11-26-2007 TBMHUTCHINSON TREE BOARD
Monday, November 26, 2007
5:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, City Center
Agenda
Members present: Laura PoserNewton Potter
__Corey Stearns, __Dale Redetzke, _X_, _X_
Others Present:_X_Mark Schnobrich
, City Forester; __Steve Cook, Mayor;
John Olson
Others present: _____________________________________
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5:10
Meeting called to order at ______ p.m.
There was a quorum of members present: ___Y ___N
1.Approve Minutes of October 29, 2007 meeting
Due to lack of a quorum no business was
Motion made by _______
approved.
Motion second by _________
2.Tree Line USA Designation
Mark stated that he will be doing a two hour tree pruning training session for the Hutchinson
Utilities line crew for their requirement to become a Tree Line USA utility.
This designation is awarded to utility companies that are actively involved in their communities
tree program and signifies that they are conscience of the value of trees.
3.Forestry Master Plan
John Olson gave a detailed outline of the master plan to the members present. He described the
benefits to be derived from the plan and some of the preliminary results that have been compiled
thus far. In summary it shows that pruning of trees along with removal of trees need to be addressed
in the near future. Hutchinson needs to increase the number of trees pruned and decrease the
number of trees removed in order to more closely reflect industry standards and to better follow our
own goal of a 5 year cycle of pruning and less than 3% tree loss. John described some of the ways
the Forestry crew was going to deal with this goal. He again told the tree board members that this
was the purpose for the master plan as it provides an avenue for us to gauge our progress and short
comings with respect to our community forest and to
4.U.S. Forest Service I-Tree Program
Mark spoke briefly about a new U.S. Forest Service tool that will help us assess all the information
that has been compiled so far in our tree inventory. It will help determine economic evaluations and
even calculate carbon absorption of our trees in our community. All these fancy values will help
justify funding and help show the interrelation of trees and such things as storm water management
and pollution control.
5.Other Discussions/ New Business
6:00
At __ p.m., a motion to adjourn was made by ___________, second by ___________.
NEXT MEETING: _to be determined due to holiday season.____