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RECEIVED °r" <br />Town of Reading TOWN CLERK <br />MeetingMinutes RFADING. MA. ?'s <br />RJ "° 5 <br />', fir' <br />2022 JUL I I AM 7:53 <br />••°°" <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Town Forest Committee <br />Date: 2022-04-12 Time: 7 PM <br />Building: Location: <br />Address: <br />Purpose: Town Forest Management Session: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Jeff Lamson, Kurt Habel, Susan Bowe, Nancy Dockter, Bill Sullivan <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Brian Scouten, Tim Kirwan, Tom Gardiner <br />Others Present: <br />Martha Moore, ConCom; Kathy Kelly, Trail Com.; Meghan Bowe <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Meeting was held by video conference due to the COVID pandemic. <br />• The Trails work day on 4/30/22 will repair a boardwalk. Kurt H. will also lead a <br />buckthorn pull. <br />• Town Forest Appreciation Day scheduled for 5/1/22 <br />o Civic Function and TF permits obtained <br />o Tables for ConCom, Ipswich River Assn., TFC <br />o Scavenger hunt and Dave Williams bird walk <br />• Amazon Robotics offered a community service day with about 20 to 30 <br />volunteers. Buckthorn will be pulled. AR will apply for a TF use permit with three <br />support vehicles. The committee voted to approve the event. <br />• Discussed native plants for Area 3 near the Council Ring. Martha Moore said we <br />need to review the planting plan with Conservation Administrator Tirone <br />• Discussed the need to limit new mountain bike trails in the TF. Invite mountain <br />bike group members to the next TFC meeting <br />• Voted to approve the minutes from the 2/8/22 and 3/15/22 meetings <br />• Deferred discussion of the complaint about uncontrolled dogs <br />• Next Meeting: scheduled for 5/17/22 at 7:00 pm <br />Page 1 1 <br />