ARLINGTON TREE COMMITTEE Meeting Agenda – Weds., January 10, 7:30PM, Selectmen’s Hearing Rm, Town Hall 1. 7:35 – 7:40 Approve December meeting minutes 2. 7:40 – 8:00 DPW Tree Department Update (Tim)  General update  Tree hearing(s)  Progress with town GIS for tree mgmt added / subtracted to 2017 inventory  Progress with increased fee for Ch 87  Feedback from meeting with Planning department – restoring SpyPond shoreline 3. 8:00 – 8:10 Arlington Community Tree Canopy Program – (John/Mary Ellen)  Vote needed to spend funds for Spring 2018  Subcommittee needed: ATC members needed to help advertise, pick up checks, and follow truck on day(s) of delivery 4. 8:10 – 8:15 Tree Preservation Bylaw fee increase (Susan/Mary Ellen) 5. 8:15 – 8:20 Publicity (Eliza)  Vision 2020 Questions submitted  Facebook, Googlegroups  Inventory celebration and BU professor has agreed to come present her research. Need an ATC lead for this event 6. 8:20 – 8:40 Inventory/Management Plan update (John/Mara, Eliza/Mary Ellen)  Mgmt Plan document updates since December meeting  DPW input on Mgmt Plan since Decemeber meeting (budget for pruning/maintaince)  Committee agreement on scope of Plan  BoS meeting presentation – feedback? Other outreach?  Request data from Intern in format for chart/graph creation in Excel, for ATC to keep/maintain/use 7. 8:40 – 8:55 New Business  Correspondence  Other 8. 8:55 – 9:00 ATC Housekeeping (Eliza/Mary Ellen)  Committee Roles and Responsibilities (Chair terms, minutes, etc),  Town Committee – what it means, protocol for speaking/writing/ on behalf of ATC  New member push Next meeting: Committee meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month, February 14