The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About2016-04-13 - Agendas CITY OF Tay% ! LY il 4 AGENDA U. ARKANSAS Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting April 13, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. City Administration Building Room 111 113 W. Mountain Street, Fayetteville, AR Members: Glenda Patterson, Chair; Malcolm LeVois, Vice Chair; Russell Dye; Damon Lipinski; Aubrey Shepherd; Hank Thomas; Sue Madison; City Staff: Chanel Pennington, Operations Assistant; John Scott, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent AGENDA: 1. Call to Order Glenda Patterson, Chair 2. Approval of March 09, 2016 UFAB Minutes Glenda Patterson, Chair UFAB Motion: 3. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation Board Member Hank Has May 2016 4. UFAB Annual report to City Council Sue Presented on April 12 — Update from Sue 5. Annual Sustainable Landscape Awards A Packet is attached. A Motion should be made on this subject. (see attachments: Timeline, awards rubric, categories) 6. Staff Reports and Updates Staff Grant Status Approved by City Council/ Installation should happen and be done by Middle of May-Ken 7. Other Business or New business 8. Adjourn Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville, AR 72701 CITY OF ays I' � le MINUTES ARKANSAS Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting March 09, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. City Administration Building Room 111 113 W. Mountain Street, Fayetteville, AR Members: Glenda Patterson, Chair; Malcolm LeVois, Vice Chair; Russell Dye; Damon Lipinski; Aubrey Shepherd; Hank Thomas; Sue Madison; City Staff: Chanel Pennington, Operations Assistant; John Scott, Urban Forester; Derek Linn, Urban Forester; Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent AGENDA: 1. Call to Order Glenda Patterson, Chair Members Present: Madison, LeVois, Patterson, Dye, Lipinski, and Shepard Members Absent: Thomas 2. Approval of February 10, 2016 UFAB Minutes Glenda Patterson, Chair UFAB Motion: Madison motioned to approve the minutes with corrections sent to John Scott, Motion passed, 5-0-0. 3. Discuss Roberts Rules of Order Glenda Patterson, Chair • Provide staff with at least two weeks' notice for a new agenda item. • Limit talks to ten minutes, conduct roll call, and recognition of speakers by the chair. 4. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation Damon Lipinski Lipinski presented information on the Osage orange tree. He discussed the following: 1. Common names. 2. General appearance. 3. Fruit and Flowers. 4. Origin and growing range of plant. 5. Practical uses for wood. 5. UFAB Annual report to City Council Staff Rough Draft Display—Derek Linn Linn presented the draft to the board for approval. Linn asked for any suggestions / edits from the board. Patterson asked if there was a goal regarding the adequate canopy coverage for the city. Mauling Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville,AR 72701 Linn replied that city has not adopted an official an official goal, but the code provides a recommendation of 40%. Patterson suggested adding the recommendation to the report. Madison expressed her concern about the lack of education to the public regarding use of"mulch volcanoes". She also mentioned she would like to see the expansion of edible plants around the city like the ones planted at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center. 6. Staff Reports and Updates Staff Grant Status-John Staff won the grant for the median plantings. He anticipates the project to be completed by end of April. The grant will go before City Council for approval to match the grant by 50%. Raisin Cane's Lot Split- John Raising Cane's did get the lot split approved. One part is a tree preservation area that can be sold and has to be recognized as tree preservation area. Staff will continue to monitor the area. Tree City Status- John The City of Fayetteville was awarded the status of being part of TREE CITY USA. Two signs will be posted, one in Walker Park and the other will be at Veterans Park. Invasive Plant BGO opportunity- John Staff met with the BGO regarding invasive plants and their desire to become a center for education regarding invasive plants. Scott asked if the board would like to be a part of the process. The board expressed interest and a desire to help with educational opportunities for the public. Sustainable Landscape Awards- John Staff is looking to increase the amount of entries by proposing an edible garden component to the competition. Madison expressed her concern with allowing Fayetteville Public Schools to enter the garden category of the competition. Other info Derek Linn informed the board that he will be leaving his position with the city. He thanked the board for all their guidance over the years. 7. Other Business or New business 8. Adjourn Patterson motioned to adjourn the meeting at 5:02 PM, LeVois seconded the motion. 2 UFAB minutes provides the basic discussions and motions of the UFAB meeting. For more information, please refer to the UFAB meeting video provided on the city's website, www.faVetteville-ar.gov. 3 Rubric for the Fayetteville Landscape Award 2016 4 3 2 1 0 Score 1.0 Design and Aesthetics Successful Somewhat Less successful Outstanding functional design(use of space and location of design successful design 1.1 garden) Design successfully Some location Design poorly addresses challenges addresses Outstanding handling of unique location challenges(soil and location location addressed 1.2 difficult topography,terraced..) challenges challenges Successful Somewhat Less successful Outstanding use of materials(Example:pots,trellis,cages, design successful design 1.3 and edging made of unique or recycled materials) Uninteresting, Unique plant Some unige Unique selection of Vegetables,fruits, herbs or spices selection varieties lacking in unique 1.4 (Eexample:wide variety of tomato,heriloom varieties..) selections Successful Somewhat Less successful design successful design 1.5 Seasonal crop output. (bounty,crops grown for canning) Very healthy Somewhat Stressed Plants healthy 1.6 Garden Health(healthy plants) Outstanding use of Native Vegetable,fruits, herbs or spices Paw Paw, Mulberry,blackberries,wSuccessfully somewhat No natives (Examples:PPMlb ry,blkbiwild Utilized successful utilized 1.7 strawberries, hickory,nuts) Successfully Somewhat Less successful Utilized successful 1,8 Other Feature of Merit(Judges Choice) 2.0 Environmental Best Management Practices Successful Somewhat Less successful design successful design 2.1 Outstanding Water Conservation(driplines,rain barrels) Successfully Somewhat Not utilized utilized successful 2,2 Composting Somewhat No examples of Well utilized utilized responsible pest 2.3 Responsible pest control(biodiversity,organic methods) control Use of beneficial birds and insects(bee hives,robins, Successfully Somewhat Not utilized 2.4 hummingbirds feeders) utilized successful Grand Total '9 2oi.6 Sustainable Landscape Award FOOD ! Landscapes that produce food while using sustainable management practices. V a xn y L j I C 2ol6 Sustainable Categories d warALandscape - Best Residential Garden: Residential gardens producing, vegetables, fruits, herbs or spices Best Restaurant Garden: Restaurants producing their own seasonal crops as ingredients. Best Commercial or Civic : Commercial or Civic property gardens producing food for charities, members, or for the sale to the general public. *All will be graded on sustainable management practices. *Applicants and gardens must be within the city limits of Fayetteville. 2oi6 Sustainable Landscape Award Timeline Call for Entries starting on April 30th during the Farmers Market Press release April 301n Linkto apply on website April 3oth Deadline to apply is May 27th Judging will be from June2oth to 26th Winners announced on July lith Winners tour on July 16th jurors We need to find at least 6 a for restaurants jurors a for civic/commercial 2 for residential vegetable gardens