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Meetings
Tuesday, September
20, 2005 Minutes
Attendees:
Brenda Cagle, Jen Melitski, Evelyn Krueger, Linda Keeling, Jennifer
Fivelsdal and Joanna Fivelsdal.
Open the Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 7:11
p.m. by Brenda.
Minutes of Last Meeting
The minutes from the last meeting were not
reviewed.
Old Business:
Grant Application -Evelyn Krueger,
Brenda Cagle and Linda Keeling have been working on the Grant Application
for the 2005 Tree Planting Cost-Share Grants for Urban and Community
Forestry in New York State which is Due October 31st. The Grant committee
will meet again on 9/26 to finalize some of the details. A short
brainstorming session ensued to locate possible planting sites to best use
the grant money if/when received.
Hardscrabble Day was well
attended and fun for all. Village Green raised $76 in donations. A picture
of some Village Green members was published in the "Gazette
Advertiser". Linda Keeling brought a copy to circulate at the meeting.
Treasurers Report -No treasurers
report was available at the meeting. Evelyn will have an updated report at
the next meeting.
The Tree Inventory list
(Spreadsheet) has been updated. 15 tree removals and 17 prunings need to be
completed this fall. VG will give a list to Central Hudson of "underwire"
trees (23) that need to be removed or pruned.
New Business:
Fall Planting Day: is usually the
last weekend in October. A discussion of how many trees to plant took place.
It was determined that between 12-15 trees would be planted during this
fall.
- Evelyn will be the lunch coordinator for
the planting day
- Permission slips to provide to
homeowners were divided up within the group to get signatures. ·
Brief discussion about the type of trees
for the Site Plan for the parking lot across the street from the Village
Building.
Students for planting - a guidance
counselor at Red Hook HS is interested in having her students get involved
with planting with the Village Green. Joanna will contact her to learn more.
Motion to Close Meeting
· The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Next Meeting:
Our next meeting will be held on October
18, 2005, at 7:00 p.m.
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