September 30, 2024 in Arbor Commission
1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth, ME 04605
ARBOR COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Monday, October 7, 2024, 8:15-10:15 AM
AGENDA
- Call to Order (time by which item will be completed)
- Adoption of Minutes of September 9, 2024 (8:20AM)
- Staff Comments or Clarifications (8:30AM)
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- Current status of City tree-related budget
- Potential tree warden CV
- Process for setting up a Tree Trust
- Citizen Comments(8:35AM)
- Report from City Council (8:45AM)
- Action Items completed/in progress
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- Debrief on public education event: Beech leaf disease presentation (8:50AM)
- Staff/Commission Project Management Committee (M. Blackstone, T. Davis, I. Drummond, C. Hanson, A. Wilson, T. White) (9:05AM)
- Submission of Community Tree Steward application/accommodation
- Memorial Tree planting
- November Pilot tree planting
- Winter Prep for nursery
- Tentative work schedule through Spring/Summer 2025
- Commission membership (9:20AM)
- Tree Ordinance/Tree Warden Job Description (I. Drummond, J. Lambert, T. White) (9:30AM)
- Forest Management Plan (Blackstone, T. Davis, J. Barnes, T. White) (9:35AM)
- Commission Work Plan/Agenda for 2024-2025 relative to Commission Budget (10:00AM)
- Work Schedule for Information (Timelines, Deadlines) (10:05AM)
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- Budget Proposals for 2025 (submitted and presented to Council April 2024; follow up communications/meetings with City Manager necessary in light of Fall budget review)
- Project Canopy Grant Application (submitted May 15, 2024/received)
- Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Grant (submitted May 15, 2024; results pending)
- Revised Tree Ordinance (sent for consultation in May; finalize for submission to Council September 2024?)
- Tree Warden Job Description (March 6, 2024 to City Manager/Council; resent after arrival of new city manager; resent July 2024)
- Submission of Arbor Day Proclamation to Mayor (proclaimed February 12, 2024)
- Submission of Tree City USA 2024 application (submitted December 2024)
- Community Tree Nursery Input on Ordering & Planting for 2025
- Finalize City of Ellsworth Forestry Management Plan (first full review by Commission October 2024)
- Plan Public Education Programming for 2024-2025 (Chestnut Program, April 2024; Beech Leaf Disease August 2024; other on White Pine, to remove or not?)
- Arbor Day/Maine Arbor Week 2025 Activities (?)
- Other
- Member Comments/Other Business (10:10AM)
- Next Meeting: Sept 9, 2024 8:15-10:15AM.
- Adjournment (10:15AM)