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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-06-10 - Agendas CITY OF a e evl jq AGENDA Y ARKANS Urban Forestry Advisory Board July 08, 2015 4:00 p.m. City Administration Building 1 113 W. Mountain I Room 111 Members: Kathy Launder; Malcolm LeVois; Damon Lipinski; Glenda Patterson; Hank Thomas Sue Madison, Vice Chair; Don Steinkraus, Chair City Staff: Ken Eastin, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent 1. Call to Order Don Steinkraus 2. Approval of Minutes Don Steinkraus 3. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation Sue Madison 4. City Median Landscape Planning Hank Thomas 5. Celebration of Trees— preliminary planning Staff 6. Other Business or Announcements 7. Adjourn Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville,AR 72701 CITY OF a e evl jq AGENDA Y ARKANS Urban Forestry Advisory Board April 8, 2015 4:00 p.m. City Administration Building 1 113 W. Mountain I Room 111 Members: Kathy Launder; Malcolm LeVois; Damon Lipinski; Glenda Patterson; Hank Thomas Sue Madison, Vice Chair; Don Steinkraus, Chair City Staff: Ken Eastin, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent 1. Call to Order 4:00 pm Don Steinkraus, Chair 2. In Attendance: Kathy Launder, Malcolm LeVois, Sue Madison, Don Steinkraus, Damon Lipinski, Glenda Patterson 2. Approval of Minutes Don Steinkraus, Chair Sue Madison would like a correction to the minutes from March. Under section, 7, landscape competition, to finish the sentence "Steinkraus said the more we can increase the consciousness of the applicant." 3. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation Damon Lipinski Lipinski presented information on the Paw Paw tree. He described the following: • Regions of Growth • Foliage • Bark & Flowers • Fruit • Season & Cultivation • History & Folklore 4. Invasive Plant Ordinance Effort Peter Nierengarten, Fayetteville Director of Sustainability and Resilience Nierengarten discussed a potential ordinance regarding the invasive species in Fayetteville with a goal of limiting the amount of invasives within the city. He encouraged the board to recruit group of stakeholders for the next city council meeting to present all issues related to invasives. Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville,AR 72701 Madison reminded everyone that another goal is for new developments to have a percentage of plants planted to be native plants and no invasive. She asked about the wording of the ordinance. Nierengarten mentioned that wording will have to be broad, but specific in a few areas. Eastin asked where the best place would be for the invasive ordinance. Nierengarten suggested maybe the landscape ordinance. He suggested that it might be a recommendation and not a requirement in the beginning. Madison asked if the invasives would be listed in the ordinance. Nierengarten was not sure. Linn said if it was in the ordinance that it could be updated as needed. Nierengarten reminded the group of the upcoming city council meeting and suggested a stakeholder process of 3-4 months before the proposal for the ordinance is presented to the city council. Eastin said he would let the board know how the upcoming meeting goes with city council and how to move forward. UFAB Sustainable Landscape Competition Ken Eastin, Derek Linn Eastin and Linn gave the following updates: • Still on schedule • Notice for the master gardeners is almost complete,just need to finalize dates. • Competition will be announced in April, need to start getting the word out now. • Currently searching for judges. Eastin and Linn asked about the "unbuilt or design" category possibly changing the category name. He also mentioned incorporating students from the UofA for the category. He mentioned that he will need to present the idea to Dr. Smith at the UofA. The only concern is the timing so late in the semester for student involvement. Madison motioned to have the staff contacted immediately and research the possibility for a category of design with the emphasis on sustainable landscapes in the community. Steinkraus seconded the motion. Motion passed by voice vote. 6-0-0 Eastin asked if the judges have to live in the city. Linn said no, just the applicants. 2 Eastin read the notice of the competition and discussed the following dates: • April 22nd— May 13th open for applications. • Judging from May 14th to May 27th • June 10th will be public meeting and everyone will tour the two wining properties. • Response from the judges will be received May 27th — May 291h. Lipinski asked how many applications were the prior year. Eastin said five. 5. Other Business or Announcements Eastin mentioned the plant presentation packaging for the website and how there have been trouble with the video components for the meetings. He suggested using a different connection for the laptop will work better for the PowerPoint presentations. Linn said that they will bring the parks office laptop from now on. Steinkraus asked for someone to give a plant presentation at the next meeting. Levois said that he could if someone would bring a laptop. 