All set. All right. In compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act of 1975, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided. If any member has reason to believe that this meeting is being held in violation of this act, they should state so at this
time. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Please stand for pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> What he always >> Lauren, will you call roll, please? >> George A. >> Here. >> Tracy is excused. Uh, Barbber's excused
as well. Jim >> here. >> Uh, Carol Carol. >> Which Carol? >> Carol sick. >> Oh, here. >> George W. >> Here. >> And Carol York >> here.
And Barbara's excused. Did you know that? Okay. >> And >> yes. All right. Right. Since we don't have any guests or members of the public, I'd like to move uh to new business at this time, which is the reorganization of the Sha Tree Commission. And I'd like to turn that
over to Councilman Meyer to handle that if you would. >> Yes. Uh George, I guess, uh we have three slated officers that we're going to be nominating and voting on tonight. Uh it's going to be chairperson, vice chair, and treasurer.
Um, do you have a preference of the order? >> No. >> All right, I'll start from the top. Um, I'll entertain uh nominations for uh chairperson. >> Make a motion. >> Okay. Who do you make a motion for? >> I'm motioning for George AOR.
>> Okay. Second >> to be chairperson. >> Okay. Any other nominations? Move the close nominations. >> So move. >> So moved. >> All right. Um, roll call. Would you mind doing roll call?
Voting for for chairperson George. >> George. George A. >> I have to abstain. >> No, you >> I can vote for myself. >> Sure. Okay. >> It's a democracy. >> Yes. >> Jim. >> Yes. >> Uh, Carol Sik. >> Yes. >> George W. >> Yes.
>> And Carol York. >> Yes. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> Speech. >> Well, wait. We'll wait till we finish the other.
>> All right. I'll make a >> I'll open the floor for nominations for vice chairperson. >> I'll make a motion to nominate George Warner as vice chair of the Sha Tree Commission. >> So seconded.
Uh move to close motions or is there any other nominations? >> Okay. Uh >> would you please call the role? >> George A. >> Yes. >> Uh Jim, >> yes. >> Carol Sick, >> yes. >> George W.
>> Yes. >> Keller York. >> Yes. I think it's important to mention that this new slate position that we've created uh for for um treasurer is an important position. Um so I'll open up the floor to make nominations
for treasurer. >> I'd like to move Carl York nomination for treasur. >> Second. >> George Warner makes a motion. Jim seconds it. Any other nominations for treasurer? >> No.
>> Someone want to move the closed nominations? >> Move the closed nominations. >> Please do the roll call for pleasure. >> George A. >> Yes. >> Jim. >> Yes. >> Carol Sick. >> Yes. >> George W. >> Yes. >> And Carol York. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Congratulations and thank you for serving. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for doing that. My first thing I'd like to do as chairperson is to first of all thank you for that. It's an honor and it's a privilege and I hope I
live up to everyone's expectations not just here but among the public as well. I'd also like to take this time to briefly just thank uh former chairman Jay Shatz for his many many years of de devotion and dedication and public service. Um he was quite a role model
for I think all of us. >> Well said. >> Well done. >> Well stayed. All right. If we're finished with that, we can move on to uh street removals. There are no >> approval of the minutes. >> Oh, the minutes. We've all had chance,
I'm assuming, to review the minutes from last month's meeting. I'll entertain a motion to approve those minutes or change. >> I'll second it. >> Okay. >> Roll call, please. >> George, >> yes. >> Jim,
>> yes. Carol Zik, >> yes. >> George W, >> yes. >> Carol York, >> abstain. >> All right. Next order of business is the street tree removal request. At this time, we don't have any for this month. So, we'll move on to the residential tree removal permit applications.
Starting with 1204 Washington Street. The tree at 1204 Washington Street is located at the rear of the property. The tree appears to be dead, uh, primarily dead. Uh, it's covered with ivy and
vines and, um, I would recommend the approval of removing that with the two for one replacement clause. >> I'll second that. >> It's your first motion. Any recommendations for what type of tree or
>> seconded? >> Motion made by Commissioner Warner and seconded by Commissioner Sik. >> All right. Roll call, please. >> Any tree to be replaced with? >> Two. >> Two. >> Any specific types of trees >> from our tree list? >> Okay. >> Something from our tree. >> So, it's going to be a two for one. >> Either that or it would have to go into
the tree bank if there's not enough room for them to plant it on their property. >> And what is the size of the trees required to be planted? >> There should be twoinch caliper. >> I think it's worth mentioning. >> Yeah, twoinch caliper trees. diameter breast type.
All right, the next tree. Going >> to call a roll on that. >> Oh, yes. Would you call for that? >> George A. >> Yes. >> Jim, >> yes. >> Carol Sick, >> yes. >> George W. >> Yes. >> Carol York. >> Yes. >> Okay.
