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r <br /> Town of Reading RECEIVED <br /> Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK z <br /> RE ,n1 %r .. MA. � <br /> Board - committee - commission - Council: 21121 SLE' 17 AM 9: 02 <br /> Town Forest Committee <br /> Date: 2020-05-26 Time: 7 PM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: <br /> Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Farrukh Najmi, William Sullivan, Nancy Docktor, Kurt Habel, Thomas <br /> Gardiner <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Michael Bourque, Dan Ford, Rick Wetzler <br /> Others Present: <br /> Bob Holmes (Reading Chronicle) <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Farrukh Najmi <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Discussion on Town Forest condition during COVID-19 <br /> • A lot of people are using the forest every day. Often-8 cars on Grove Street entrance and 4 in Wood <br /> End lot during the day. <br /> • Trails are not too crowded as many people stay at the field <br /> • Dog poop situation is better but there is still roam for improvement. Need to continue the education <br /> campaign. Kurt's sign at Strout Ave entrance was stolen. He plans to replace it. <br /> • Mike Rogers did a great job with the Buckthorn removal May V <br /> • Hugh Lynch will be planting trees in the next month. No dates fixed yet. <br /> Review and approval of previous meeting minutes <br /> • The fallowing meeting minutes were approved unanimously: Feb 27 2019, Sep 3 2019, Oct 12019, <br /> Dec 112019, Jan 7 2020, Jan 14 2020, March 112020, April 14 2020.Approved minutes can be <br /> submitted to Town Clerk.At this paint TFC is completely caught up with approval of minutes for 2018 <br /> through the present. <br /> Discuss plans for the 90th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for 9/26/2020 <br /> • Two tracks: <br /> 1. Family events track(several animal focused events: Raptors and Reptiles <br /> 2. Nature track(preservation, climate change and invasive species removal <br /> • Application for funding was submitted by Nancy on March 12 to Reading Celebration Committee. <br /> Waiting to hear back. <br /> • Kurt will invite Laura Dooley(DCR Service Forester)to next TFC meeting <br /> • There is state money for the event for this year. There may not be any funding next year due to <br /> COVID-19. <br /> • Kurt and Nancy will work to submit application to state for funding <br /> • Kurt presented on History of reading Town Forest at a Webinar(Public Lands Stewardship part of <br /> Open Spaces Conference). He saw an interesting presentation on"controlled bums" <br /> • REI was asked to sponsor but has been quiet since COVID-19. Need to re-engage them <br /> Next Meeting: June 16th, 2020 at 7:00 pm <br /> Page 1 <br />