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Board -. Committee - Commission Council: 2016 JUN 2 5 AM IQ: 5.7
Town Forest.Committee
Date: 2015-04-24 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
.Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members.-Present:
Farrukh Najmi, Michael Bourque, Dan Ford, William'Sullivan, Kurt Habel,
Nancy Doktor,.Thomas Gardiner
Members.- Not Present:
Rick Wetzler
Others Present:
Mary Howard, Selectman Andy.Friedmann
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Farrukh Najmi
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review of town forest health management.plan
• Discussed letter from Forester Phil Benjamin and prepared for conference
call with Phil Benjamin
2: Conducted conference call with Forester Phil Benjamin
• Agreed to have offsite committee meeting in Town Forest with.Phil on May
15cn between 5pm and 5:30pm
• Need to identify pilot:project area of Red Pine that needs to be thinned
and specific numbers for thinning (e.g. 1 in 4 trees)
• Need to identify what kind of trees_to plant
3. Discussion of rare species,in Forest that need to be considered during pilot
project:
• Blue spotted Salamander.
• Fairy Shrimp
• Invite Chuck Tirone conservation commissioner, Jane'Kinsella Assistant
Superintendent DPW, Mike Hannaford Tree Department to'.May 15tH
offsite meeting
4. Andy discussed liaison role -
• Improve Board's relationships with committees
• Liaison cannot attend all meetings. Committee should let liaison know the
. . . ones they should definitely attend-and keep them informed on meetings
they are unable to attend
5.. Mary Howard m.m.howardCa)_comcast.net described her project in the Town
Forest on Plant Communities
6. Discuss dog related issues and.etiquette
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• Consensus on proposal to handout Dog Etiquette brochure.with.dog
licenses.and DPW mailings such as water bill
7. Discussion on a celebration event on April 26, 2020 to celebrate 90th anniversary-
of
nniversaryof Town Forest
• Soon celebration committee will meet. They meet once a year
• .Can the TFC request funds from celebration committee towards forest
improvement projects such goat grazing of invasive species
8. Approval.of meeting minutes: Not done due to lack of time
9. Next Meeting: Tuesday May 15, 2018'@ 5:30..PM
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