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• Members Present: <br />• <br />City Liaisons Present: <br />LOUISVILLE TREE BOARD <br />MINUTES OF BORAD MEETING <br />December 1, 1999 <br />Howard Teague, Nanette Edwards, Bev Beaufait, Susan Spaulding and <br />Jerry Warren <br />Steve Baysinger and Brad Chronowski <br />A. General <br />1. Howard Teague called the meeting to order, members read and approved the November <br />minutes. <br />2. Brad updated the Board on the Arboretum Parking Lot. Chuck Keim, Civil Engineer, is <br />still working on the parking lot design, particularly the trail crossing over the drainage <br />ditch. The project will likely go out to bid, January 2000 with a completion date of <br />March 1, 2000. <br />3. Steve notified the Board the gateway landscaping on the west side of McCaslin has been <br />put on hold. Efforts and finances will now be dedicated to landscape work planned for <br />the east side. <br />4. Howard indicated he had done some recruiting work for board positions coming up in <br />2000. Again Howard encouraged other Board members to recruit interested citizens of <br />Louisville for membership. <br />5. The members voted to rename the Board from Tree Board to Louisville Horticulture and <br />Forestry Board. This change will be reflected in the by -law changes. <br />6. Goals: <br />a. Complete the construction of an automobile entryway and parking area off of Via <br />Appia to permit access to the Arboretum. <br />b. Continue elimination of prairie dogs from the Arboretum. <br />c. Continue signage of all trees, shrubs and beds in the Arboretum area. <br />d. Complete the inventory of all trees in City right -of -way. Hire a City Forester. <br />e. Follow through with the Landscape Beautification Master Plan. Meet with <br />Historic Downtown Louisville to further plan South Boulder and Main Street <br />intersection. <br />f. Review, revise and update By -laws of Louisville Horticulture and Forestry Board. <br />g. Revise and update Arboretum Master Plan. <br />h. Continue to work toward resolving water related issues with Urban Drainage that <br />impact the completion of the Arboretum. <br />i. Review goals quarterly with the Board at meetings throughout 2000. <br />j. Goal related to Urban Drainage effort in Arboretum area. <br />k. Review Louisville Commercial Design Guidelines. <br />7. Old Business — Brad reported the signage and landscaping near Ruby Tuesday's <br />Restaurant does not belong to the City nor do we have maintenance responsibilities. To <br />improve this area we can volunteer the city to take on the maintenance and redo the <br />plantings. This will be further discussed. <br />Meeting adjourned — Next meeting January 5, 2000. <br />