HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-03-02 Town Forest Committee Minutes 79
Various Boy Scout troops have camped in the Forest
during the year. Their Good Turn slogan is carried
out in their conservation work in the Forest .
Your Committee will continue to work for the benefit
of all pereoLs in-Reading in the continued care and
use of the Town Forest .
' - Respectfully submitted,
George B. Perry, Chairman
Irving E. Dickey;Jr. , Vice Chairmen
Benjamin E. lichols ,Seoretary
June 20, 1979 7:00 P.M.
A formal posted meeting was held at the home of Chairman
George B. Perry, 230 Franklin S% , , Reading, Mass .
The following members were present :
George B. Perry , Chairman
Irving E. Diokey,Jr. , Vice Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols, Secretary
The minutes of the meetin(, of oebruary 21, 1979 were
read and approved .
It was voted that the Secretary write the Town;.Acoountant,
Raphael W. McDonald , with a request for him to encumber
the funds in our account as of June 30, 1979 in the amount
of $1,876.43 so that these funds will be contirued into the
next fiscal period .
The serious gypsy moth problem in the Town Forest was
discussed. Irving E. Dickey, Jr. has discussed this with
the Board-of Health, the Conservation Commission , the
Finance Committee , and the Superintendent of Pest Contral
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We plan to bring
this problem -before the Subsequent Town Meeting in
November 1979. Irving E. Dickey , Jr, will check on the
costs of apraying.
Approximately one hundred red pine trees were out in the
Town Forest by the Department of Public Warks, as approved
in our meeting on February 21, 1979. - In order to prevent
root rot , Irving E. Dickey ,Jr. will obtain the approval to
hire a man to spray the stumps with borax. He will ask
Timothy Slbillane to do this work.
' The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 P.M.
March 2, 1980 1:00 P.M.
A formal posted meeting was held at the home of Chairmen
George B. Perry, 230 Franklin St. ,Reading, Mass.
The following members were present:
George B. Parry, Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols, Secretary
The minutes of the meeting of June 20, 1979 were reed
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and approved.
The annual report to the Tbwn was discussed, and signed.
It was voted to confirm the acts of the individual
members since the last meeting.
The committee reorganized and.the following officers
were re-elected:
George B. Perry, Chairman '
Irving, E. Dickey, Jr., Vice Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichola, Secretary
The infestation and control of gypsy moths in the
Town Forest was discussed. -It Is expected this subject
will again come before the next town meeting. It was
voted that the Town .FArest Committee will take the same
position regarding the manner of handlinv this problem
as is taken by the Superintendent of Moth Work of the
Town of Reading.
It was voted that Benjamin E. Nichols will arrange to
have 1000 maps printed of the 'ID wn Forest.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 P.M.
Mare} 2, 1980
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Reading:
We submit our report forthe year 1979, a nd through
the current date.
Guided tours of the Forest were given by a member of
the Committee for several youth groups.
Boy Scouts continued to camp and hike in the Forest
throughout the year, and carried out their Good Turns
by doing various conservation projects.
The Board of fl}blic Works cut approximately one hundred
mature red pine trees, which will be used as car -
bumpers at various Town playgrounds.
The infestation and control of gypsy, moths in the Town '
Forest and environs has been discussed and 'voted upon
at the Subsequent Town meeting in November 1979.
Respectfully submitted,
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
George B. Perry, Chairman
Irving E. Dickey, Jr. , Vice Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichola, Sgcretary