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I'll wait till it stops stinging. >> It's 10:00 on Thursday, June 4th, and I'm going to call this meeting of the Shadri Commission together. Um, first I'll read the statement of adequate notice. Pursuant to the Sunshine Law, adequate notice in accordance with the

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Open Public Meeting Act was provided on January 5th, 2026 of this meeting's date, time, place, and the agenda was mailed to the news media, posted on the township bulletin board, mailed to those requesting personal notice, and filed with the municipal cl uh clerk. So, if

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we could stand for the pledge of allegiance, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation with liberty and justice for all.

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>> Okay, roll call. Um, Eastston is here. Jessica Irons >> here. >> Jackie Johnson >> here. >> Shireen >> here. Barbara Bouet is I didn't hear from

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myself soon. She's absent or perhaps she'll come in late. I'll leave that open for now. Um all right. So, has everyone read the minutes of April 2nd which were emailed? And does anyone have any um comments or corrections?

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>> One thing the one thing I wanted to add to that was for Arbor Day. I wanted the name of both of the trees uh just so we have a record of Okay. So, I don't have actually a copy of the minutes here, but

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I can add I can ask that that be added. Does anyone print the minutes out and bring them? The one time I don't. Um okay, that's okay. So, Arbor Day. So, on the minutes, what what page what what um where specifically? Well, let me see if

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I have it. name. Aren't we going to report on Arbor Day today and then it'll go in the minutes? >> What was actually planned? Does that work? Okay. Yeah, cool. That will work. >> Okay. Um uh uh the leazison is not here. Oh, I'm

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sorry. So, um I move to Does anyone else have any comments on the minutes? Move to accept the minutes? Second. If All in favor? >> I I um I'm also taking minutes this meeting,

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so there'll be some pauses. I mean, it's being recorded, but I need to have something to look back and share with if there's a question um since we don't meet again until September, but of course, I'd like to plan a work session, and we'll get to that at the end of the meeting. Um okay so the minutes of the

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April 2nd meeting have been approved and there's liazison today community forestry management plan we report our volunteer hours overall how many hours and what subset of those are volunteer hours um Shireen do you have volunteer hours since the end of the

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April meeting >> yes four for any CE. Okay. Um Jessica, >> no. >> Jackie,

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uh 10 and a half volunteer hours in plus uh I have one and a half CE from I I guess I should let you know what it is. >> Yeah. So you have a total of 12 or is the one and a half included in the

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10 and a half? Okay, >> I I didn't include it. So >> Okay, so one and a half. Okay, so 12 total and I'm ready for the name of the course. >> Okay, it was backyard uh forestry in 90 minutes. >> It was titled What's That On My Tree?

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>> Do you have the name of the um >> Yeah, the speaker was John. H O Ven. He's the district forester of Dell Atlantic Conservation. >> Okay. John Hooven. >> John Hooven. H.

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>> Okay. I'm not going to put his title. Um I think that's okay. And the date was >> Oh, it was April 16th. >> Okay. Okay. And so back. What's that on my tree? Was it a good one? >> It was awesome. Um, when we get to

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reports, why don't you uh share that? That would be great. Um, and I'll my hours are I think there's something, let's see, reported in April. Uh, some I'm going to say 15 and I'll I'll double

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check when I get home. Um, and I don't I think the courses that I took were earlier and I didn't take any CE since because I was hoping to do that one, but I didn't. Um, okay. So, uh, Arbor Day 2026. That's Jackie.

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It worked out great. I was concerned about having a small space. Uh, but anyway, uh, it worked out great. The kids had stood in a horseshoe around the tree and then the parents were on the sidewalk

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and Shireen came with her husband came also. So uh but the uh students tree was planted uh is a crab apple tree and it's planted next to the flag pole

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in the front of the school. And then the the students received uh tree seedlings to take home and plant and those were American red bud susan. Yeah.

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The the students were awesome. They they their teachers definitely had talked to them about trees, so they knew a lot about the trees. And uh of course, I love the song they sing. >> And uh then Barbara, >> where the green grass grows all around

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is the song, by the way. and the uh Barbara Rogers was there and she was also very good with them and anything I've missed saying she you know it sounds like it was very the kids were very engaged and it was a really

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memorable experience for them. >> Yes. And there were representatives from >> uh other boards >> the county or the town I think. >> Wonderful. Thank you. I'm glad the weather was fine. >> Oh yes. And I think it's also important

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to note which Jackie told me that the school is responsible for watering the tree. >> Yes. Yes. >> It's a very large specimen. It needs a lot of water. I think we've only had one good rain since Arbor Day. And I don't even know what I mean by good anymore. Rained for more than an hour, I guess,

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you know, with some um great. Thank you so much. Oh, and any more any pictures that anybody has of that, please send them to me so I can store them in a file to then pass on to um well to for the next for next year's annual report. I

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did Jackie did send me one of all the kids, but I don't think any of you guys are in it. It's the kids and the teachers, but I'd like some of you know. Did Did you use the gold shovels to plant did and get some pictures the all the usual stuff? Great. Okay.

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>> Thank you. No. Okay. Thanks. I'll make a note to remind you. Thank you, Shine. So, Cranberry School, Jackie, you want to talk about that, too? And I just want to mention that when we got together with eighth graders and second graders, um the second graders wanted to when we

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were doing something with trees, but in the back lot, several of the kids in my group wanted to go around and see the tree, go visit this tree that they had planted. Anyway, go ahead and why don't you report on that, too? Okay. Well, uh I I loved having the eighth graders uh

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led the second graders around uh after we had already walked a couple weeks ago um with the eighth graders to talk about the different trees on the school property. And uh so they we broke

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up into groups and the eighth graders uh talked to the second explained to the second graders and asked them questions and you know I think that was really neat. And uh after about 20 minutes the

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second graders started to lose their attentions. Well, they had been to the Great Adventure Safari and had just gotten back and sat down and dried off their sweat before we we all came around to do the thing with the eighth grade enrichment teachers and them. So, they

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were exhausted and >> was near the end of the teachers brought we all brought them inside. Yes. >> And they had a really neat project to do >> in the air conditioning. They had little squares of paper. I think they were

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blue, but they had collected leaves. Uh, and so, um, the eighth graders explained to them to put the leaves on top of the paper, and they were going to leave it in the sun for like at least 20 minutes,

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and I guess the sun would fade the paper, and then they'd have the outline of the leaf with the different shapes. So, and at that point Kathy and I left. >> Yes, we left. We we were but we Yeah.

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So, it was it was enriching for us as well. The questions they had, the things that they did know, the things they didn't know, and I rotated. I was still using a cane and going a little slowly, but I So, I rotated between the groups as the ones I could get to um to hear what they were talking about. The eighth graders were giving them facts about

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trees and asking questions and what do you notice and that kind of thing. So, yeah, it was great. Um, okay. I'm going to look to you again, Jackie. I'm not sure why, but Cranberry Day. Um, and I'd like to plan, as I said, a work session before that. Oh, go ahead.

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>> You skipped the It's on after Arbor Day. It says Cranberry. >> I certainly did. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. And also about that. >> Thank you so much. This is I'm using two agendas here. Okay. Um, yes, that's important. And also, I'd like someone to take responsibility for emailing.