>> All right. The next one uh is 1200 New York Avenue. Jim, would you like to address this because that was your original inspection? >> Um, chairman, I I'm going to defer this to the new representative who said that he was going to uh run this to ground.
>> Okay. Um the uh the applicant has asked for several trees to be removed. Um and a significant portion of the uh what we would refer to as a privacy screen with
a holly and >> crepe myrtle >> crepe myrtle. Um our recommendation is to retain the uh >> magnolia and proceed with the removal of the crepe myrtle and the holly >> and those would also require
replacements two for one two for one replacements as the caliper of those trees when combined um is quite significant as far as the the laurel that is the privacy screening that doesn't come under our jurisdiction necessarily.
Is it this? >> Yes, that's 1200 New York Avenue. Yes, it is. I don't know what the other Yeah, they wanted to remove the >> Do you have any comments on that? >> I concur with your observation. Absolutely.
>> The the three trees we're mentioning are um the southern magnolia which we said we would >> retain >> retain. The crepe myrtle and the holly are the ones that are the trees in question. So that's that makes up the three trees. So they would have approval to remove the two but not the third, not the magnolia.
>> And I think we can we can do a blanket motion on that, can we not? >> I don't see why not. >> Accept the recommendations. >> Yes. >> The commissioners involved. >> Mhm. >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> Can I move that? >> Yes. Absolutely. >> That we uh uh uh recommend that we
retain the crepe myrtle and and permission to remove the uh excuse me, the southern magnolia retain. >> Yes. and remove the great murder of the hall. >> Mhm. With the two for one replacement in place. >> Okay. >> I'll second it. >> All right. Roll call, please.
>> Jim, >> yes. >> Carol Sik, >> yes. >> George W. >> Yes. >> Carol York. >> Yes. >> George A. >> Yes. >> The final one on today's list is 915 Corgi Street. Um
I believe Jim, you checked this out, so if you'd like to comment on this. >> Yeah, please. Um before making any motions, I I definitely did um my homework on this one and to the point that I um have basically a packet.
I was in pretty constant contact with the homeowner and he um he was enthusiastic and passionate about his
about his uh plight. Uh, apparently two times over the rental season of the holidays, he took um sewer backup hits into his rental property to the point of um $6,000 in total damages. Um,
additionally, um, he's sharing, uh, damages or I should say a reparation of a Y, um, going to the lateral to the sewer main. What had happened though, his neighbor
on the left hand side had taken on a huge renovation and they have the lateral or excuse me, they have the gravity advantage. They do not. It's a small um but quaint risk.
By the time it comes in, it comes back as a blowback. Now, I'm going to talk about the tree. The tree is magnificent. It is a beautiful tree. I believe it's a magnolia. >> It's a silver maple. >> Silver maple. My apologies. Yes. And I do have that in my notes. My apologies.
Um, in order for him to actually uh ascertain the gravity uh feed, he would have to actually go around the tree, do a major excavation, take out a front egress, and still no guarantee that he's going
to get that gravity feed. And that work uh would be about $25,000. >> That's my estimation as a property adjuster. Um, I know there are times that we're supposed to pray for the
trees and >> but I believe in this particular case, I think we should have some empathy and uh we should uh think about the health, safety, and wellness of the homeowner and the uh the renters that are going to be in there.
>> And so I would like to make um Can I make a motion? I I don't want to. Yes. I would like to make a motion that we um remove the tree and replace with a two for one 2-in caliper
uh with the replacement to occur during the growing season of 20. >> I think that's a good idea. >> Was this a street tree? >> No, it's on private property. >> Property. Okay. And when it impacts the health and wellness of a homeowner,
that's when it becomes >> rentals. Rentals. Yes. >> Yes. I know. >> All right. So, you've already made the motion. >> I'll second it. >> Second. >> Will you do a roll call? Oh, do you have a question? >> No. No. I was just going to second it. >> Okay. Lauren, please.
>> Jim, >> yes. >> Carol Sik, >> yes. >> George W. >> Yes. >> Carol York. >> Yes. >> And George A. >> Yes. All right. Subcommittee report. >> Excuse me, chair. Lauren, will you make
um contact with the homeowner or should I? >> I'll make contact with the homeowner. >> Thank you very much. I appreciate it. >> All right. Uh Commissioner Warren, >> uh nothing new to report >> from the subcommittee. Yes. >> Okay. >> I don't have anything at this time.
Um, do we want to bring up the school tree at all? Okay. >> Well, we did we did discuss at the last meeting, but we can certainly bring that back up saying, you know, that we are going to be removing that tree and then replanting one as an Arbor Day planting >> is our goal.
>> That's our goal to have it done for Arbor Day. A sizable tree, I would think, would be more appropriate in that location. >> Yeah. I think that made our meeting two two meetings. Oh. >> All right. and DPW. Well, we don't have any updates from them.
