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Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Town Forest Committee 2(0 11V I8 Ali 9: 14
Date: 2018-07-17 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Farrukh Najmi, Michael Bourque, Dan Ford, William Sullivan, Nancy Doktor,
Rick Wetzler, Thomas Gardiner, Kurt Habel
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Farrukh Najmi
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review of offsite visit of potential areas for Town Forest pilot forestry health
management programs
• Offsite meeting in Town Forest scheduled today was canceled due to bad
weather
• Proposed pilot area for thinning of trees is —2% of overall forest area
2. Discussion of dog hearing and future education on dog waste management and
behavior in Town Forest
Incident involving dog biting another dog
3. Discussion how to manage old Eagle Scout projects that have been vandalized
or have reached their end of life
4. Approval of meeting minutes: Not done as last meeting's minutes were not yet
available
5. Next Meeting: Tuesday September 11, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
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