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Let me think. I think you emailed I would email Debbie and Donna. There's no secretary for in the other new secretary yet. Um, email uh Donna and Debbie every Monday. Oh, no, sorry. Every um how does this go?

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Every Monday morning for the next couple of weeks to tell them to please add that to the list of announcements because there's announcements every week. There's the regular announcements and in the in between week and the in between weeks is the mayor's announcement and I had it on there once. I thought they would keep it until the day, but that's

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not how it works. You have to ask for it every single time. So, does anyone want to take that responsibility to get that in the next I It'll be the mayor's next week because there's a meeting Monday. >> I I mean, I can do it. There's only a couple weeks left because let's see. This is

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>> I think there's only two more weeks that we would give or maybe three. Um anyway, um >> this is for the >> What What do you want me to put >> the tree walk? >> Yeah. At Heritage Park. Who? I'm so sorry, guys, but I actually have a I have a funeral that day, too, as it just turns out. So, I can't participate on

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the 20th >> the tree >> tree. Uh June 20th is a Saturday at 9:00. >> Who is leading that? >> That's what I'm asking. I I can lead it, but it's great to have at least >> I can be there. Yeah, on the 20th. >> Yes, the 20th of June at 9 at Heritage

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Park. >> And I had I did I ever send you information about it? >> I said I was going to and I didn't. And I also thought it would be helpful just to for us to walk around once. >> Yes. >> So, okay.

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>> Yeah. I'm so sorry I can't do it. >> I have to leave at 9:00 for a funeral in North Jersey. >> It's a It's graduation weekend and we have back to back. >> Okay. >> Okay. Well, thanks. That's great. Thank you very much. So, I'll put that in the paper. You guys do the thing. Jackie still has all the laminated posters. I believe they're in your possession

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because you had them at the last tree event >> in the fall. Yeah, the laminated posters that Shireen did. You had you and Barbara had them for the for the tree walk. >> I do not have them.

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>> They might be in the office. >> Can we give them to Boy Scouts? >> Well, who has them? >> I don't They might be in the office. >> In the office here. >> Do we have a closet with it? >> No. No. The What? No. The only thing in the closet is the whole box of cranberry

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stuff. I give all the posters and I think some uh some other little tree things to you and to you for you and Barbara to do the October tree walk and I didn't get them back. >> Oh yeah. >> And I stored the box of all the other stuff down in the in the boy scout room. >> Oh, look. >> Maybe Barbara has them.

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>> Maybe. Maybe Barbara. >> Maybe Barbara took them home that day. >> That was October, I think. What? Right. Or was it November? I can't remember. Anyway, it was in the fall. >> Yeah, it was. >> But I don't have there's nothing at my house. And the only thing that I know of here because Lauren never said never

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just mentioned the other stuff is um the box of cranberry day stuff. >> Yeah. I just remember uh Barbara brought a book about the trees. Maybe we had something. I

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>> Yeah, I wasn't at the tree thing. I know that maybe you chose not to use them and didn't take them. I don't know because I wasn't there that day either, sadly. But anyway, I'll put it in. So, it's at nine o'clock and um Thank you. that I'm sorry I missed that because I wrote over it. >> Yeah, 9 to 10 is >> um and you there's you know usually like

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90 minutes something like that the most people are done. You get through the park. Um hopefully the trees are all in good shape when you go there, but that'll be interesting. And then regarding >> Is there like a a rain date? >> Sorry. >> Is there a rain date? >> No, we didn't make a rain date and we

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also didn't aren't doing registration. So light rain I'd say some people will still show up but anything you know yeah or the other the only thing that might cancel it if it's like horribly hot but it is 9 in the morning so hopefully that

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could be avoided and there's a lot of shade there. >> Um okay so we don't know where the posters are but hopefully they'll turn up by cranberry day because they were great to have and they even if they get wet they don't fall apart like the posters did. >> Um >> plus we need them for cranberry day.

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Yes, we need them for cranberry day. Um, and then the Jackie, we went back and forth about a fall talk at CPL and it wasn't clear if anyone was really interested in taking that on and now we're in June and we've got this walk, we've got Cranberry Day, so we're going to not pursue that at this time. >> All right. I just want to say I did talk

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to uh I can't think of his name. Dean. Dean. Dean at the library. Uh >> he was holding a date, right? >> Well, I have to talk to him. I don't know if he held any dates. He gave me a couple of dates. Um, I said in the fall,

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so Saturday the 19th at 11, October 3rd, or the 24th at 11, or October 10th at noon, and those were all Saturdays. >> So, do you want to follow up with him and tell them that we're not going to use those dates, you can release them? >> Yeah, I was waiting for today to find

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out. >> Yeah, unless somebody wants to take it on. Um, Jackie and I did it last time. I do have a PowerPoint, but it's it we would need to update. Well, anyway, um we can always pop up with the tree event anytime. Just have to get in there as mayors in the news announcements. Hey,

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Barbara. Um so, moving on. Um Jackie, do you do anything else about the events? >> Here we go. Here we go. Um anything else? Okay. Okay. So, moving on to Cranberry Day. We'll need the

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posters. The box is down in the Boy Scout room. It's September 12th. Um, and we're looking for volunteers. If you don't want to commit at this moment, uh, come to the work session that we schedule and we can nail it down then.

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Um, I know Barbara was there last year. Maybe she's sick free again. Um, you know, it's a little bit out. It's how many months away? was 3 months away. It seems like a long time. It's really not. But it is it is confirmed on se that it's September 12th and we'll have to

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let we'll have to let someone in the office know if we're not going to do it for some reason. Uh as I say, there's no there's no board secretary right now. >> So, I'd love to do it if I can. I just

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need to check all schools. >> Okay. We can't we I I hope we could have a a meeting next month or even >> when I do it, it's probably going to be a half day because I need to share with another booth. >> That makes sense for all of us to, you

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know, just do half a day. >> Yeah. I'm not asking for anyone. I mean, we've all >> I've done the whole day a lot. We all know how that Yes. So, half a day is good, you know, but I but I don't want to >> dictate who does what when. So you guys >> here I'd love to do it >> and at the and when we have the workshop

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then we can just what figure out the schedule between us. >> Um you know you can also leave early that day. We can also do a half day that's been done before. Um we usually let's see we didn't share a table the last couple years. We had our own table which was nice just because we could

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spread out all our books um and posters right. >> Yeah we have the posters which were attention grabbers. Um anything else about Cranberry Day? The township website is changing and so we've held off on updating our tabs and

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we're going to wait until the website changes because it'll just be easier than making it twice. Yeah, there's a there's a different website coming, a new design, and so Shri and I working on updating um that. And also because we don't currently have a secretary. So,

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uh, we're going to hold on that. It's, um, I don't know how many people use it, but I mean, it's definitely a resource and it's really good stuff there. We just wanted to make it better. And so, we're going to wait until there's a new till we get >> We did use the QR code last year. >> Yeah. I'm just Was that for the walk?

