Tree Board

Tree Board Minutes July 8th, 2020 at 2:30 pm Zoom Meeting Attendance: Wes Powell, Alexandra Wills, Dottie Mann, Ron Erb, and Brian Beuscher 1. Wes made a motion to have the meeting virtually to prevent the spread of Covid 19. Ron seconded and the motion passes. 2. Ron made a motion to approve the minutes from May. Brian seconded and the motion passed. 3. Wes said that the Tennessee State Nursery won’t be taking orders until September. The board can discuss what trees to order for 2021 give-aways. 4. There has been no response from Hazelwood Elementary for potentially hosting a fall Arbor Day Celebration. We will plan on doing it at one of our city parks. Dottie mentioned maybe having the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Arboretum at the same time. We will reach out to state forestry to see if the state would be interested in moving the official state Arbor Day to the fall since that is the best time plant trees. 5. Ron informed the board that the City council has passed a “no frills” budget where we will have a base amount of funds available and other request will be evaluated on an ‘as needed’ basis. 6. Wes mentioned that we have 5 of the 6 sections for the Citizen Forester program covered. Dottie will reach out to John Woodcock with TN Forestry or Neil Letson with TUFC to see if they would be willing to cover a section. This program will start in mid October and go into November with at least one site visit for practical examples. With no further business the meeting was adjourned.