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Minutes
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Class Room
Parks, Arts & Recreation/Community & Event Center
I. Call to Order
The Urban Tree Board met at Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 2:00 pm.
Tree board members attending were Board Chair Bryce Landrud, Members Tanya Galat, Brooksie Hall,
James Tourangeau. Also present at the meeting were Parks Maintenance Worker Trent Mannon and
Parks Secretary Julie Mehl.
II. Minutes
The May minutes were approved.
III. Correspondence/Public Input
IV. Old Business
Heritage Tree – Chair Landrud made contact with owner of Tulip tree on 620 H St NE, the owner is very
interested in Heritage status.
V. New Business
VI. Board Recommendations/Input
Chair Landrud recommends the mason bee houses installed throughout the city be refrigerated over the
fall & winter months. Trent suggests we install a mason bee house at Mary Olson Farm next season as
they are planting a pollinating garden.
Brooksie shows the board a leaf and spiky fruit from a horse chestnut tree and shares they are difficult to
clean up after. Perhaps not a good choice for a park.
VII. Department Report
Trent reports there are a number of Ponderosa Pines at Game Farm Park that are not doing well. Bryce
feels it may be from drought type conditions that we’ve experienced the last few years. Bryce has seen
birch and cedar trees affected as well. Bryce suggests the board go take a look at the roots for the
October meeting.
A vehicle ran into and destroyed a Leyland Cypress near Lake Tapps Pkwy.
A Quaking Aspen tree has deteriorated at Cedar Lanes park. Trent recommends planting a Cedar tree in
it’s place.
VIII. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:55.