ARBOR COMMISSION
1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Regular Meeting
Monday, August 4, 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
i. Tree nursery water pump/tool shed
ii. Street tree mapping
b. C. Pelletier
i. Knowlton Park
4. Citizen Comments (8:40 am)
5. Report from City Council (T. White) (8:45AM)
6. Committee Reports (9:00 am)
a. Project Management Team Report
i. Project Canopy Grant
ii. IRA Grant
b. Comprehensive Forest Management Plan
c. Tree Trust Bylaws review
7. Review Work Schedule (9:30 AM)
a. Street Tree Inventory/GIS mapping – due October 2025
b. Invasive Forest Pest Management and Response Plan – due October 2025
c. Forestry Management Plan for City of Ellsworth
d. Branch Lake Public Forest Management Plan (David Wardrop)
e. 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 (Eric McPherson)
c. Healthy Acadia – orchard on Beechland
d. Coordination with Planning Board/Technical Review Team
e. GIS program for City
9. Next Meeting: September 1, 2025, 8:15-10:15
10.Adjournment. (10:15AM)