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>> No, for Cranberry Day. We had a QR code on the on the >> Oh, I completely forgot. Oh, cool. And that where did that took you to the website? >> To the website. Yeah. >> Okay. Was that on the same piece of paper with all the other references or was it separate? >> I think so. >> Okay, cool. Yeah. All right. So, we can prepare that again then. Thank you. I

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forgot. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, >> so yeah, we we update the resource list every year. That's right. And had the QR code, which I completely forgot because you did it. But not that I forgot that

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you did it, but just that. Yes. So because I couldn't remember what we had one for. So would you you would use the same one, right, Shireen? We could or do you have to do >> I don't know if you can use the same one. We can >> Okay, it doesn't matter. Okay, we'll work it. Okay. Right. >> Um canopy assessment. I I still haven't

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delved into that website, but we do still need it for some time for the minute sometime this year so that we recommit to a 30% canopy. Um door hangers for newly planted trees. So you guys?

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>> No, we're just looking at data that's available publicly. >> Door hangers for newly planted trees. I believe we planted eight different species or so. >> There's only six on people's property and there were two.

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>> Oh, the other two were right in the parks. So, we have six species. started. I I didn't get I have four and I just made copies for you guys to look at. It's >> Can we do this at the work session?

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Maybe since you I mean just because this is great but maybe hold on to them then we can work right on it. >> All right. So then there's no rush >> I think. No. And also then it has to be put in the format for the um >> Exactly. Um and we need pictures too. But I thought Sharen could help us with that.

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Right. Did you say that? Because I think at our >> Yeah, the the template that I originally developed, one side was a photo and a description of the tree and the other side was care of the tree. But because there well we can add more information as well as that this is going to be watered for a year.

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>> This is what you had given me. >> Yeah, this is where the whole basic wait >> forget exactly how it goes. But this there's a hole that's punched out. So you can only print on part of the of the door hanger. And um any of these we did

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plant one white oak, but it was a swamp white oak. >> Right. No, that that's why this is I have just very brief >> information, but I >> did you update any of this the second? >> No, I didn't look at that. Okay. >> You know, I was supposed to work with Barbara on that.

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>> Okay. All right. Well, this looks great. That is where >> where the plant where the trees are planted >> on the house from where the plant >> just where the the house where the tree was planted. Yeah. >> This is great. Can I can I keep this

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then? Yeah. Okay. Great. And then I'll bring it to the work session. >> Yeah. Bring it to the work session. >> Okay. Thank you. >> The other two done. >> Okay. So that's what four out of the six. >> Four out of the six. >> Four of six are developed. It's just cats I didn't get to yet and the trident

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maybe. >> Okay. Now, um >> I was trying to do this morning. >> At several meetings ago, we've talked about a draft letter to residents who violate the tree um ordinance by not applying. There's been a lot of that, especially after the micro storm, the

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micro burst at Winwood. Nobody sent in. I mean, I know there were damage trees and they had to come down and some were already down, but there were no applications submitted and there were at least five companies working in there. There was also an incident which I'll address later but not today and um it's

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uh one of the reasons we have applications because you must use a licensed arborist and there are reasons for that because licensed arborists are responsible and they use safety equipment and you don't want someone showing up that's not properly insured or doesn't use the proper safety

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equipment. So we but we're going to talk about that at the work session I think. Um oh so the tree planting. Yes. So that so these are um Jackie has just did I did I pass that one all the way around to Shireen or did she did I I was going to I shouldn't have held it back here. We can everyone should have one now so

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you can look it over before the work session. I'm sorry. Here the tree planting happened um when I was still kind of out of it. Um >> so yes and no.

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So, yes, the trees went in. They are being watered regularly. I thought there were going to be gator bags. I don't see gator bags. I've also received pictures and comments um regarding what's visible above the

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soil line. And I have spo I have spoken to the guy in charge. I texted today. I specifically mentioned the burlap and rope exposure which I believe is covering some of the root flares and I'll tell you what I intend to do and

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also that it will wick moisture out of out of the ground. Um he wrote back and said the wicking the moisture thing I said was not correct. Okay. So I'm going to write a letter but the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to go to every site with the address so

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that I know which stump which you know which planting is which and then if someone wants to work with me I'm going to compose a letter. I after the planting I sp I I called the New Jersey Shaitry Federation because I I was you know like do have a

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handout I can give a person about why um and so aesthetically that's not pleasing too I I because I just had my knee serviced replaced um I haven't been like on the ground looking at them like out of the card but I will then there was all that heat then

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there was you know have all these excuses but anyway I think Jackie said she'd go with We're going to photograph every tree at the bottom, the planting, so that when I talk to Yan, the um superintendent of the job, I can I

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have I have a document and it's it's documented. >> Yeah, I have started to document. >> Yeah. >> Just I was shocked. >> Yeah, it was pretty shocking actually. It was very shocking. I mean, as soon as um I didn't because I was I just had

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surgery. I was at home and I heard from a resident first who called and sent me pictures or emailed and sent me pictures. So, um >> well, >> it's part Well, it's not they're not

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planted too high. It's the way they were um there's a planting technique. It's not a good planting technique the way they've left exposed material and I think they might have covered a few root flares. So, also in Yan's uh reply to me today, he said, "If you

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uh he did make an offer, but I want to photograph everything first before they do anything because obviously we can't touch it because that's going to end the the uh guarantee because they're all guaranteed." But his reply was, "Okay, Kathy, I can go around and cut the twine if it makes everyone feel better

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as far as wicking the water away from the burlap." Not correct. Okay, first of all, I want to know what kind of burlap it is. is supposed to be biodegradable. I wonder what kind of rope it is that's biodegradable. Like I want the >> It's plastic rope. >> Yeah, >> it's plastic. >> Yeah, >> it looks like >> Well, anyway, I'm going to I'll take

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each and then he he probably I'll meet with him and we'll I'm gonna I'm on it. I just not on it today, but sort of because I did exchange a text with him today. So, I'm not I'm not like we paid the bill. I mean, they planted the trees, but it was very unexpected. And um anyway, so that's that tree planting.

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been. So, >> every Well, the next few weeks because it's coming right up. So, but um >> I thought so. >> I thought once you put something in, they they leave it in until the date, but you have to you have to resubmit every week.

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>> Who? Let who know? >> Oh, well, okay. Um that's who I let know. Not Debbie or >> Okay. So, okay. >> He Okay. Matt. >> What's his last name? >> I think he's >> Crane. Okay. Yeah, I know who he is, but

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I didn't realize >> that he's uh that >> it's been approved already, right? That it's been in it already. >> It's fine. >> It was in it weeks ago and it just never showed up again. So, yeah. So, I what I said it earlier before we got here is that needs whatever we want has to be

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submitted every week for as long as we want it submitted. They're not going to pick it up for like it's not like hanging a poster that they take, you know, leave it up till you take it down. That's not it. So, Matt. Okay. Crane. Um yeah, I think I have his email. Um, anything else on old business?

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>> Yes. Um, at at the last meeting we talked about having a work session and I never, you know. >> Did you follow through? >> I didn't follow through. No. Things got >> because I I didn't miss it though. No. Okay. >> No. No. >> Okay. Well, we're going to plan one today. Definitely.

