Village of Franklin Park Tree Preservation Commission met July 18.
Here is the agenda provided by the commission:
I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
II. ROLL CALL
III. REPORT FROM VILLAGE BOARD LIAISON
IV. APPROVAL AND SIGNING OF JUNE 20, 2023 MINUTES
V. OLD BUSINESS
a. SignUp Genius pricing and draft SignUps
b. QR code to sign up for trees
c. Future High School educational event
d. Legal: Committee function question: Can our committee raise money? Apply for grants?
e. Finalize ‘Mission Statement’ and goals of the Tree Board
f. Tree Commission/Tree Chat link on Franklin Park Village website: Pending writing of Mission Statement and active subject collection
g. Tree Commission logo design: Follow up ideas
h. Invite local High School students to write for site link. How/who do we contact at highschools?
i. Invite Highschool student to create our logo
VI. NEW BUSINESS
a. Invite High School student/s to be on the board. Legality? Options?
b. Tree Commission Flier design at Honeybee day (Members Ambo and Smolen)
c. Report on the number of residential tree planting requests for Fall 2023: presently 13 addresses for an approximate total of 19 trees. (Member Smolen)
d. Around the village Tree and Plant News
e. Tree replacement planting for a village resident’s special needs son: Ideas to make the event celebratory and special for the family (Member Smolen)
f. Private educational tour for Tree Commission members at Evanston’s Food Forest Saturday July 22nd at 2:00 PM, to possibly include an Ecological restoration project in Harbert-Payne Park
g. Cook/Dupage County BeeKeepers Association and Tree/Shrub list for bees
VII. OTHER BUSINESS/ ANNOUNCEMENTS
VIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS
IX. ADJOURNMENT
https://www.villageoffranklinpark.com/assets/1/7/ATPC20230718.pdf
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