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TOWN CLERK
REAUlNG, MA.
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
2019 MAY 22 PM 2 31
Town Forest Committee
Date: 2018-11-13 Time: 6:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address:
Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
William Sullivan, Nancy Docktor, Thomas Gardiner, Kurt Habel
Members - Not Present:
Michael Bourque, Rick Wetzler, Dan Ford and Farrukh Najmi
Others Present:
]ane Kinsella, Reading DPW Director
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review of Town Forest health management plan with DPW
• Discussed pilot program to thin a limited area to improve the health of the
surrounding trees in the Town Forest.
• Discussed requirements for bidding. Other communities have prepared bid
packages for this work. Director Kinsella will look into the process that
must be followed to bid the pilot thinning.
2. Some groups request TFC approval to use the TF and others go directly to
Reading DPW. Need to improve communication between the TFC and DPW
regarding how groups sign up to use the TF. DPW will add the TFC to the email
distribution list for groups that receive approval to use the TF.
3. Ms Kinsella will look into the possibility of placing a barrel at the Wood End
entrance to the TF for dog walkers to deposit dog waste.
4. Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation sponsors Town Forest
Conferences. Invite a representative of Mass. C&R to the next TFC meeting to
discuss if Reading might host this conference to celebrate the 90i^ anniversary of
the TF in 2020.
5. Next Meeting: Tuesday December 11, 2018 at 6:00 PM
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