11/03/1987 - Minutes 111 /74
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MINUTES
Salt Lake City Urban Forestry Board
Tuesday , November 3 , 1987
Room 203 City Hall
6 : 00 p .m.
Present :
Mary Pat Matheson Steve Schwab
Esther Truitt Max Peterson
Barbara Ray Karen Salisbury
Lloyd Siegendorf
Orson Gibb
Item #1 : Minutes
MOTION : Lloyd Siegendorf
Accept the minutes as written .
2nd : Orson Gibb
Vote : Aye : unanimous
Item #2 : Ordinance
• Steve Schwab received a letter from Kent Sundberg , President
of the Salt Lake Chapter of the Association of Landscape
Architects , with some detailed comments regarding the
ordinance . Wayne Hansen had called Steve with mostly
favorable comments from those who work at Valley Nursery .
No other comments had been received . Mary Pat suggested an
ordinance subcommittee meeting be scheduled and notify the
nurserymen that they are welcome to attend and express any
final comments at that time .
Thank you letters should be sent out to those who attended
the public forum and who submitted comments .
Mary Pat will draft the letter , Karen will mail it out .
Item #3 : Subcommittees
Barbara Ray and Esther Truitt volunteered to be on the
nominating committee . They will organize the nominations
for Chair and Vice-Chair as required by ordinance and
voting will take place in January .
Item #4 : Tree Planting
There was discussion on the Urban Forestry Program and the
process of planting trees throughout the city . A method
needs to be devised for equity in planting trees throughout
. the entire city area . This should be possible when all the
inventory date input is completed .
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Item #5 : Announcements
. A. Lloyd Siegendorf
1 . Lloyd has Arbor Day packets available for anyone
who is interested . "Trees Are Terrific " packets
were originally put together for 5th grade
students .
2. Senator Eldon Money is sponsoring a bill for a
$1 ,000 appropriation from the legislature to use
for plaques for trees throughout Utah .
3 . There will be 2 , 000 seedlings available for 4th
grade students to plant on Arbor Day .
Mary Pat suggested that Lloyd promote the planting
of native plants and trees among those seedlings
and not plant just one species such as blue
spruce .
Item #6 : MOTION TO ADJOURN : Lloyd Siegendorf
2nd : Esther TRuitt
Vote : Aye : unanimous
Meeting adjourned at 8 : 00 p .m.
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