NOTICE & AGENDA

WESTPORT TREE BOARD MEETING

Westport Town Hall, Room 309

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 @ 4:00 pm

I.             JULY 23, 2014 MEETING MINUTES – Approve & Accept

II.           TREE CARE ORDINANCE – Project Update/Critical Path (Chris DeVito)

III.          AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:  TREE BOARD VS. BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE

                   (Susan LeDonne & Ed Picard)

               Veteran’s Green (See IV. Below)

               Post Road, Elm Street & Parker Harding Plaza

               Beautification Committee “Adopt-A-Spot”

IV.          ADOPT-A-TREE PROGRAM

               Veteran’s Green “Tribute Tree” Test Site, November 2014 – Project Update/Critical Path

                   (Ed Picard)

               Town Hall Program Requirements (Susan LeDonne)

V.           2014 “100 NEW TREE” PLANTING PROJECT

               Trees Planted To Date – Number, Location, Type

               Balance Additional Sites Field Survey – Identify & Recommend (Ed Picard & Dick Stein)

VI.          UPDATED “FAVORITE TREE” LIST – Project Update (Dick Stein)

               Photographs For Use In “Notable Trees Around Westport” Press Release Program

VI.          CL&P “Clear Cut” Program & OTHER PLANNED WORK (See VII. Below)

               Informational Status Update to Town Residents (Susan LeDonne)

               Required Tree Removal/Trimming Request Protocols To Tree Warden (Bruce Lindsay)

VII.         “FYI” Press Release Program (Ed Picard & Susan LeDonne)

               Bamboo, Town Right Of Way, Etc.

Susan M. LeDonne

Chair, Westport Tree Board

August 20, 2014