>> Oh, you know, I was thinking to myself, I I brought a shortly, I think the other day, it' >> be nice if we got a uh monthly report of any street tree trimmings >> or removals based on the windstorm that we had this last couple weeks. >> Mhm. >> I think we should request that as a
>> from public works, >> something short. Just let us know. It's all out there because, right, >> if we don't have a conversation, we're not going to know what they've done, >> right? And I think now too is the time that some of those trees that we've uh noted that were dead since it's still
the offseason, we should get that into public works as soon as possible so that they could be removed. We've already had some of them marked out. Great. Is there anything else that we need to would like to discuss at this time? >> Yes.
>> Yes, please. There is a tree enc casement uh on Decar that's over um over at Delos and I brought this up I think earlier last year and I think the concern was that there was uh a concern that the
Merkantile uh community didn't want it and I don't see I I I don't see anything that would actually stop us from actually putting a tree in there because there's really not a lot merkantile activity there. I would like to consider
that tree stand or that an iron embankment >> to to be um reused, reutilized. >> So, you're saying it's a tree pit with an iron grade in it? >> Yes. Okay. It is a very formal piece and it looks
>> um every time I pass it, I'm picking up cigarette butts and whatnot from it's it's because it holds it holds things debris. >> We did discuss this. >> Yeah, but Mr. Chairman, don't aren't we still in like a >> we're we're still in kind of a holding >> treading water there. Holding patterns good.
>> We were told to cease and desist from anything that has to do with the merkantal um association merchants association. This is a number of years ago. So now I think we that's something we can talk discuss with the city manager and see if he would like to um >> I think the manager indicated he was
going to uh inquire >> try to do something about that because we have a similar situation also by the um rectory for the Our Lady Star of the Sea Church and there's an empty tree pit there. It does not have the metal grade in it but it's still you know a highly
visible location and it's an empty tree pit >> and you've already selected a tree for that haven't you Mr. Chairman? >> Yes. Yes, a pinup would be nice there. >> Yes. So, we can talk about that and go ahead. >> Yeah. Couple more things very very
quickly. Um, Councilman Meyer, I if you would um it was discussed mid year last year about us receiving email uh addresses for so that we can
communicate with the homeowners and not be liable. perhaps liable. So, um >> uh I did speak to Paul about that. I'd say about in >> Yeah, I remember that >> like May June, >> but if you can just touch base with him and say we, you know, the concerns are
are many, especially if it comes down to things about liability. Um there are governmental immunities like crazy for the municipality, but for us as volunteers, we do not um have the privilege of those immunities.
>> Okay. And the last thing please um as of right now I am still an alternate. I would literally very much like to >> we have to we that should have been on our slate today too. >> Um I just think you naturally assume
that position >> well we're going to we're going to present it and vote on it. So we have two alternates at this time that are still considered alternates and Jim Sealand is one of them. So >> we took care of that January 1st. Did we >> I think city council >> I I wasn't
>> city council did. >> Okay. He's unaware. So >> I don't know. >> We'll wait till council meer checks it out. >> It may already be official. >> Formal membersh we'll cut you a break on that one. >> I got it by proxy. I'm good.
>> I think by acclamation we'll just >> Mr. Seal I think you can consider yourself a full member. >> A full member. >> Yes. >> I'm assuming the position. Well, >> it will not be contested. >> We'd also al also be doing the same
thing for Tracy at this time. >> Yeah, because the new ones would be >> Why don't we hold that over to next meeting just to see okay if you have to take a formal action on it. >> Okay. >> Unless that unless that's
>> I'm slowing down the meeting. I do apologize all right committee. >> That's quite all right. Is that what you're looking up, Shane? >> Yes. >> Thank you, >> George. This tree on 1200 New York was
the one we're keeping there. I think you're getting rid of these. >> We're recommend that we retain the southern magnolia. >> Yeah. >> And the holly and the >> the holly. So, we're getting rid of the crate myrtle. >> The holly and the crate myrtle. You guys
permission to and the southern the southern magnolia stays >> it's going to be retained >> okay >> can be taken back >> but that is subject to two for one
>> orbody remember >> I know but whatever there has to be some Just give me one second. Sure. >> Thank you. >> You know, can I make a recommendation? It's not going to impact anything we do today. So, why don't we adjourn the
meeting and between now and the next meeting, we'll have a answer. I have to have the the city clerk here. We'll have the city clerk here to make swearing >> to do the swearing in. Yeah. Okay. Is there anything else that anyone would like to discuss at this time?
>> If not, I'll entertain a motion for adjournment. >> I'll second. >> Somebody has to make the motion. >> Oh, I'll make the motion to >> I'll second it. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> I