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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09042007NRB1. 2 �� � .���� � � � �,r,- HOME OF PELtCAN ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2007 - 6:00 P.M. Chairperson Trish Adams called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Pledge of allegiance was recited. 3. Roll Call: Present: Trish Adams Ginny Koerner Todd Klitenic — Vice Chairperson � James S�attery Maureen Cummings Therese Miller Staff & Council Members Present: Council Member Wolff Council Member Neglia Margie Reynolds, Board Liaison Donna Cyr, Recording Secretary Excused Absence: Kristi Yanchis Cynthia Schuster (a) Unexcused Absence: Lynn Albury 4. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 7. 2007 MINUTES On MOTION by Ms. Koerner and SECOND by Mr. Klitenic, the August 7, 2007 minutes were accepted as read by unanimous approval by voice vote. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chairperson Adams introduced new member Therese Miller. Ms. Miller gave a brief explanation of being on both the Tree Board and the Environmental Board and why she wants to be on the new board. �: 7 PUBLIC INPUT: No public input. OLD BUSINESS: Champion Tree Dav Update — Ms. Cummings is working on speakers (Dr. Baker and Chris from Shady Grove Nursery), donations from Wal-mart, Home Depot, Publix. Ms. Cummings said that Ms. Albury was trying to contact the Garden Club regarding refreshments. The board members were asked to think about places that would be willing to donate door prizes. The Master Gardeners need to be contacted. Another suggested speaker was Dr. David Cox — Ms. Adams will see if he is available. Ms. Miller offered a couple of trees from her yard. Ms. Miller will contact some of the local professors to speak. It was suggested getting realtors and/or the Soil and Water district involved. Ideas were made to make the community more aware of what they , � `� � �c�. C.I����r �s ������n rnm►n�s Regular Meeting September 4, 2007 Page 2 plant in their yards such as planting a"scrub Jay" garden. The board was asked to think about ideas to bring in kids and families. Chairperson Adams mentioned St. Lucie County's Environmental Advisory Board's website - http://www.co.st-lucie.fl.us/erd it has a lot of good information. Ms. Reynolds let the board know that the Master Gardeners will be at the North Cpunty Library on Wed., Sept. 5th, 9a —12n. She said this might be a good opportunity to speak to them about being at Champion Tree Day. The invitation list from last year was passed around for members to update or add to. Advertising consists of flyers, channel 25, the website, "upcoming events" in the local papers. The issue of a budget for this event was discussed. The board really feels that to put on a good event they need a budget for advertising. 8. NEW BUSINESS: Review of Residential Landscape portion of LDC — Ms. Reynolds explained again what she wanted from the board with review of the Code. Growth Management would like the code easier for the public to understand. They hope to have changes made and take it before Council before the first of the year. Ms. Koerner made suggested changes - Waiver of tree removal fee; changing tree removal on double lots perimeter line; and gated communities having opened area for wild life to get out. The quicker the board gives Ms. Reynolds their suggested changes the quicker she can move forward on it. Chairperson Adams wanted more explanation regard defining habitat of endangered species, defining critical habitat, and habitat management. Priority List of Both Boards — Each member gave their suggested list of priorities for the board. There was a lot of discussion. Chairperson Adams will take the ideas and put them into list form for the board to review and finalize at the next meeting. This priority list will then be presented at the October 10th Council meeting. Ms. Koerner will ask "The Mangrove Lady" to come to the December meeting as a speaker about the aquatic preserve. Went back to Public Input - Ms. Diane Powers read from a news article in the Press Journal (Sunday, Sept.2, 2007) regarding a group of students from Vermont that came to Indian River County to plant red mangroves and other plants on islands in the Lagoon. DEP's Aquatic Preserve ran the program to clean up the spoil islands. Ms. Powers spoke of the benefit of the mangrove plant. Ms. Reynolds stated that there are only two spoil islands under Sebastian's jurisdiction and the rest are County. 9. MEMBER MATTERS: Ms. Koerner won't be at the October meeting. Ms. Adams — Just wanted to remind the members that if they speak before council they need to let Council know that they are speaking on behalf of themselves and not the board. She also wanted to remind the board that coastal clean up is coming up again. Regular Meeting September 4, 2007 Page 3 Mr. Klitenic — There was an article in the Natures Conservancy magazine by Anne Birch about oyster beds in the Indian River Lagoon. They were looking for 300 volunteers to place mats into the Lagoon to promote oyster beds. This is something we should look into for the Sebastian area. Chairperson Adams knows Ms. Birch and she will contact her about placing us on her announcement list and possibly come to one of our meetings. Georgia Wells is on the Board of Directors, is a part time Vero Beach resident, maybe someone from the board could contact her and bring her in as a speaker. Ms. Cummings — Champion Tree candidates — we need some. Ms. Adams mentioned a cypress tr�e at the Buffer Preserve. Ms. Cummings will give them a call. Mr. Klitenic has an oak tree that the board can measure. Ms. Miller has a non-native fig tree in her yard that she says is very large. There was discussion regarding measuring non-native trees and if they should be champions. Ms. Koerner made a motion to exclude non-native trees as champions. Motion died due to no second. Nothing from Ms. Miller or Mr. Slattery. 10. STAFF MATTERS: Ms. Reynolds thanked Ms. Cummings, her family and the board secretary for helping clean up the islands of debris. Mr. Reynolds estimates that around three (3) tons of trash was picked up. There is another clean up on September 21 st. Ms. Cummings asked about a large area of land that was cleared on the nature preserve on Englar. Ms. Reynolds said it is an FP&L easement that has to be kept accessible. 11. ADJOURNMENT: Chairperson Adams adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m. �. Nat ral R so rces`�C ' erson Signature Board Secretary Signature , � ����,r ��� Date mvc� �� � ,���� - :�� HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND 1225 Main Street Sebastian, FL 32958 (772)589-5330 Phone (772)589-5570 Fax AGENDA NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2007 6:00 P.M. "To improve the quality of life in Sebastian by nurturing the balanced re/ationship between our citizens and our environment by protecting, preserving and promoting our natural resources" CALL TO ORDER: 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 3. ROLL CALL: 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 7, 2007 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 6. PUBLIC INPUT: 7. OLD BUSINESS: A. Champion Tree Day Update� 8. NEW BUSINESS: A. Priority List of Board � % B. Review of Residential Landscape portion of LDC �� 9. MEMBER MATTERS: 10. STAFF MATTERS: 11. 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