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>> Right. We wanted to do it about um uh revise the year's review of the tree removals and um the process and also I just made the sha tree

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New Jersey New Jersey Forester Association sent out something about um the tree protection or ordinance. They have a lot of information and um we have it looks like we have a lot of

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work to do to revise it to update it. The ordinance >> part of >> is are you speaking about the ordinance needs revision? >> Yeah, the tree re tree protection replacement ordinance. Is this from NJUF or >> I'm sorry NJD

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um as a mandate for all municipalities to adopt the tree protection and replacement ordinance. >> We did >> to to comply with the revised storm water permit but reubmission requirements now entail documenting

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enforcement of the ordinance. So we just repeat that. So reubmission of >> resubmit requirements reubmission requirements uh now entail documenting enforcement of

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the ordinance. Uh re I'm confused. >> Yeah. What when so that's from >> storm water? Yeah. >> The storm water management part of it. So this is NJ. Do you know what that came in an email? Do you know? Well, I

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guess I'll just look. It came uh like well since April, right? Since the April meeting is when you got it in got the email. >> Just more recently. Uh let me see. >> Well, we are talking now about um

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>> Well, I'll I'll look for it later. >> Okay. I'll take a look for it too. Let me make um NGT. >> I saw something about it, but I didn't think it >> I'm sorry. It It's uh from May 25th.

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>> Oh, >> in the morning. Uh and it's actions for sustainable Jersey. Sustainable Jersey. >> Did you see that? It has a lot of information about how to review the

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ordinance and all kinds of stuff >> that specific ordinance >> and it's it's related to um the storm water management how important it is in New Jersey and New Jersey uh you know wants every single town.

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>> Yeah. I think it's all I think it's all related to the storm water, not >> right. Um if so I don't I'm not clear if it specifically addresses the ordinance that you know is two years old now or not. That's what I'm not clear about.

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>> Pardon? >> Well, they probably haven't because I know some towns that haven't done it, but um All right. Well, I'll definitely take a look at that. Thanks. And it's multi-page. I mean, maybe we can also instead of looking, we could copy it before the before we leave. Is that the whole

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>> It has a number of resources. This is only one that I printed out for myself. >> Okay. >> Uh, all right. I'll look at the email. >> It has a lot of valuable information for >> Okay. Regarding tree removal and replacement ordinance. >> Yes. >> And Okay. Okay. And now I guess I'm So

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are you suggesting that this would guide us in any um revisions that we make to the ordinance? >> Yes. And and also like I said um at the our last meeting in April um we wanted

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to have a work session to uh and and some of it the two points we wanted to do uh review the tree removal uh >> application or the ordinance

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>> just follow up on the process that we're using you know Um, we need to have proof a a record of all the um records we have and stuff for

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the future. That's what this says. Okay. Well, I think we have that. I mean, except for this year so far because I haven't passed them on to Jess. One thing we want to talk about like how to >> how to >> I'm not sure who we're handing it into or what. I'm not clear. Usually, we don't deal directly with DP. Usually,

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it's all under NJUCF. Our requirements. it comes from them, not so this is why I'm confused about D um making having a requirement for shade tree but um I have to look at it too um but at least they offer lots of

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references and resources which is great so we can figure it out. Um should I move on to the next thing procure quotes for removal of critically

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assessed tree street trees. So, my understanding was that there were like 19 trees, you know, in that assessment. I'm going to copy this if you could tell me if these are the 19 trees because I've really got to get on that because >> there was actually less. >> I figured that. But this is just what I took off the list because I had to get

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started with something because we need to get the quotes because yes, it's true that pruning um during the dormcy is what we want to do. But this isn't pruning. This is what I thought we'd been talking about for many meetings, which is removing these critical trees from, you know, from the

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street tree canopy. And so we worked, we were starting with this, the most critical, and that's where I was going to start getting quotes and then see what is left in the budget to um for parks, etc. H >> I can give you the pictures that I took.

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>> I don't I I need the list with all the numbers. I don't need pictures. Just the list so I can so I can pass it. give it to um the quoting people, you know, the arbiters who are going to do the work or have to put it on the work because it have to has to be quoted on. >> What do you need on the list? >> Um all I need to know is are these the

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trees? >> Oh, okay. >> So, I was just going to copy it, but I forgot to copy it when I first came in because I I made a note and I think these are but some of them I know you guys eliminated by visiting them. >> Oh, yeah. Thanks. Just the just the top piece. >> Thanks. Um, so then so that's and then

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>> uh does anybody else just one I think because Shireen and Barbara are working on it the other Barbara. Um, so that's that. But then we'll to see how much that leaves or how that puts us in budget and if I if Jerry's going to coordinate on that from his budget because he generally does the rem, you know, work pays for the removals through

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his part of the budget. And then if we because we also do want pruning of the young trees. They're not so young, but I guess I'd call them teenagers now. But I guess they could still use some pruning is what I hope so. But that would be two different things, I think, because there

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are some trees maybe that do involve wires, which means it has to be a state contractor. Um, I don't do I don't and so it's a little complicated. >> That was the problem with most of them. >> Yeah. So anyway, so that's where we are with that. So, I'll get some quotes. Um,

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start working on that because, uh, the year's almost halfway over. Um, thank you very much. So, community forestry management plan. I'm sorry. Yeah. Pruning on street and Okay. So, that's that's pruning. Anything else on pruning? Anything

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anybody's noticed or you know, uh, injured trees, dead trees, memorial trees, anything. Uh I believe it was an old Trenton road. Um someone did mention to me that there

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are multiple trees under the wires where it the most of the trees have been pruned, but the but there are some that where they were pruned, they're now like really close to the wire. And the

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question to me was why didn't they trim it more or why did they leave it so close? I said I think that's a utility issue. >> It's a utility issue and we don't have any. Yeah. Unfort it's utility is speaking >> and I offered to like f like follow up

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but it they would need the specific location. >> It's not that's not our area. Will Trenton Road or anything that's involved? >> Do we do anything? The question was asked of me. Do we do anything to contact the utility company? >> No, they'd have to go through DPW on that and if there was they should they

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should contact the utility if it's in front of their house. That's us way it usually goes. So like if there's a tree in front of your house interfering with utility wire, it's up to the owner to call it in >> like >> No, that would be useful. I don't I don't know if there's contact info in

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our FAQs. That would be helpful like to just say maybe if we have some we've talked about this like a frequently asked questions that might be one like that's one notice a problem with your utilities who do you call call blah blah and give them the information

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>> well you call your utility provider I don't know I mean that's what you do >> there's only one here >> no there's two >> at least two I think >> it's also JCPNL yeah >> I think it's mostly PSG But there's

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JCPNL too. So we don't they need to call their provider is what I would say. But speaking of Ultraton Road, two other things. One, the volcano mulch on the median strip, which continues to be a problem. I did call the um I saw a truck there. I called them several times. They

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wouldn't put anyone on the phone. They couldn't talk to me on the site because they they didn't speak English or um and we received a complaint from a resident about it. I wrote back to her. I told her, you know, we feel your pain. It's killing trees. But, um, does anybody,

