Horticulture and Forestry Advisory Board 2000

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LOUISVILLE HORTICULTURE FORESTRY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF BORAD MEETING April 5, 2000 Members Present: Howard Teague, Jerry Warren, Betty Solek, Nanette Edwards, Susan Spaulding, Susan Ariniello and David Russell City Liaisons Present: Brad Chronowski and Dave Sexton City Liaison Absent: Steve Baysinger A. General 1. Howard called the meeting to order and March minutes were approved. Louisville new City Forester, Dave Sexton was introduced to the board. 2. Dave gave some personal and professional background, discussed general goals and presented a slide show to the group. Among his goals are arborist.certification, tree inventory, tree ordinance, commercial design and public education. 3. Arbor Day events to occur are three tree plantings, one Ponderosa Pine from the Wastewater Treatment Plant, and two specialty conifer trees to be planted on Arbor Day by city staff. Dave will set up a display table in the LRC and be available Saturday afternoon to distribute brochures, hand out tree saplings and talk to citizens. S 4. Brad discussed the improvement schedule regarding the entry walls /landscaping and the parking lot. The entry walls should start in April and the start date for the parking lot is undetermined. 5. Dave will be working on a review amendment and update of ordinances relating to city trees. 6. The HFAB by -laws amended by Susan Spaulding were distributed to all board members for review. This will be on next month's agenda. 7. Brad will begin to work on attaching the tree signs on all the posts that have been installed. The May meeting will include discussions about the Arboretum Master Plan. The May meeting will be held at the Arboretum. 8. The HFAB was updated on the progress of the Cherry St. Medians. A brief discussion regarding prairie dogs was conducted. 9. The next meeting will be Wednesday, May 3, 2000.