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Votes at a glance: Worcester Tree Commission approves meeting minutes and files agenda items for follow-up

Worcester City Urban Forestry Tree Commission · October 10, 2025

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Summary

At its Oct. 9 meeting the commission approved minutes from May 14 and June 16 and formally filed and tabled multiple items including Newton Hill planning, BMP review, street-tree species list, news-article sharing, spotted lanternfly guidance, and commission communications.

The Worcester City Urban Forestry Tree Commission took a series of procedural actions at its Oct. 9 meeting: it approved prior meeting minutes and voted to keep or file several agenda items for follow-up.

Housekeeping votes - May 14 meeting minutes: Motion to accept; approved (voice vote: Commissioner John Johnson — yes; Commissioner Carrie Whitehouse — yes; Commissioner Winburn — yes). - June 16 meeting minutes: Motion to accept; approved (voice vote: Johnson — yes; Whitehouse — yes; Winburn — yes).

Old-business and filing votes - Newton Hill (EAB and successional planting strategies): Motion to keep on old business; approved (three yes votes). - Best Management Plan review: Motion to keep on old business and request commissioners review the draft before the next meeting; approved (three yes votes). - Tree-ordinance review / street-tree ordinance: Motion to keep on old business and continue coordination with Planning and legal review as needed; approved (three yes votes). - Street-tree species list from other communities: Motion to file the compiled species-list work and place it on the Google Doc agenda for future discussion; approved (three yes votes). - News-article sharing (outreach): Motion to file and create a place on the commission Google Doc for relevant news and events; approved (three yes votes). - Spotted lanternfly: Motion to file for follow-up and circulate MassDAR materials; approved (three yes votes). - Commission communication (Open Meeting Law guidance and email protocol): Motion to file; approved (three yes votes).

Adjournment The commission then adjourned following a final voice vote of the three commissioners present.

Motions were recorded in the meeting minutes and decisions are procedural; none of the votes adopted a new policy or ordinance at the Oct. 9 meeting.