Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

Tree Board

Consider:

Who benefits? Who is burdened?

Who does not have a voice at the table?

How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

3:45 PM

Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman

Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting

Room Driftless; attend virtually via Zoom.

A. Call To Order

The meeting was called to order at 3:54 pm.

RITT leaves at 4:48 pm, RICH leaves at 4:49, BRODBECK leaves at 4:51.

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Present

Supervisor MICHELE RITT, JAY WEISS, LAURA WYATT, MATT NOONE, CORY

RICH, CATHY BRODBECK, TIERNEY BOCSI, TEDWARD ERKER, and KATE

KENDZIORA

Also present: Lisa Johnson

B. Consideration of Minutes

MOTION to approve made by RICH, seconded by BOCSI. MOTION passed (9-0).

Tree Board Minutes 2024.10.01

2024

MIN-319

Attachments: 2024 MIN-319

C. Tree Board Operating Agreement

Not discussed.

D. Project & General Updates

1. Duluth Trading Company: NOONE reached out to MCF regarding the Goodman

Non-profit Center that holds workshops for leadership development, writing grants, etc.,

about participating in classes

2. Village of Dane Tree Planting: Successful community planting organized by

BRODBECK at the Capital Valley Park, 17 trees. Also attended by other Tree Board

members and staff, County Board Supervisor Don Postler.

3. Tamarack Trails Planting: NOONE did a tree planting event/talk for the homeowners

association at Tamarack Trails, 50 acres or more. More than 20 residents helped plant

heritage oak seedlings for their 50th year anniversary. NOONE and BOSCI did a

presentation on land use history in the area.

E. Discussion Items

1. Arboriculture Work Group: Interest from BRODBECK, Wahl, WYATT, Johnson,

Alves. Should create a timeline for what deliverables to complete and in what order.

2. Community Tree Ordinances: Not discussed.

3. Policy Resolution Update: (A resolution, different from 1 and 2, creating a standard for

only county lands) A DRAFT is under consideration by the Tree Board. Each member

can review on their own and send initial edits in by second week in December. NOONE

will put the DRAFT in a Google doc and share out, clearly labeled ‘DRAFT’. Will have a

joint editing session at next meeting to discuss input from members.

4. TB Parks and Open Spaces: Postponed until next meeting.

F. Action Items

1. Letter of support to lobby Madison College to reinstate the second year of training for

the Tree Care Technician program:

MOTION made by ERKER, seconded by WEISS, to collect input from current and

past students and graduates, faculty, advisory board, employers to create a draft

letter. MOTION passed (9-0).

2. Additional TB Purchases: Heritage oak seedlings being purchased from DNR as per

previously approved.

G. Future Meeting Items and Dates

To be determined.

H. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

None.

I. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

None.