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Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />OWN OFflF�' <br />RECEIVED �° <br />TOWN CLERK: <br />READING. MA. of ': irr" <br />121E 49: W(pp9a�! <br />2022 JAN 19 AM 10: 35 <br />Town Forest Committee <br />Date: 2021-11-16 Time: 7 PM <br />Building: Location: <br />Address: <br />Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Thomas Gardiner, Kurt Habel, Jeff Lamson, Susan Bowe, Brian Scouten, <br />Nancy Docktor, Tm Kirwan, Bill Sullivan <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />lane Kinsella & Chris Cole DPW; Kathy Kelly & Ray Vaillancourt Trails Com; <br />Martha Moore ConCom <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Meeting was held by video conference due to the COVID pandemic. <br />Pine Tree Die -Off <br />o Town Meeting approved $50,000 for the Phase 2 cutting and Phil <br />Benjamin's charges <br />o DCR awarded a grant of $10,000 for the Phase 2 cutting <br />o DPW to bid Phase 2 in December with the work to be done in January or <br />February <br />Discussed collaboration between the Trails and Town Forest committees <br />including invasive plant removal, clearing of downed trees, graffiti removal and <br />dog waste control. Hold a future joint meeting between Trails, Town Forest and <br />Conservation committees. <br />Discussed invasive plant control <br />o Removal of black swallowwort has not been effective. Need to investigate <br />other measures of control. <br />o National Guard is planning invasives control at Camp Curtis Guild. Will be <br />considered by Conservation Committee. <br />o Japanese knotweed is growing at the compost area and likely to spread <br />into the TF. <br />o Ask for a blanket approval from ConCom for removing bittersweet, black <br />swallowwort and buckthorn from all wetland buffer zones. <br />o Set up a buckthorn pull in the spring of 2022, possibly Earth Day. <br />Next Meeting: scheduled for 12/21/21 at 7:00 pm <br />Page I 1 <br />