Richard DeSorgher’s first meeting as a selectman in thirty years caused a big change in the feel of the Board of Selectmen last night. He started off by reminding all that the US is at war in Afganistan, and followed up with many suggestions and ideas throughout the meeting. He even joked about how much he had to “report on” to all, since his last selectman meeting was thirty years ago.
I appreciated being supported on getting the town wide clean up I have been suggesting for at least five years finally implemented, and seeing the Medfield Garden Club get the go ahead to revamp the island where Hospital Road meets Rte. 27, which decision had been avoided by the BoS last year.
Richard suggested having an ongoing plan to plant street trees, and street tree planting is something I have been talking about for several years. He suggested the town needing to know how soon it will need to replace existing trees (based on health and condition), and I suggested that we needed data on all our street trees to make the lan. On reflection this morning, I think that tree project would be a perfect one for a student intern, someone who would catalog all the Medfield street trees on the GIS maps, by location, type, age, and condition. To plan one first needs good data, and I think an interested intern could generate the tree data for the town over the summer.
Judging from a history of one meeting, I am guessing that the Board of Selectmen will be much more active going forward – should be interesting, and fun.
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