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and I keep asking this question, does anybody know who the HOA president is in the green? >> Um, or or you can tell talk to me after because that's the person I need to contact because I I imagine they're the ones that are contracting the mowers and

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blowers who are over mulching the trees. >> Would the the township should have that information? >> Township has nothing to do with that. They don't know who the >> No, no, it's all that's all the green. That's all their stuff. Well, so to speak. Yeah, that's the green the township. Not they don't they don't

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touch that area. But it has killed some trees and it's going to kill more. They have the mulch like 18 inches up the tree. I mean, I actually stopped and I said, "Please stop doing this. Can you take this? There's just you can't, you know, I I I don't have that kind of power." But also on Old Trenton Road, the entryway or off Old Trenton Road,

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the entryway, the island of oaks going on Jefferson going into Shadow Oaks. I continued to hear complaints about that. I heard public works say something about they're just going to take them all down. I think they could be pruned. And I'd like to get a quote on that, too. If your guys are amenable on that specific

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island because I think >> they're pin oaks and they're they're pinnok. looked at them and I think there were five of them and I thought two of them would be worth taking down and like you say maybe trimming. >> So maybe maybe one or two come down and

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the rest prune just to keep it. Yeah. So they don't lose that. >> Okay. All right. Well, I'll get some. >> Yeah. Because I don't have know how anything even shrubs could survive there. There's no water. I think they'd have if we wanted to replace everything, they'd have to dig whatever's there and

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put in new soil and put like >> like >> replacement would be very succulent going to water it. That is the continuing problem. We're now in year three of a drought. >> So, continuing with mulch volcanoes. Um, there are the trees.

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Uh, I can't remember the the trees on the with the new with the new business property at um old old Trenton Road and Old Cranberry Road. >> Okay.

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>> Um, the trees that were planted there pretty recently with that new development, they are also overmulched. I don't believe it's to the extent of the >> CR still building houses on that road. >> They're not they're not still building.

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It's the one with like like where Princeton um sip and sandwich is located that corner, >> you know, on the way to >> Oh, hag old. Correct. There's the um uh town houses there. >> Where the town houses are and where the new shopping

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>> where the street trees, the red maples that they plant. >> They're doing they're they're doing really well, which has surprised me. >> But they are over mulched and that Well, I think they're over mulched. They're not quite to the volcano stage that >> I have no idea who

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>> that that was where I volcan is a problem everywhere and I don't know what feeling about it. um except they're hiding, you know, >> I'm wondering >> damage something on the tree. I don't know. >> Maybe we could try to develop some

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material that we could get out to several >> there's lots of uh resources >> presentation about that last year. That was part of what we did at the library. >> That's right. But maybe add it to uh updates, township updates, and if we can identify, >> yeah, we have it

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>> who the homeowners associations are, maybe it would be worth like a directed, you know, where where people are bringing the companies in >> to to maybe try to get that contact list going. >> Yeah. If if you want to >> because >> if you want to work on trying to get that contact list and then we can send

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them. >> It's not just like a resident here or there. It's these >> No, it's all Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. No. And I spoke to the HOA um committee person in my community and

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you know I've always talked to them about the volcano mulch in our development and they're not using the mulch every year but this year there was a new person and he talked to me how he spoke to me about how he saw what they were doing with the volcano mulch and he

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went up to the uh workers ers and showed them what to do. That's what it took. He went around. >> That's what I've tried to do, too. But >> well, well, that's if I was a 6'3 man, >> small community. So, and this was he's in charge of this stuff and he knew

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about this volcano mulch. >> Yeah. There's a way to I mean, sending out material to the the head of the HOA or something with um there's lots of great resources, print, you know, flyers and printouts. >> Sure. Yeah. It's like finding out >> that Yeah. But it's it's the land. >> Well, that's explainers.

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>> Yes, but people are ignorant about volcano mulch and um >> I did mean that. Um I'm supposed to speak into the microphone. That's why I'm sitting here. Um so the EC um put out a little uh blurb in the mayor's thing. I think it would be great

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if Jay Tree could put a little blurb in the mayor's update >> and with a link too. We'll put a link in there. >> That that's that's it. Yeah. >> Yeah. A blurb and a link. Um but the EC did that and it might be a good time to >> about what and what was their subject? >> Um just in general like um pollinator

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gardens were being certified and certain things I can't remember but like certain things to watch out for in the spring in particular. Okay. And this would be a perfect time to >> Yeah, I have a Penn State e uh quick and ready easy link to include with that. Um >> yeah, that'd be great.

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>> Which is one of our general which is you know one of our great resources including the that I love that plant toolbox. I really I mean I was using it before I wasn't even using the links that you could but you know I just that you brought it to the forefront by all the links like yeah

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um okay so um so that's the pruning if anyone wants to please you know uh I don't know if Jackie you've been helping me in the past with a lot of stuff if want to go around with me to because I would like someone else to meet the biders with me um >> I usually yeah

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>> I don't know if this is still pruning or not there were issues She's raised about sidewalks and um tree, you know, he tree roots and sidewalk upheavalss. >> Yeah. So, the sidewalk is up to the homeowner and these are their choices.

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They can go around the tree, which some people do. You know, they have to talk to their contractor because they're going to pay for the sidewalk. Um or and if they need a tree removed, then then they should it is a shade tree, you know, that's causing a problem. um they

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should send a an application or contact shade tree because and I we get those sometimes about the sidewalk issues and there is a list also of people who want need trees removed for that reason but we haven't gotten to that yet past the critical trees you know that's where we are because I'm now is pruning time or

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time to get the the numbers on how much it'll cost to prune >> I missed who you said you wanted me to go around with you >> oh I have four >> oh for pruning um for removal of the dead trees maybe after Shireen Shireen uh confirms the list.

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>> Okay. >> Uh because yes, >> regarding this list, public works also made a comment that they're not all in the right of way. So, there's a couple reasons to go to all the sites. >> Um >> Gez, for the tree pruning.

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>> Yeah, tree pruning. Yeah, I haven't I haven't been to a parks meeting for a while. The last time I I watched one live, um the only discussion they about trees with parks is getting someone put trees over the chest tables.

