20221213 - Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission Meeting Minutes

Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission
Draft Meeting Minutes

December 13, 2022

The regular meeting of the Ridgewood Shade Tree   Commission was called to order at 7:35PM. The meeting was held in the Village Hall Garden room.

Present

Andrew Lowry, Adam Brown, Carolyn Jacoby, Declan Madden,

Nancy Brennan-Hill, Mahmoud Hamza,Victoria Van Dyke, Pam Perron, Ian Keller, Cynthia Gorey, Maria Damasco

Minutes                                                                          

The minutes for the October meeting were approved.

Membership & Terms of Service

    Pam Perron is working on the membership and terms issues for  Ian Keller and Andrew Lowry.  Also working on new members for STC.   Keep a list of possible members as 4 volunteered and only 2 open spots.  The others are more than welcome to join the meetings as non members.

 Grants 

   Cynthia spoke about opportunities – what grants are available.  Carolyn to look into grant availability.  Cynthia would help guide us to who could possibly help as well.

  Is there money in Village of Ridgewood budget from grants that would be used towards our budget or in addition to the annual budget allocated to STC.

Review Fall Planting

CBD – removal 59 trees & 19 stumps and 90 trees planted total.

CBD 57 large trees and 33 small trees were planted by bid plantings

Water bags to be installed in the spring

Residential area 190 trees planted.

2022 tree installation.  Whichever trees weren’t watered per the bid contractor will water in spring.  Whichever trees in the residential are that haven’t had water bags installed will be installed in the spring.

Water trees for 2023.  There are additional funds left in ST budget.  In case we have a hot summer like 2022.

The contractor for the CBD and residential planting was acceptable. Installation & tree material was sufficient.

Capital & Operating Proposed Budget 2023

   $580,960   2023-2024    Asked for 400 trees residential and 25 trees for the CBD.

New Business

    Repurpose left over capital funds from 2022.

Idea to plant in the spring.  Uses for additional watering.  Use for finishing tree inventory.

Dina Kat completing  Tree City USA application.

Meeting ended 9:37 pm  

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