Agenda · October 16, 2023
Shade Tree Commission meeting agenda — October 16, 2023
- Approve — Minutes from September 2023
- Tree Removal on Edwards Street property
- bill sent 9/25/23
- Tree Tender - Workshop Oct 5
- Separate Fall Tree Order
- Training online Jan 17–Feb 28, 2024
- 505 Edwards – serviceberry (2)
Fall Tree Orders
- Hornbeam
- 170 N Centre St — hackberry
- Planters for Oct/Nov — 700 N Centre St – little leaf Linden
- pre-hole digging Howard Ave – thornless hawthorn
- tree removal/sidewalk cuts
- group/indiv help
Fall/Winter Pruning
- Boy Scouts — Sat, Oct 21 morning
- Earl @ [email protected] 570-640-4875
- Mahantongo Street pruning — 10/4 Troop 615
Open Time
- 618 Mahantongo St and street tree at 3rd floor
- advise Charlotte Mayley
Next Meeting
- Monday, November 20, 2023 — 3:00 pm
Grant Trees
- Grant Trees — 16 TreePA bare root trees
- 12 & Norwegian Playgd – 2 Red Oak and Linden
- City Hall/Laurel – 1 Syringa Ret "Ivory silk"
- Eastside Playgd – 1 American Elm
- 609 Edwards St – 1 Serviceberry
- 607 Edwards St – 1 Hackberry
- Wolf Street – 2 tiliia, 1 Kentucky coffee tree, 1 prunus sarg "colunmaris"
- 18th & Westend – Japanese syringa lilac
Volutella Blight of Boxwood
- Disease overview and management — Fungal disease caused by Volutella buxi affecting boxwoods, resulting in browning leaves and stem dieback. Management includes pruning infected branches a few inches below the juncture of diseased and healthy tissue, disinfecting tools between cuts with 70% alcohol, and applying fungicides to prevent disease development.