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That's all I keep hearing, but I don't know why they didn't plant put the chest tables under the trees to begin with because there's sugar a whole lot of sugar and maple trees there, but they haven't approached um shade trees. So, I don't think there's really I'm not coordinating anything with parks at the moment. I still haven't given up on

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restoring the woods there at Village Park before it completely goes away. Um but again, it's going to require some effort on our part to coordinate with EC and parks and see if there they'll work with us on that. Um that might be a pie in the sky. Um

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so community forcy management plan um we'll look at that more closely when we have a work session because we haven't done that yet this year. Uh but we will need to to some if someone would like to take ownership of doing some online research, making some calls to select three forestry consultants to ask to

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quote on our CFMP production because we need to have it done. Um and there's a grant uh availability. I don't know if this will be available next year. I think we missed the boat already this year, but there is usually money available for development of CF PP plan

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C community forestry management plans. So if anyone would like to take that on, I'm just collecting and I suggest that you can start with Paul Cowi who has done it in the past. Jackie, >> I was going to say uh Shireen has some

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experience with writing grants. So >> Oh, I have to keep that up front. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, um first we need to know what we're doing. And then I think I did send >> How much does it cost? >> About four or five grand. That's what >> So if we don't get the grant, that needs

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to go into the budget. >> Yes. And that will that and so it'll be Yes, it'll be in the budget for next year. That that'll be a new line item just for next year. Yeah. But we might be able to offset it with the grant. But also what offsets the grant is our volunteer work hours as well as any work done by because we've done this. The

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last one we got a grant for. Um but that's something that needs to be um top of mind because we really there's a lot of work to be done in order for it to happen. >> I'm sorry I missed it. Do you want me to find a grant? Is that what >> No, no, there's a grant. Oh, there was If you want to look at the grant, I think I think it closed already, but

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yeah, I I sent I had sent around and forwarded an email with the grant info in there prior to the April meeting, I think. Anyway, it would be a New Jersey UCF um CFM grants for CFMP. And if you want to take a look at that, that'd be great and see where we are. And you know,

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maybe it closes later, but we haven't really started to work on this yet because we also haven't selected and I don't know exactly how the timing goes in terms of do we select a vendor first or or what? So >> I see. >> Um that'd be great. >> Okay. >> So we know what the procedure is.

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>> Yeah. >> Kathy, who is going to you're you're suggesting that someone select you know do this three forestry consultants. Is anyone did anyone put their name to it? No, >> but I suggested I don't looking at but I

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did suggest that we start with um and I'm not I'm happy to do it uh with um I just said it Paul Cowi and Associates because he did he or someone in his firm did the last two. So, I mean, he's already got that's why we could start with him. And he um last time what we

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did is we got three quotes, but one guy was uh eliminated because he had bad references and then pause was lower. But I think we that's one we should start with and then we can I don't know how we can look into selecting the others. >> If if you want I can I can look into

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>> Yeah, just three that we could we could we could ask for a quote and definitely Paul Cowi is one of them. >> Paul's contact info. Jessica, >> I think I do. Yeah, >> it's online. Paul Cow and Associates, but I would want to >> Jessica, you're doing that. >> Yeah, I can do that. >> Okay. Yeah, I'm bring it to the work

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session. Great. Great. And you look at the grant, so that's perfect. Okay. Tree inquiries, removals, applications. Um I think there have been about six applications. Um suddenly this year applications got

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complicated for a variety of reasons like the whole the pool pro pool club property that continues. I don't think they've um completed any of the work for the D or I don't know if it's they they want me to now to approve a plan that they claim

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they not me they want shade tree to approve a tree planting plan that they're claiming they showed me. They never did. All I ever saw was sort of a topographical aerial view with stumps that were circled that I could hardly read. No, no planting plan. They never submit an application. We need to get an

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application, retro application that that they could do the calculation of what needs to be planted. Not us. So, I'll get back to >> Did you go out and meet with them? >> Yeah, a while ago. >> But there was no plan. >> There was no plan. I asked for a plan and for them to calculate the replacement trees. I met with the

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engineer. Now I get I got an email from that associate who's helping them saying that I that there was a completed plan and I viewed and did not and so I'll be >> yeah and I'll be copying Andre also with a question with a question I will yes I

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will um about I don't know if they've satisfied everything and I think they were going to have to pay fines because everything took too long and they they uh yeah so I I I'm Anyway, I'll get back to him. Um, oh, uh, tree inquiries.

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Let's see. Um, yes, there I did get a few storm related removal things. Um, but there continue to be trees taken down without applications. Did I already say this? In the Windwood neighborhood, there are at least five tree services in

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there working doing um, uh, tree work after the storm. Uh, and as I mentioned, one service, the reason that I got a call from the neighbor about it was um they were

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dropping the trees from the ground, which she knew had to be wrong. So anyway, that happens, too. But there's nothing there. We have no enforcement and there's no one um unless unless in a riparian zone, then we can call the zoning officer. otherwise. And that's something to think about for the future, some kind of um

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township wants to consider enforcement, but right now I know they're short staffed in a lot of ways and this wouldn't be the time. >> Um >> what do what does the ordinance say about um storm trees? Like when >> I think it's an ex I mean, if the tree is halfway down, that's just really

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cleaning up. And so you would you would not require an application. But if it's standing dead and again the reason is not because they're changed the canopy because the tree's dead anyway but or or that is that because they have to prove they're using a licensed arborist to do the work. I mean they're supposed to not

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prove but submit that someone qualified is going to do the work because that is state law. You are not allowed to use an arborist to take down a tree if they're not in good standing. >> So if the trees come down by themselves, nobody's reporting that, right? >> No. And because that storm that storm

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damage a tree came down now they're just cleaning up. Yeah. How do we know in terms of the inventory? >> Oh, yeah. I don't we don't >> Yeah, I know. It's really It's really tough for trees these days for so many reasons. Um I do want to comment though that that also regarding just going back to the tree

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planting, sorry, but that the daisy dogwood tree was replaced in Village Park. I need to get after Jerry to bring the um mosaic back and return it to the bottom of the tree that the daisies made. The daisies I think are in second

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grade now. Um or so. And they did they uh the planter suggested planting a multi- stem dogwood and I went with it. And so let me know what you think. Um okay. So

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anybody else anyone else have a tree inquiry or complaint or um >> I'm just going to give you your list back. I just updated for you. Perfect. Um, I put which ones had wires and check marks next to the ones that are okay. >> Great. >> There's one tree that's actually no longer there. So,

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>> Oh, that's good. You like that? >> You sure there's only one tree that's no longer there? Could you cross out a few more? No, >> there might be more when you get there. I don't know. >> Oh, yeah. There might be. You know, that storm. >> Yeah. >> Um, okay. Uh, >> I did have another um I want to say in

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Heritage Park. I always get the parks confused. um >> heritages. >> The one by the lake, >> the one by the lake is village. >> Village. Okay. So, in Village Park, they I think by the tennis court, the hedges are like those those trees. I don't know what they what kind of trees they are. They look like evergreens and they're

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like falling over. >> Is there any way that >> will manage that when they do? Yeah, they usually replace them. Is I think Yeah, probably. I think I think they were probably waiting till that court was done, which I believe it is done.

