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Meeting Minutes for March 30, 2000
Golden Valley Country Club
Awards Ceremony convened by Glen Shirley, President @ 9:30 a.m.
The MnSTAC Awards Ceremony continued until 11:00 a.m. Please see enclosure for a list of award recipients.
The meeting was convened by Glen Shirley, President @ 11:05 a.m.
Minutes of February 17, 2000 Meeting:
No corrections to be made.
Mike Max / Bob Slater / Carried
Attendance: |
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Jon Allen |
City of Savage |
Donna Bell |
City of Bloomington |
Kirk Brown |
Tree Trust |
James Burks |
Cities of Crystal/Robbinsdale |
Sue Burks |
DNR Metro Forestry |
Kathy Carl |
Northview Elementary |
Jeff Cordes |
City of Eden Prairie |
Dave DeVoto |
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Deane Dietel |
City of Hutchinson |
Michael Duffy |
Youth Award |
Peggy Gabriel |
DNR Metro Forestry |
Joyce Gulseth |
City of Brooklyn Center |
Bekky Hargrave |
University of MN |
Rich Hauer |
MN Dept. of Agriculture |
Jim Hermann |
Mpls. Parks & Rec. |
Ken Holman |
DNR Metro Forestry |
Scott Huizenger |
City of Ortonville |
Gary Johnson |
University of MN |
Jennifer Juzwik |
USDA Forest Service |
Janet Larson |
Private Consultant |
Mike Max |
EnvironMentor System |
Sandy McCartney |
Private Consultant |
Janette Monear |
Tree Trust |
Kelly Morris |
City of Grand Rapids |
Jean Mouelle |
DNR Metro Forestry |
Dan Myklebust |
City of Minnetonka |
Ole Nelson |
City of Brooklyn Center |
Denise Rotty |
Dakota Electric Association |
Peggy Sand |
DNR Metro Forestry |
Tommy Schibilla |
City of Coon Rapids |
Marc Schippee |
City of Blaine |
March Schnobrich |
City of Hutchinson |
Tom Schuster |
City of New Hope |
Glen Shirley |
City of Bloomington |
Jill Sinclair |
City of Chanhassen |
Bob Slater |
MN DOT |
Kevin Smith |
City of Hastings |
Mike Sowers |
City of Eagan |
Gail Steinman |
Tree Trust |
Mark Stennes |
Top Notch Treecare |
Kris Stevens |
Northview Elementary |
Dave Sunmark |
City of St. Paul |
Jim Vaughn |
City of St. Louis Park |
Kathy Widin |
Plant Health Assoc., Inc. |
Carrie Zitzman |
DNR Metro Forestry |
Introduction of Visitors:
Ken Holman introduced Kelly Morse. Kelly is presently the NE MnSTAC Chair.
Announcements & Calendar Items:
The U&CF Update was handed out but not discussed.
Bekky Hargrave made note of the Third Annual Urban Forestry Club’s Professional Tree Care Seminar being held on April 10th, 2000. A neon orange handout was sent in last months MnSTAC mailing.
Peggy Sand announced that the DNR just received word from the USDA Forest Service that District Energy St Paul, Inc is receiving a USDA FS Economic Action - Rural Development Through Forestry Grant for their project called "The Energy Tree: Urban Trees for Biomass Energy Public Interpretation Program". This will be a joint project in downtown St. Paul between District Energy and their new next door neighbor the Science Museum of Minnesota by which the new urban wood waste fueled co-generation facility will be designed to incorporate exhibits and programs to interpret using urban wood waste for fuel and the story of urban trees leading up to that.
Committee Reports:
Outreach - Glen Shirley reported that Brian Hagberg from Mankato will be the
new chair.
Education & Research - The next Advocate mailing should be in April. The topic of this upcoming issue will be on planting. Also, there will be two workshops in May on storm damage, one in the Duluth area and one in the Mankato area.
Forest Health - This committee will be meeting on April 13th.
Arbor Month - The new information materials have been sent out and additional copies are available.
Publicity & Awards - The awards banquet went off very well and the committee was given a round of applause all of their hard work.
The following committees provided no report or had no representative present: Legislative, Planning, Scholarship, Tree Emergency Response, Preservation, and Utilization.
Agency Updates:
Glen Shirley noted that this year’s awards showed an excellent emphasis on
youth working, and working with youth. What exactly is our role as mentors? We
need to show youth that it is very important to stop and "smell the
roses", or plant a tree. We also need to help people understand what kind
of tree they are planting and show them the impact that the tree they plant will
have on urban forests. Volunteer projects are a good way for individuals (like
all of us) to be a mentor. Take the opportunity while it’s there, don’t let
it pass you by.
Mark Stennes reported on the Stem Girdling Roots Forum recently held. It is believed to be a success and a step in the right direction. This is a legitimite forest health problem. One aspect of this problem is properly planting your tree, the second is that individuals need to get a tree worth planting. The attention of many was drawn at this forum, hopes to spread awareness and solve problems continue.
Meeting adjourned @ 11:27.
Motion: Mark Stennes / Mike Max / Carried
Minutes submitted by Carrie Zitzman