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Louisville Tree Board <br />Minutes of Board .:Meeting <br />May 6, 1999 <br />Members Present: <br />Members Absent: <br />City Liaisons Present: <br />Howard Teague, Susan Spaulding, Jerry Warren, Nanette <br />Edwards <br />Bev Beaufait and Joe Donnegan <br />Steve Baysinger and Brad Chronowski <br />A. <br />General <br />1. Howard Teague called meeting to order, minutes from April meeting were <br />approved. <br />2. By -law changes from the April Meeting were discussed with a motion and <br />unanimous approval of changes. <br />3. Signs have been ordered for trees in,the arboretum. The plastic has yet to <br />arrive, signs will be cut by A &B Supply. <br />4. Board members and staff briefly toured the entry way and proposed'parking <br />area for the arboretum. The slope of the land is dictating. changing the lot <br />configuration. Brad will continue to work on the lot and report back to the <br />Board. <br />5. Norris Dullea representatives, Shawn Malone and Rob Williamson <br />presented preliminary concept plans for the 1999 gateway improvement at <br />McCaslin and South Boulder Road. This entryway is considerable larger <br />than the plan as addressed in the master plan. Along with a review of the <br />site through a picture board, the presentation covered a hand out itemizing <br />continuity, simplicity, strong elements, identity, transitions, appropriateness <br />and maintenance as key elements in the preliminary concepts. <br />Use of wild flower beds is to be a major component of the gateway for color. <br />After review of the preliminary concepts the board consensus was: <br />A. Use a shrub or planting berm rather than the grass berm shown on . <br />the plan. <br />B. Emphasize color, and more developed areas close to the corners of <br />McCaslin and South Boulder Road. <br />C. Consistency can be maintained by the rock wall, it would not have to <br />be in the same geometric form as S -3. <br />D. Separating the trail going east from South Boulder Road is desirable. <br />