Municipal Beautification Commission
Regular MeetingCharleston, WV · April 7, 2026
Agenda
City of Charleston, West Virginia
Municipal Beautification Commission/Tree Board
City Services Center Conference Room - 915 Quarrier Street
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
1:00 pm
AGENDA
Call to Order
• Approval of the March 3, 2026, General Meeting Minutes
• Treasurer’s Report –Lisa Dobbins
MBC General Matters
• The Appalachian Spring Project (TASP) Update– Anna Forbes, Jason Testman, Brenda
Craig Ellis, Lisa Dobbins, Donna Graham
• April Educational Programming—Mimi Dinsmore/Anna Forbes
• Ruffner Park Update–Anna Forbes, Barbara Rose
• Davis Park Subcommittee—Lois Crichton, Jason Testman, John Casto, Barbara Rose,
(Anna Forbes)
• BID Update—Lois Crichton
• Update: Goat-scaping/Goat wrangling–Barbara Rose
• Downtown/Haddad/Boulevard–removal of callery/Bradford pears and infrastructure
improvements—Anna Forbes
• Shanklin Park/Snyder sculpture area–improvements–Anna Forbes
• City Hall planters–Lisa Dobbins
Tree Board Matters:
• Tree Inventory Update–Brenda Craig Ellis
• WV Division of Forestry–Phase 2 IRA Tree Inventory Grant Funding–Brenda Craig Ellis
• Arbor Day–Donna Graham, Brenda Craig Ellis, Anna Forbes
Public Grounds Report—Tim Hartwell
Additional Business
Adjournment