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So, I think they're waiting for all that work to be done and then Yeah. >> Okay. >> But we have at the moment that's a parks thing and they'll just replace them with the stuff that's there even though >> u because they're easy to maintain. >> They're easy to maintain. Um okay. So C

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hours I still have not reached this guy back Richard I can't think of his last name at NJFA regarding the coordination of our CE credits with NJUF since the NJUF guy was giving me a hard time last year about credits but he gave them all

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to us as I presented them that um Jackie and I were the only one that earned usable CE because the other folks did poor um so I'll continue to work on that. I'm not too concerned because it's only May. It's nano report isn't until for a

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while. >> Is there any other place that we could get CU credits? >> Oh yes. Well, Rucker is anything pretty much I think. Yeah, I think that um and a good place feel free anytime you guys to call um New Jersey Shi Federation. They Emily is Faran who used to be at

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the state if I've got my names and places right is great, you know, really helpful. Um if you have any connections to Ruckers or tree people, have them come in. We can do a workshop here. >> Okay. >> Um we we we did more of that in the in the p in the past. Um

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uh yeah, because there's there's so much to learn and um it's always exciting. So speaking of that, um I do want to mention that New Jersey Shady Federation annual conference is in Cherry Hill this year. I'm sorry I didn't put the dates

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down here, but it's in October. And I don't and I I want to make sure that whoever wants to go and or maybe um will go. So Barbara's not here, but I wanted to give sort of the new people a chance before because we our budget's only 750. I'm not sure. I think the conference is

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200 now maybe. I mean I mean we still could all go. I mean I don't but um anyway so just think about that because it is some someone should go. >> Do you know the date? >> Yeah. It's October

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22nd and 23rd, a Thursday and a Friday. >> Do do you all get the emails from the shade tree? >> Pardon? >> Do you have to do both days? >> No, I've only ever done one day. >> Okay. >> But go for it. I mean, if you want to do >> No, no, I can't do both. This is why I'm asking.

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>> I did one and a half. >> Oh, yeah. Jessica did. And that's right. Jessica did do one and a half one time. >> Okay. You kind of there's >> doing more than one and a half starts over. >> Yeah, it's overwhelming because >> but there is good information on both dates. >> Yeah, it's true. Well, that's so we

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usually >> divide and conquer, right? Can I? >> Yeah. So, I sort of see who's sometimes we know who the speaker is and we decide or what what applies most to our commission that we can use, you know, that we can use here, bring back. >> Yeah, I'd love to go if I'm available. >> So, I guess we'll talk about that in

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September. Really? >> Um, >> I agree. It's great. great for Serene and and >> yeah, it's it's great and we're always all charged up after that. Um yeah, because you're with all the tree people. I mean, and everybody thinks

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trees rock when you're at at that conference. So, where else? Uh Jackie and I have had some really good times. And then, you know, and then we we've driven together a few times on the way home. We sort of debrief over all the different and they're like, "What did this guy say?" And we both got our, you

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know, three pages of handwritten notes that >> our notes and our I keep taking photos of this. >> Oh, yeah. Photo the screen, all the screenshots that Yeah. Anyway, um in the moment. Okay. Are there any other member reports today

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about any particular thing tree wise? Barbara, do do you want to give any kind of report from the township committee or what's going on? >> Just I just want to uh let you know that

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um I've been working um with the county on a some flood things >> and um >> I'm sorry on flooding issues which impact trees. Um >> but um so there is a regional study that is finally being done. is through federal grant. Um it's called um flood

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resil uh southern middle sex county flood resiliency. Um so I we just did the municipality survey of flooding locations. Um and there will be a survey going out to the residents interesting and hopefully people will answer them.

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Um usually they need proddding. Um so keep an eye out for that. Hopefully it'll be in the next mayor's update. Um, we're also working on um a regional the town decided to go regionally on our

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next phase of figuring out um uh the projects that need to be due for flooding. Um we're working with the watershed and two consultants with uh five or six other towns. Instead of doing it individually, we're going to look at flooding more in a regional um

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approach. So those are two areas that are really you know, coming coming forth. The other thing is is keep an eye out um for uh the environmental commission finishing up their community energy plan. There will be a community engagement um uh in

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June 25th uh to hear if >> June 25th. >> Yeah. At the library between 2 and 5, I think it is. Um but um >> is that going to be in the mayor's newsletter? July. >> Yeah, that's going to be in the new mayor's newsletter, too. But just letting you know that, you know, we're,

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you know, as a community, how can we, you know, look at renewable re energy resources and ways that as a community we can reduce our energy. So, um, you know, these all are all things that impact our trees and our >> Yeah. And regarding that, that little woods, if we can do reforestation, that

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little wood cops and get rid of the knotweed and that would be a nice little carbon capture area. >> Nice. >> For sure. As well as water filtration. just need, you know, if you plant it, you know, the roots, it will grow type thing. >> Um, >> yeah. So, I just wanted to let you know a couple of things. Um, and regarding

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the chest tables, it's, you know, that's an ongoing conversation of what to do for shade in those areas. And >> yeah, and it's between the library and the parks figuring it out because it seems to go one way and then it comes back the other way. So, we're not involved at this time and just >> No. If if they do go like right now it

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seems like an umbrella type thing might be a suggestion or if they do go shade trees then they'll look towards you. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I mean there's probably options. Um >> yeah. >> I mean the sun moves around too so that's why an umbrella >> and those smaller trees can be getting bigger. >> Yes. And there and there's two lines of

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trees that we fought so hard to put there. >> Anyway, um and I think that's about it. You guys are doing a great job. Thank you so much. >> Well, thank you. Um, let's see. So, summary of action items. Uh, would anyone else like to summarize

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while I write them down? All right, let's just go around the room like this. This is Okay, Shireen. Yeah. So, I'm just going to ask you to tell me your action your Well, your Yeah, your action items. >> I'm going to look at the the forestry management plan, right?

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>> So, I'm sorry, I can't hear you. >> Grants for the >> Yep. look at the grant for CFMP. >> Yes. >> Um, hold on. >> And then I gave you the stuff for pruning the trees. >> Oh, and maybe think about developing a QR, but we don't really need to get to that. But so that's not really action

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yet. That's delayed action. >> And I'm sorry, was the other thing you just said? >> I gave you the list of trees. >> List of trees. Yep. So that's but and you'll send photos from cranberry day. I mean >> yes >> uh Arbor Day

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>> and I'll be at the walk on the 20th. >> Great. I'm so sorry to miss another walk >> code for cranberry day. I know that's a way out. >> That's too soon to do it in June. Yeah. >> Um okay. Uh I'll go this way now. Isco

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and get a list of >> Sorry, I need to get a list of contractors uh who could give us a quot a quote for revising updating the CFMP. >> Um I also have on my list, but we didn't really directly discuss it. I am willing

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to try to >> I'm sorry. This is my mother's place. I'm sorry. I just have to >> close. Yeah, that's what I was about to say. Do you do you have Okay. So, a list of contractors who um can do

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>> that we can send a good request for quote >> CFMP. Um >> and I believe, by the way, that will be 28 >> through 32. That's what it'll be a five-year plan. So, I believe it'll be years 28 through 32. >> 28. Um, okay.

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>> Because this goes through 27, >> I believe. >> Okay. >> So, the next thing I had was um I I don't know if if anybody else did volunteer, but we need to get a contract for the Cranberry Green HOA. I

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>> I guess I'm willing to hunt that down. >> Um >> I just sent you the HOA president. >> Okay. Right. >> All right. Then we'll talk we'll talk volching. about >> but but I also wasn't like helping to pull together a notice for the mayor's update on volcano and multip so I can >> okay um >> okay

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>> and then the next was again I didn't uh we haven't set a time yet for another working group but when we do I do have a list of things that we need to consider or to suggest that we consider in looking at

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>> um >> regarding >> the tree removal applications Um, so I have because I went through the packet that you gave me and I have notes on that to share with people and >> so I'm happy to coordinate on that in advance >> as soon as that meeting's okay.

