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Town of ReadingKEGEIVCu <br /> Meeting Minutes I OWt� CLE'R <br /> READII G, FAA, <br /> 202] APR 12 AM I I OG <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br /> Town Forest Committee <br /> Date: 2020-10-27 Time: 7 PM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: <br /> Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Thomas Gardiner, Nancy Docktor, Kurt Habel, Brian Scouten, Jeff Lanson, <br /> Rick Wetzler, Bill Sullivan <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Dan Ford <br /> Others Present: <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> Meeting was held by video conference due to the COVID pandemic. <br /> • Discussed group use of the Town Forest during COVID <br /> o The time for the Reading Board of Health to review/approve TF group use <br /> applications is now less than the 30 days previously required. <br /> o Troop 702 will hold November troop meetings at the new council ring <br /> o Pack 735 is looking for alternative venues due to the reservation <br /> difficulties. <br /> o Need to add Reading Fire Department to group use application process? <br /> o Simultaneous group use at the new and old Council Rings should be <br /> allowed. <br /> o Need to make group use application and the TF Rules more visible on TF <br /> website. <br /> • Pine Die-Off <br /> o Sudden explosion of pockets of dying trees near Council Ring <br /> o Drone video to be taken <br /> o Discuss with our forestry consultant, Phil Benjamin. <br /> • Voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the 9/22/20 meeting <br /> • Next Meeting: scheduled for 11/24/20 at 7:00 pm [subsequently rescheduled for <br /> 12/8/20] <br /> Page 1 1 <br />