6. Adjourn- 6:12 pm 3 CITY OF a e evl Iq AGENDA Y ARKANS Urban Forestry Advisory Board May 13, 2015 4:00 p.m. City Administration Building 1 113 W. Mountain I Room 111 Members: Kathy Launder; Malcolm LeVois; Damon Lipinski; Glenda Patterson; Hank Thomas Sue Madison, Vice Chair; Don Steinkraus, Chair City Staff: Ken Eastin, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent 1. Call to Order 4:00 pm Sue Madison, Vice Chair 2. Members Present Kathy Lauder, Sue Madison; Malcom LeVois; Damon Lipinski; 3. Approval of Minutes Sue Madison, Vice Chair Minutes suspended until June meeting. 4. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation Malcolm LeVois LeVois presented information on the Japanese Honeysuckle Vine, he discussed the following: • History • Distribution in the U.S. • Problems • Control 5. UFAB Sustainable Landscape Competition Ken Eastin, Derek Linn Five judges for the sustainable landscape competition were present for UFAB meeting. Linn updated everyone on the competition. Linn passed around contact information for the judges. He continued to explain the background of the competition and the purpose of UFAB. Linn briefed UFAB and judges on the status of the competition, dates, and applications. He presented a procedures document to everyone in attendance. He discussed the following: • Application Listing • Judging Rubric Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville,AR 72701 Linn asked the judges if further explanation of the rubric was needed The judges asked questions regarding the native landscapes. There was discussion among the board and judges about how to distinguish native plants to this area and what the judges should be looking for. Linn encouraged the judges to give positive feedback to all applicants. Linn continued to explain the rubric and answered questions regarding the content and judging process. Madison asked Linn about FOIA and since the judges will be conducting city business if the press should be invited to join the judging process. Linn said they were invited to the June 10'h meeting. Madison encouraged Linn to ask the city attorney regarding this. Linn said he would look into it. He didn't' think it applied to the judges because they are not appointed, but he would look into it. There questions regarding the judges and their visitation schedule with the applicants. Linn said it was dependent upon everyone's schedule. Madison asked if there were any other questions. Linn asked for the judges to decide if they would like to be on the residential or commercial teams. The judges were assigned to their teams. 6. Invasive Plant Ordinance Effort- update Ken Eastin, Derek Linn Linn briefed the group regarding the effort and explained that the agenda item went to council as a resolution of intent, and passed at the last meeting. It means that council has given city and staff their blessing on moving forward regarding the potential ordinance. There is currently a stakeholder group being compiled. One of the judges gave a briefing on the city council meeting. She mentioned it was positive and there was a lot of community support. Madison asked what the next step was for the ordinance. Linn said there was further research needed and identification of stakeholders. He asked the board to provide their input for the ordinance. Madison suggested this item be on future UFAB agendas. 7. Other Business or Announcements 2 Madison said that she has heard a lot positive feedback regarding the recent tree planting on Crossover. She asked what trees were planted. Linn said that there were London Plain trees were planted with a mix of others. He mentioned that it was a hybrid of the American Sycamore and the Asian Sycamore. Madison asked for public comments. A member of the public expressed his gratitude for the work everyone is doing on the potential ordinance. 8. Adjourn 6:02 pm 3 CITY OF aye evi le ARKANSAS Urban Forestry Advisory Board June 10, 2015 4:00 p.m. Unity of Fayetteville 14880 Wedington Road Karen Rollet-Crocker Residence 1951 N. Pembroke Road Members: Kathy Launder; Malcolm LeVois; Damon Lipinski; Glenda Patterson; Hank Thomas Sue Madison, Vice Chair; Don Steinkraus, Chair City Staff: Ken Eastin, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent 1. Call to Order 4:00 pm- Don Steinkraus, Chair Site Visit to Victory of Fayetteville. 2. Welcome Chanel Pennington, Parks Operations Assistant City Staff 3. UFAB Sustainable Landscape Competition Tour of Winning Properties Site Visit— Unity of Fayetteville, 4880 Wedington Road. Ken Eastin presented Unity of Fayetteville with the certificate, medaling, and sign for the commercial winning property. Site Visit— Karen Rollet-Crocker Residence, 951 N. Pembroke Road. Ken Eastin presented Karen Rollet with the certificate, medaling, and sign for the residential winning property. 4. Other Business or Announcements Sue Madison made a motion for City staff to research alternative ground covers that would be more sustainable than maintaining and mowing grass in medians with tree plantings, due to safety concerns for workers along high speed highways, protection of tree trunks, and overall maintenance costs. This was seconded by Kathy Launder, and passed 6-0-0 by voice vote. 5. Adjourn Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville,AR 72701