[Green] CITF Project Updates

[roger kalter]

Rebecca, I would be glad to ask Mark Swaney if he would allow hose storage on his property. It would save a lot of hauling. Roger


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On Saturday, May 15, 2021, 10:37 PM, roger kalter via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:

Thanks for the heads up. I have 100 feet of hose available. Roger


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On Saturday, May 15, 2021, 3:42 PM, Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:

 #yiv5629759964 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Solar charging bench: Spencer Kimball, the architect for the city's Lock One Park Project, has begun to organize stakeholder meetings to get input for the project that will include our bench. The livability subgroup will hold a Zoom meeting next week, though I have not yet received the specific date. But the good news is that the project is moving forward, and we are part of the team.
Harmar riverbank planting:    
   - As most of you know, the first planting of Phase One is being done on May 16, beginning at 2:00 PM. Shrubs and some native perennials are being purchased from Davis Nursery and delivered by project designer Andrew Clovis. Others were rescued from the site and will be replanted. Others have been grown from seed collected by volunteers. Phase Two will be planted in the fall.
   - The city has provided water for the site. We will need to bring our own hoses each time as there is no place at the site to store one. Question: do we want to borrow the church's hose, purchase our own and store it at the church, or have each watering volunteer bring their own each time? (Yes, we will almost certainly need to water at least through summer 2022, after which the plants may be okay with just rainwater.)
   - Very enthusiastic plants are attempting to force their way through the solarization plastic and have succeeded in coming through some of the gaps between the plastic sheets. Does anyone have any extra black plastic? Unfortunately, I donated the plastic sheets we removed to a solarization project behind Harmar School, before the invaders made their appearance.
   - Speaking of invaders, more have moved in since the removal of most of the ditch lilies, so the May 16 volunteers will be doing some removal as well as planting. (Sorry: we tried to get them all.)
   - We need to try to refasten some of the solarization plastic more tightly to the ground. The less space returning plants have to poke their little heads out of the ground, the faster they are likely to die. (Apologies for being gruesome.)
Rebecca
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