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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Town Forest Committee
Date: 2022-04-12 Time: 7 PM
Building: Location:
Address:
Purpose: Town Forest Management Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Jeff Lamson, Kurt Habel, Susan Bowe, Nancy Dockter, Bill Sullivan
Members - Not Present:
Brian Scouten, Tim Kirwan, Tom Gardiner
Others Present:
Martha Moore, ConCom; Kathy Kelly, Trail Com.; Meghan Bowe
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Bill Sullivan
Topics of Discussion:
Meeting was held by video conference due to the COVID pandemic.
• The Trails work day on 4/30/22 will repair a boardwalk. Kurt H. will also lead a
buckthorn pull.
• Town Forest Appreciation Day scheduled for 5/1/22
o Civic Function and TF permits obtained
o Tables for ConCom, Ipswich River Assn., TFC
o Scavenger hunt and Dave Williams bird walk
• Amazon Robotics offered a community service day with about 20 to 30
volunteers. Buckthorn will be pulled. AR will apply for a TF use permit with three
support vehicles. The committee voted to approve the event.
• Discussed native plants for Area 3 near the Council Ring. Martha Moore said we
need to review the planting plan with Conservation Administrator Tirone
• Discussed the need to limit new mountain bike trails in the TF. Invite mountain
bike group members to the next TFC meeting
• Voted to approve the minutes from the 2/8/22 and 3/15/22 meetings
• Deferred discussion of the complaint about uncontrolled dogs
• Next Meeting: scheduled for 5/17/22 at 7:00 pm
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