Bee City USA

Bee City USA Committee July 10, 2024 7:00pm Term Exp. Members Present Absent 6/30/2026 Maria Ulloa-Bustos X 6/30/2025 Anahi Espindola (maternity leave) X 6/30/2025 Ariela Haber X 6/30/2027 Melissa Rogers (d. 8:40pm) X 6/30/2026 Valerie Novak X 6/30/2027 Jewel Tomasula (d. 8:27pm) X 6/30/2025 Terra Virsilas X 6/30/2026 Frank Cifaldi X Staff Liaison Jon “Dutch” Nagelvoort X Councilmember Alan Hew X Also present: Lindsay Barranco and Jay Richardson, UMD Bee Campus; Sheryl DeWalt, contract secretary. The Bee City Committee meeting was called to order by Ms. Ulloa-Bustos at 7:03 pm. We welcomed two new members: Melissa Rogers and Jewel Tomasula. 1. Review and approval of agenda Mr. Cifaldi motioned to accept the agenda with amended changes and Ms. Ullos-Bustos seconded. Motion carries 6-0-0. 2. June 2024 minutes Ms. Novak motioned to accept the June 2024, minutes with one spelling error correction and Mr. Cifaldi seconded. Motion carries 6-0-0. 3. Committee membership It would be beneficial to have a member from District 2. If you know of anyone, please encourage them to apply. 4. Municipal Scene August –Pollinator gardens and bee hotel locations in the City – Ms. Novak. 5. Bee Lab update Bee Lab is open on Thursdays and Saturday. There are about 1300 plants at the Bee Lab that will need to be shared. Possible that some plants can be placed at the Trolley Trail and used at Lake Artemesia. 6. New Community Garden Waiting to hear where the pollinator garden will be located. 1 7. City updates  The additional seeds that Ms. Ulloa-Bustos purchased are in envelopes toward the back of the refrigerator in Davis Hall. The following seeds were purchased: Rose milkweed, Downy wood mint, Dense Blazing star, Spotted bee balm, Wild sweet William, Red columbine, Turtlehead, Obedient plant, False blue indigo, Golden alexander, Rattlesnake master, and Aromatic aster.  The Clerk’s Office said Bee City does not need permission to work with the County or MNCPPC as long as City Funds are not used. We can co-sponsor events too, but if funds are needed you would need to submit an “Events Form” to have it approved, need 30 days lead time for this. https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/formcenter/events-9/city-event-application-52  No Mow Survey went out in the Municipal Scene, the Weekly Bulletin, and on social media. Waiting for the results. Will follow up with the Communications Manager before the next meeting.  Ordered a 3” Over Cup Oak tree which will be delivered in the fall to be installed at Davis Field next to the Storm Water Pond.  Communications still had a large box of Pollinator Seeds on hand, so instead of ordering more seeds, we used the money to order soil for the Bee Lab. Got preapproval from the City Manager and the Director of Public Works. Maryland Plant and Supplies will coordinate the delivery with Sam. 8. Cherokee Garden Reminder that we will be working on Cherokee Garden on Saturday, July 13 at 8:00am. including adding a bee hotel. The dog waste station needs to be relocated to another area. Dog owners are not picking up their pet waste in the pollinator garden. Mr. Nagelvoort will speak to Mr. Marsilli about possible locations to move it. 9. Pollinator Week The table at the Hollywood Farmers Market for Pollinator Week was well received. Over 200 plants were given away. The committee is looking to have another table in August. There is another Farmers Market at the at the Ellen E. Linson pool on Campus Drive. Ms. Ulloa-Bustos will reach out and inquire about Bee City having a table there also. Councilmember Hew stated that he has Paw Paw trees that can be shared for any event. 2 10. Lake Artemesia planting On hold until early Fall – could possibly be a Good Neighbor Day (October 26) project. 11. August Meeting The August meeting will be on August 14, 2024, at 7:00pm at Davis Hall. Without a quorum present, the meeting ended at 8:43pm. Respectfully submitted by Sheryl DeWalt, contract secretary. 3