HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-16 Town Forest Committee Minutes Town of Reading RECEIVED
Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK �
READING MA.
Board - Committee - Commission - Councjd121 SEP I I AM 9102
Town Forest Committee
Date: 2020-06-16 Time: 7 PM
Building: Location:
Address:
Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Thomas Gardiner, Nancy Docktor, Kurt Habel, Rick Wetzler, Dan Ford, Bill
Sullivan
Members - Not Present:
Michael Bourque
Others Present:
Brian Scouten
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting was held by video conference due to the COVID pandemic.
• Discussed if group activities should be allowed in the Town Forest during the
pandemic. The Committee voted unanimously to allow groups to use the TF as
long as they comply with all CDC, State and Reading Board of Health guidelines.
• Several requests have been received by DPW for groups to camp in the TF that
were not Scouts or Reading Recreation. The Committee voted unanimously that
any requests for use of the TF by groups other than Scouts or Reading Rec need
TFC approval prior to receiving a permit from DPW.
• 901h Anniversary Celebration
a Request for DCF funding is due by 6/30/20
o Reading Celebration Committee will contribute $1,515
o A video will be prepared on how to pull buckthorn
• Cohasset does an annual invasive plant pull called Weedfest
• Try an annual buckthorn pull in Reading?
• Sign-up through TFC, not the Town
o REI is unable to contribute to the event due to COVID
• Lecturers have been lined up from Mass Audubon, forester Phil Benjamin,
and bird/animal speakers
• May need to hold all activities outside due to COVID
• Voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the 5/26/20 meeting
• Next Meeting: scheduled for July 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm
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