HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-07-06 - MinutesCITY ❑F FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS Urban Forestry Advisory Board July 6, 2022 4:00 pm City Hall Room 111 113 W Mountain St Fayetteville, AR MEETING MINUTES Meeting Members: Lacey Jennen, Chair; Samuel Adkisson, Vice Chair; Jim Parrish, John Crow, Zane Colvin, Ken Eastin, William Chesser City Staff: Sonya Morell, Operations Assistant; John Scott, Urban Forester; Melissa Evans, Urban Forester 1. Call to Order: Jennen called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. 2. Roll Call: Jennen, Adkisson, Parrish, Crow, Colvin, Eastin 3. In Attendance: Jennen, Adkisson, Parrish, Crow, Absent: Chesser 4. Staff: Morell, Scott, Evans Absent: Scott 5. Approval of June 1, 2022 Meeting Minutes UFAB Motion: Eastin moved to approve June meeting minutes. Colvin seconded the motion. Motion passed 6-0-0. 6. Amazing Tree of Fayetteville- Plaques getting ordered. 7. State Champion Trees — Several species are not shown, I recently got a Mexican plum nominated and won. Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) at Walker Park is nominated. Plaques are being ordered. Champion Trees Vacancies American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa) Possum Haw (Ilex decidua) Red Hickory (Carya ovalis) I would love for this board to start searching our parks for some of these missing trees. Some do not grow in our area. Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville, AR 72701 8. Native or Invasive Plant Presentation- July — Jim Parrish and Morgan Keeling, from the Illinois River Watershed Partnership Parrish and Keeling discussed The Green Between — Trees are a Frame to a great Painting • Blue Cities, Blue Neighborhoods with IRWP — Sustainable stormwater management through Low Impact Development (LID, aka "green" or "natural" infrastructure • Identifying high -impact green infrastructure opportunities, creating conservation plans with those landowners to advance concepts of sustainably managed stormwater • Tapestry Medians/Lawns as Alternative Discussion followed. Upcoming Presentations: • August -John Crow • September -Adkisson 9. Project updates - A. Hose bib- Building Exteriors Should be done by 21 sc B. Code Changes — Street Tree Requirements- Passed through City Council. C. I am working on Fall projects Eastin requested to be more involved in the development review process. Discussion followed. 10. Adjourn: UFAB Motion: Eastin made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Parrish seconded the motion. Motion passed 6-0-0. Meeting adjourned at 4:57 pm. 11. Submitted by: Sonya Morell, Operations Assistant 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.