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>> scheduled. >> Okay. And we can schedule that. Um, Jackie. >> Okay. I want to finish the rough draft for the door hangers for our work session. And I'm going to meet with Shireen and walk through the Heritage

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Park. Oh. before uh our tree walk on the 20th I guess. >> Yeah. 20th of June, Saturday 9 a.m. >> And um we want to get the contact information

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for the homeowners for uh >> utility or did you say that? >> Oh, util Oh, for the utility. >> Did that No, I don't I think Jessica had directed that person already. I haven't directed them. I haven't directed them at all. Um

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>> I just wrote a note. We need >> uh to find out who who they should contact and then put it in our >> Yeah, that'd be great. >> website. >> I think we put I think it may even say already in the website about wires. Contact your utility company. I mean, I think it's in the facts already.

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>> Jackie is suggesting that we actually get the numbers for people for the local utilities. >> I think that would be helpful. Uh yeah, as long as we're clear what the providers are. I mean, yeah. >> Yeah. >> If you want to find out what number they

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would call, um it's also probably a website they can report to as well, I would think. But if so, you're going to get the >> Yeah, it's probably on the bill like I have PSEG. So, um Okay. So, you're going to get the utility contact info. >> Yeah.

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>> Um regarding And this would be trees interfering with wires, >> right? Okay. Uh, and we want to follow up on the um oak

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trees, shadow oak. >> Yeah, that that's part of the pruning. Yeah, that's I'm going to just list that under the pruning because um that had been brought to my attention and I think that the trees can be saved. I think they just need more work and maybe a couple have to go like Jackie said. >> Right. Right. So, but that that I have

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on my list. And um and what did we decide about the volcanoes? We're going to do a a notice in the >> um Jessica and I or between us. Uh well, the person who uh wrote to me who was a newly qualified master gardener wrote to

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me about um a resident, I'm sorry, I don't remember her name, wrote to me about the volcano and she sent the references that I would use anyway. So, I'm just going to pull those out and send them to Jessica and uh and then we can also put something on the website because I also want to include Yeah. the

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20th, the June treewalk. And we're just calling it a tree walk, right? >> And we're going to put that in the mayor's update, too. Right. >> For the next two or three weeks, whatever. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Um we're just calling it a tree walk. You don't want saying just uh join jade commissioners for a walk like Okay. Um, and then someone needs to find Well,

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maybe you could check with Barbara to see if she has the laminated paper, the laminated um, posters. Okay. Um, I'm going to go through the minutes and then figure out my action items. I'm a

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little disoriented. Um, but I'll continue to do all the things I said I was going to do. um line up some companies to uh do the quotes on the tree pruning, follow up with the tree

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planting by taking pictures of every single tree that was planted, you know, the bottom of the tree with the address. Um and um that's all I can think of at the moment. Um anyway, does anybody have anything

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else? Um Barbara, did you want to say something before the end of the meeting? >> Are you going to set a working >> Oh, yes. That's what we're going to do. But before we join set I think we do that while we're still in session. So if you could look at your calendars >> I just have a quick question. The trees on Cranberry Neck Road. Are those all

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>> um are any of them like county >> are they are they property private property owned or >> Yes, I believe I believe so. So that's what I've been told year after year by >> Yeah. >> Just because I saw somebody cutting a tree down

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>> on Cranberry Neck Road and I was like that can't be >> Well, see the thing is now any tree that is cut down whether it's behind your house, in front of your house, down the street is supposed to >> honestly my concern was not so much the tree. My concern was that he was in the middle of Cranberry Neck Road. >> Was it like the resident cutting this tree down?

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>> Yes. Like that's what I didn't quite understand. I'm like >> there a lot Well, this is there's a people get hurt. That's all I can tell you. People get hurt doing that. >> Okay. >> Uh and that's foolish because >> it's very dangerous people. I mean, I'm

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sure you've seen the videos. You know, the trig on the person is >> So, it's my it's it's contractors who aren't licensed are not allowed to do that, >> right? We can't tell. >> Aren't prohibited. >> I mean, I'm guessing it was the

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homeowner. I don't know. I should say they were pruning the trees. They weren't I didn't see them cutting them down. They >> There's a lot of literature out there about like don't like call a professional. Don't do this yourself. >> Yeah. When people say, "Well, what if I take it down myself?" I say, "I don't have anything to do with that." >> Don't.

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>> But don't call our stance is you call a professional who's licensed and I and that's all we can tell them. We certainly can't give them advice about how to work on their trees. I mean, certainly little shrubs and stuff every you know, there's a lot that's all you don't want to be standing on ladders. You don't want to be >> the main road. I'm like, this is not

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>> they were actually in the road. >> They were literally in the like people there was somebody else with them and they were actually >> and they were in the road. In that case, I would actually call like the non-emergency number of the police to say that there's road um a roadblock and you know and I would that's because yeah

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that's in the public right of ways. I mean the road. So that's what I would do because maybe they should be advised not to be doing such a thing. >> Okay. >> But thanks. Yeah. Yeah. You see all kinds of things. I just want to offer is there anything that you need me to let uh I I'll just report out what you're

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doing which is a lot of great stuff. So how's that? >> Uh just yeah report out and remind us to keep place you know um letting Matt know Matt and did you give me another name too? >> No I think it's >> Matt let Matt know what needs to go in the mayor's and it's it's a weekly thing. I mean is everyone get that email

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may you know and if Yeah. And if people say they don't know what's going on tell them to please subscribe. All they have to do is same thing with the nixels. Um and so dates. Okay. So, uh se cranberry day is um

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>> the 5th. I'm sorry. What's wrong with me? Is yes mean September 12th. Our next meeting is the 3rd. Do you want to meet in early August or so or does that make sense? >> As we get a little closer July. >> How about July?

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>> July would be better. >> Okay. But but I might be traveling the first two weeks. I don't know if anybody could do >> mid July. >> It's mid July. >> I think July is better. Um too because August gets crazy.

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>> Yeah, that's fine. Uh July is good. >> So the week >> Oh, you're making those dates. I just remembered I'll tell parks commission about the trees around the tennis courts are leaning. >> Oh yeah, that needs some Yeah, that Thank you very much. Thank you. And I do I do intend to get to know the parks meeting soon. So, what about the 16th of

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July? Or is that one your way, Jessica? >> I think that would work. >> I mean, that's our >> Tuesday the 16th. >> Thursday. >> No, it's Thursday the 16th. I'm always gonna pick a Thursday because And so I have to check with >> Who do I check with now to see if we can

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>> have >> Well, I'll send it to Deb. >> Okay. So, we tentatively because I have to make sure again. Um I mean that the room's open, but it pretty much should be 10 o'clock on the 16th. >> Yeah. >> Yes. I hope I'm not forgetting. Okay, SEC

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work session and that would be in the Gorggo. So, I'll check on that and then confirm it well before then so you know because otherwise you wouldn't get noticed till two weeks be one week before. So, I will work on that. And anything else? Um otherwise, I'm going to make a motion or I'd like to

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move that we close that we adjourn the meeting. Second. Second from Jackie. Um, all in favor of adjourning I >> I