, Rick Wetzler, Dan Ford and Farrukh Najmi <br /> Others Present: <br /> ]ane Kinsella, Reading DPW Director <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> 1. Review of Town Forest health management plan with DPW <br /> • Discussed pilot program to thin a limited area to improve the health of the <br /> surrounding trees in the Town Forest. <br /> • Discussed requirements for bidding. Other communities have prepared bid <br /> packages for this work. Director Kinsella will look into the process that <br /> must be followed to bid the pilot thinning. <br /> 2. Some groups request TFC approval to use the TF and others go directly to <br /> Reading DPW. Need to improve communication between the TFC and DPW <br /> regarding how groups sign up to use the TF. DPW will add the TFC to the email <br /> distribution list for groups that receive approval to use the TF. <br /> 3. Ms Kinsella will look into the possibility of placing a barrel at the Wood End <br /> entrance to the TF for dog walkers to deposit dog waste. <br /> 4. Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation sponsors Town Forest <br /> Conferences. Invite a representative of Mass. C&R to the next TFC meeting to <br /> discuss if Reading might host this conference to celebrate the 90i^ anniversary of <br /> the TF in 2020. <br /> 5. Next Meeting: Tuesday December 11, 2018 at 6:00 PM <br /> Page 1 1 <br />