Attendance: Rita Hartman, Kate Kollar, Alex Myers, Adam Hendrickson, Jennifer Hendrickson – In person Ray Byrnes and Mike Williams – on Zoom

Kelly A’Harrah and Janet White – absent

1. Set meeting days and times – We will be meeting on the Second Thursday every other month at 7pm. We would like to meet primarily in person but with a Zoom option for anyone who needs to attend virtually. Our next meeting will be on July 10th.

2. Electing a vice chair & secretary – The need for these positions was announced but election was tabled until July meeting.

3. Review Annual Report Goal and Activity worksheet and set goals for first year – We discussed some of the suggested activities from the worksheet pointing out some of the activities that we already have completed in the borough. Kelly’s email was shared concerning educating businesses and residents on planting native plants and trees, inviting Leigh Keiser and Barbara Beck to do workshops for us, developing a native plant ordinance, and assisting with the planting of replacement trees in the DCNR project.

The committee split up the worksheet into sections for each member to concentrate their efforts on as follows:

Alex – Grey Section (more municipality focused)

Jennifer & Adam – Green Section (more school & youth focused)

Ray – 5.3 of the Green Section ( Building, installing or monitoring nest boxes)

Rita & Mike – Yellow Section (Community education focused)

Kate – Peach Section (Partnering with other organizations focused)

Kelly – Blue Section (Environmental Advocate focused)

4. Questions from committee members – We will need clarification on completing the annual report scorecard. Are some activities allowed to be repeated each year for points? Do we get credit for activities that we already have in place prior to becoming a Bird Town? Etc.

5. Additional interested members – We have had additional members from the community who have expressed interest in being active with Bird Town. Jennifer will reach out to people who have expressed interest with our next meeting information.