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Town of Reading I<ECI, IVEll <br /> Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK ' <br /> RFACING. MA. Vit` <br /> P�•'iM(oPPP�P <br /> Board - committee - Commission - Council: 2021 APR 12 AM 11: 06 <br /> Town Forest Committee <br /> Date: 2020-12-8 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, Dan Ford, Bill Sullivan <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> None <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 <br /> o The Town is developing a new on-line group use application process that <br /> includes Board of Health and Fire Department approval <br /> o Need to make group use application and the TF Rules more visible on TF <br /> website <br /> • Pine Die-Off <br /> o Drone video shows three distinct clusters of dying pine trees in the area of <br /> the Council Ring <br /> o Pine scale? <br /> o Trees are dying from the top down <br /> o Discuss with our forestry consultant, Phil Benjamin <br /> o KH to send drone footage to Mass. State Forester for his opinion <br /> o RW to contact Mass. State Entomologist for advice <br /> • Invasive weeds have appeared in the area of the January 2020 pilot thinning <br /> project— re-evaluate in the spring <br /> • An unauthorized fire ring was reported that is surrounded very closely by trees - <br /> Need clarification on the location <br /> • Can DPW furnish barrels near the Council Ring for trash and dog waste? <br /> • Need to increase public awareness about the importance of picking up dog waste <br /> • Can more signs be added at the entrances to the TF about wearing masks? <br /> • Voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the 10/27/20 meeting <br /> • Next Meeting: scheduled for 1/12/21 at 7:00 pm <br /> Page I I <br />