Dane County  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Tree Board  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Tuesday, May 20, 2025  
3:45 PM  
In-Person Meeting: Attend in person at the Eagle  
Effigy Mound at Mendota Health Institute - 10  
Muir Dr, Madison, WI 53704, 43° 7.781N, 89°  
23.851W  
Attend in person at the Eagle Effigy Mound at Mendota Health Institute - 10 Muir Dr,  
Madison, WI 53704  
See below for additional instructions on how to attend the meeting and provide public  
testimony.  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
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The May 20, 2025, Tree Board meeting will be an in-person meeting. Members of the public can attend in  
person.  
The public can attend in person at Eagle Effigy Mound at Mendota Health Institute - 10 Muir Dr, Madison,  
WI 53704.  
PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms.  
In-person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
If you want to submit a written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please  
send them to: johnson.lisa@danecounty.gov.  
A. Call To Order  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2025 MIN-066 MINUTES OF THE APRIL 15, 2025, TREE BOARD MEETING  
Attachments:  
C. Tree Board Operating Agreement  
1. Have a common understanding of Acronyms. CARPC, Capital  
Area Regional Planning Commission, assists regional governments  
with planning efforts and assists DNR with water quality  
management. OFS, Operation Fresh Start, assisting youth with  
social barriers obtain work experience and education. TCC, Tree  
Canopy Collaborative, a diverse group of professionals whose goal is  
to increase tree Canopy. WAA, Wisconsin Arborists Association.  
DCTB, Dane County Tree Board.  
2. This will be an evolving agreement between board members that  
can help our team create an environment in how we communicate  
and operate.  
• Action-oriented agenda items: “decide, brainstorm, weigh in on” –  
• Shift from reporting and information-sharing to engaging  
• Be deliberately engaged  
• All members of the board feel valued and respected  
• Permission to be unpolished  
• Communicate the ask  
• Hear from everyone  
• Make new members feel welcome  
• Follow up on request/tasks (accountable)  
• Start on time/end on time  
• Review TB Minutes prior to TB Meetings  
D. Project and General Updates  
1 – Tree Board Member Recruitment  
2 – DC Tree Resolution Implications for DCTB  
3 – Tree Nursery Projects – Severson Learning Center & La Follette  
HS  
4 – Recap of Recent TB Events  
5 – DC Heritage Oak Progeny Map:  
46082a910f/  
6 – TB Budget Updates  
7 – Federal Budget Spending Impacts  
E. Discussion Items  
1 – After numerous events held, consider signage for next year?  
2 – Any interest in an outdoor Tree Board meeting with Tree Board  
Juniors invited (kids of TB members)…  
3 – Short presentation (return to this after action items)  
F. Action Items  
1 – Tree Board Purchases  
2 – TB Letter of Support for Statewide Old Growth Forest Mapping  
Project  
3 – TB Letter of Support for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship  
Program  
G. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
6/17/2025 @ 3:45 pm. Location to be determined.  
H. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
I. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
J. Adjourn  
Note: If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to  
access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below—preferably at least three  
business days but no fewer than 24 hours prior to the meeting.  
Nota: Si necesita un intérprete, un traductor o materiales en formatos alternativos o cualquier otra  
adaptación para tener acceso a este servicio, actividad o programa, llame al número de teléfono que  
puede encontrar a continuación — de preferencia con al menos 3 días de anticipación y como mínimo  
24 horas antes del evento en cuestión.  
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Lisa Johnson at johnson.lisa@danecounty.gov, 608-224-3715, TTY WI RELAY 711