Written on 01 March 2022.

20220208 - Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission Meeting Minutes

Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission

Meeting Minutes

February 8, 2022

The regular meeting of the Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission was called to order at 7:35PM. The meeting was held virtually on Zoom.

Andrew Lowry, Michael Sedon, Ian Keller, Carolyn Jacoby, Declan Madden, Nancy Brennan-Hill, Mahmoud Hamza

New members appointed to 5-year terms are:

Michael Guerriero
Nancy Brennan-Hill
Yamini Chinni
Adam Brown

Mike will forward the terms of current members and we discuss re-appointments at the next meeting.

Members were encouraged to get Core Training this year as it is available via Zoom and does not require the usual trip to Cherry Hill.

Village Meetings members encouraged to attend

Village Dept. Follow ups

Andrew To follow up with N. Bigos on getting Declan time to finish the caps on the CBD tree water conduits and to prune and inspect trees planted in 2020
Carolyn is working on Earth Day preparations and the activities/materials planned for the Shade Tree table
Once funding is confirmed STC will develop a best detailed practices plan for CBD tree well refurbishment and tree planting
STC needs to work with Shade Tree Dept. to develop and fund a watering plan in 2022 for the 22 trees planted in CBD this year. It could be done by the Village or contracted out.

Longer term

The STC needs to connect more directly with the Planning Board
- Attendance at meetings is one step
- Perhaps a presentation of the importance of best practices planning for tree planting and locating would be appropriate. For instance, as part of the Master Plan a signoff by the Village Arborist that trees have been planted as designed might be required before a CO is issued.
- Mahmoud to explore opportunity

Meeting Adjourned at 8:45PM

Please let me know if I have missed anything important.

Andrew Lowry