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Town of Reading <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> rrPli, <br /> Board - committee - commission - council: <br /> 12: 35 <br /> Town Forest Committee <br /> Date: 2019-09-03 Time: 7 PM <br /> Building: Location: Berger Room <br /> Address: <br /> Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Farrukh Najmi, William Sullivan, Kurt Habel, Dan Ford, Thomas Gardiner, <br /> Nancy Docktor, Michael Bourque <br /> Members- Not Present: <br /> Rick Wetzler <br /> Others Present: <br /> Jane Kinsella <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Farrukh Naimi <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> • Discussion of Town Forest pilot thinning project including preparation for bid <br /> package <br /> o Forrester Phil Benjamin unable to attend <br /> o The critical path is getting a draft Bid document from Phil <br /> o There is enough funds to get through the bidding process <br /> o Kurt shared draft application he has prepared for Community Forest <br /> Stewardship Implementation grant. This is a 75/25 matching grant. <br /> Grant amounts cover up to 75% of project cost within range of$1000- <br /> 20,000. <br /> • Discussion of Town Forest Conference 2020 (September 28, 2020) <br /> o Ideas for this community event included education about Town Forest <br /> and invasive species, group activity to remove invasive Buckthorn from <br /> forest, food vendors <br /> o Kurt has started an email list for Forest Volunteers to coordinate <br /> Buckthorn removal and replacement with native species <br /> o Question whether Boy Scouts require formal training for use of certain <br /> tools <br /> o Best way to get rid of Buckthorn is to use a burn pit. May need fire <br /> department oversight <br /> o Discussion about start a "Friends of Reading Town Forest" Facebook <br /> group to have community participation for the education campaign. <br /> • Review and approval of previous meeting minutes <br /> o Minutes from August 5, 2019 approved unanimously <br /> • Next Meeting: October 1, 2019 <br /> Page 1 1 <br />