ARBOR COMMISSION
1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Regular Meeting Monday, July 7, 2025, 8:15-10:15 AM
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of Minutes of June 2, 2025 (8:15AM)
3. Staff Comments (8:20 AM).
a. M. Otzwirk, Community Tree Steward
b. Welcome Atticus Scott, U Maine/Green Ellsworth intern
c. C. Pelletier
i. Professional development, Public Works (saving trees in roads and ditches)
4. Citizen Comments (8:40 am)
5. Report from City Council (T. White) (8:45AM)
6. Committee Reports (9:00 am)
a. Project Canopy Grant Update
b. Project Management Team Report
c. Forest Management Plan
d. Tree Trust update
7. Review Work Schedule (9:30 AM)
a. Street Tree Inventory/GIS mapping
b. Ash Inventory
c. Invasive Forest Pest Management and Response Plan – due October 2025
d. Forestry Management Plan for City of Ellsworth
e. Branch Lake Public Forest Management Plan
f. Care and Watering of Trees
8. Member Comments/Other Business (10:00 am)
a. Financial accounting – Arbor budget, Grant budgets, City Trees, Parks, and Cemeteries budget
b. UME internships
c. Healthy Acadia – orchard on Beechland
d. Coordination with Planning Board/Technical Review Team
9. Next Meeting: August 4, 2025, 8:15-10:15
10.Adjournment. (10:15AM)