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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03052007 TBan of T „tAN HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND TREE AND LANDSCAPE ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 5th, 2007 - 5:30 P.M. Chairperson Albury called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. Pledge of allegiance was recited. 3. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Chair Lynn Albury Vice Chair Mary Bennett Cynthia Schuster (a) Neil Lagin Maureen Cummings -arrived at 5:36p.m. Staff 8~ Council Members Present: Margie Reynolds, Environmental Planner Chris McCarthy, Parks & Recreation Superintendent Donna Cyr, Recording Secretary 4. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 5.2007 MINUTES On MOTION by Mr. Lagin and SECOND by Ms. Bennett, the February 5, 2007 minutes were approved as corrected on a voice vote of 5-0. * The changes would be to add statement by Mr. Lagin regarding "based upon the criteria that we have, a palm tree has to have six (6) feet of clear trunk, would make it a very large palm tree and I personally don't feel that based upon that and the cost of the palm tree we will get very many new homes with palm trees." ** Also change "Commercial Landscape portion of LDC" to "Residential Landscape portion of LDC" under Old Business. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Discussion of combining the Tree Board with the Environmental Board. Because the Environmental Board is getting ready to sunset, Council is trying to decide what to do with this board. At the February 28th Council meeting, they decided to extend the Environmental Board for six (6) months. During this time the City Attorney along with Growth Management will come up with language for the new committee and see if this is what Council wants. It was stated that the Board should show up at the next Council meeting, March 14th, with their ideas. Members discussed their thoughts on the effects of combining the Boards. Mr. Lagin and Advisor Cardinale were against combining the boards. They had concerns that the Tree Boards duties and focus would get lost. Ms. Schuster, Ms. Albury, Ms. Cummings and Ms. Bennett felt combining the boards would be okay as long as the Tree Board could continue with Arbor Day, Champion Tree Day and not loose the Tree City status. Tree Board Meeting March 5, 2007 Page 2 6. OLD BUSINESS: Residential Landscape portion of LDC - Ms. Reynolds passed out Tree Grading Cue Cards to show the Florida grade #1 standards. Growth Management is still working on the code. The discussion by Council to merge the Environmental Advisory Board with the Tree Advisory Board put a stall on the update of the ordinance. Ms. Reynolds will continue to work on the suggestions by the Tree Board but there are also environmental issues that need to be addressed in the ordinance. Chris from Shady Grove Nursery spoke about the City possibly changing some of the specs of measurement requirements in the code. He said the rules are good but that maybe could be a little more flexible. He brought up a lot of good points and suggestions. He agreed with Mr. Lagin that as the code stands now not many residents would be able to purchase palm tree due to the cost. A six (6) foot of clear trunk on a palm needs to be revisited. After discussion the Board felt it should be reviewed. Maybe give a bigger incentive to save existing trees on lots. Tape 1 Side 2 There was much discussion about the requirements of trees for homeowners and how the code could be changed to benefit the City and the homeowner. It was suggested to encourage the use of more species of trees on a lot. Make it more diverse. It was brought up that some homeowners are receiving the Homeowner Packet at the end of the building process and don't know about tree requirements. Ms. Reynolds will check into this. Arbor Dav The Board was updated on Arbor Day. Ms. Albury wiU double check on the color guard. Ms. Schuster will contact Father Morrissey to do the invocation. Ms. Bennett will make the flyer and bring it into the City before the end of the week. Ms. Albury will provide the paper for the 200 flyers. Ms. Cummings gave an update of the art contest in the schools. Mr. McCarthy will get seedlings as handouts. The list of door prizes looks good. Mr. Lagin has the bonds. Both Women's Club and Jr. Women's Club look like they will donate $50 each for art supplies. The City Manager's office was contacted through Councilmember Coy for money for art supplies. The Committee was reminded about discussing board business outside of meetings and individual members making board decisions without the board's approval is unacceptable. Tape 2 side 1 Mr. Lagin & Ms. Bennett would meet with the Press to discuss publicity. Chris from Shady Grove Nursery was asked to be a speaker at Arbor Day. He will be contacted by Ms. Reynolds on his availability. The Board secretary will check on the number of Champion Tree plaques being presented. Tree Board Meeting March 5, 2007 Page 3 7. NEW BUSINESS: Ms. Cummings asked if the Tree Board could have a table at Earth Day. The Environmental Board would be contacted. It would be nice to have homeowner flyers to pass out. It was decided to have a special meeting on April 9th to finalize Arbor Day and choose winners for the art contest. 8. MEMBER MATTERS: No member matters. 9. STAFF MATTERS: No staff matters. 10. PUBLIC INPUT; No public input. 11. ADJOURNMENT: Chairperson Albury adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m. _.~~ ..~~~4.. Chair an Signature ti~ d Secretary Sign ure Cria dJ~`~f ~ , ~ v ~ I t