New Britain Borough

Meeting Minutes for December 9, 2013

In Attendance: Tess LaMontagne, Derek MacMillan, Lorraine Brutschea, Andrea Antell, Ed Glasgow, Lori Kesilman

Absent: Anthony Volpe

Discussion:

• Proposed Name: Orchard Park
• Signage: Orchard Park with Borough of New Britain underneath
• Orchard park pays rent to Civic Association
• Grant Info  (Blue = Added 12/10/13 after Tess researched)

• $10,000 grant – Council may match it and get $10,000 to the total of $20,000
• Tess agreed to write the grant

1. Bridge (about $8,000)

1. Permit needed to put bridge in to get from parking lot to park/garden
2. Bridge
3. Raised wood walking platforms and railings

2. Running water from Civics side (about $1,000)
3. Signage (about $4,000)

1. Two laser cut signs
2. Rules signs
3. Private drive sign
4. Border marking signs
5. Metal tree identification signs

4. 2  commercial grade picnic tables installed (about $1,000 each) 
5. 3 benches (about $700 each)
6.  Birdhouse materials (about $500)

Committee To Do List:

• Lori will write and send minutes
• Andrea, Ed, and Lori - will look into logo
• Ed will get sign pricing to Tess asap
• Tess will bring drawing from the “wood butchers.”  It has been drawn.  Tess will drawing to next meeting, and we will put it on the google doc
• Derek will approach Scott Smith from DelVal

• Training/studies of trees and maintenance
• Trees need to be removed
• Replenish dead trees
• Tree identification and signs