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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnvironmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) - 12 Feb 2025 - Minutes - PdfEnvironmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) February 12, 2025 MINUTES Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) Meeting Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 6:00 PM City Hall, Commission Chamber 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Present: Bruce Andrews, District 1308 Member Sarah Boren, District 1306 Member Daniele Giovannucci, At Large Member Amy Palmer, At Large Member Heather Markaj, ESC Member Absent: Anastasia Houston, At Large Member Todd Miner, At Large Member Also Present: Amanda Askew, Planning & Community Development Dir. (PCDD) 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Sarah Boren called the meeting to order and called the roll. 2. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR (5 MINS.) Mark Gabrynowicz and Brinkely Harrel spoke. 3. CHAIR REMARKS Sarah Boren gave the chair remarks. 4. CONSENT AGENDA Sarah Boren proposed moving the consent agenda to the end of the meeting. There was no dissent. 5. 90 DAY CALENDAR A. 90 Day Calendar approval MOTION: to approve the 90 day calendar Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Amy Palmer Motion passed 5 to 0. 6. COMMISSION AND/OR STAFF REPORTS A. Brazilian Pepper Tree Round-up - Feb. 28 Page 1 of 5 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) February 12, 2025 Amanda Askew invited members to join the Brazilian pepper tree round up. B. ESC and Commission joint workshop Amanda Askew reported she does not have a date for the joint workshop. Discussion about Ordinance 95-25-124 ensued. 7. OLD BUSINESS A. Edible Orchard Heather Markaj discussed the edible orchard. B. Awards MOTION: to empower Sarah Boren to come up with a new Awards ceremony date Motion: Daniele Giovannucci Second: Bruce Andrews Motion passed 5 to 0. C. Proposed 2025 ESC Priorities, Tree Mitigation Spending Plan and LEED Recertification/Sustainability and Resiliency Community Action Plan MOTION: to approve the first agenda attachment for item 7C amended to add a Mayport Road beautification initiative for $7,500 and increasing the Seminole and Atlantic beautification initiative $15,000. Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Daniele Giovannucci Motion passed 5 to 0. MOTION: to approve the third agenda attachment for item 7C amended to add back the strikethrough related to stewards of the park, insert the work "passive" in front of the word park, and approve all other redlines in the document Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Daniele Giovannucci Motion passed 5 to 0. 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve minutes of the December 11, 2024 regular Environmental Stewardship Committee meeting. Page 2 of 5 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) February 12, 2025 MOTION: to approve the December 11, 2024 meeting minutes with the amendment under 7E to say "the Commission whether they were open to hearing staff recommendations" and 9A to change "threw" to "throw" Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Heather Markaj Motion passed 5 to 0. B. Approve minutes of the January 8, 2025 regular Environmental Stewardship Committee meeting. MOTION: to approve the January 8, 2025 meeting minutes with the amendment under item 4, change last bullet to "COAB may be able to get a license from COJ" Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Heather Markaj Motion passed 5 to 0. C. SRSC minutes MOTION: to approve the SRSC minutes Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Heather Markaj Motion passed 5 to 0. D. Approve minutes of the Special January 29th 2025 ESC meeting Members decided to differ approval of this item. E. Approve minutes of the Special February 5, 2025 ESC meeting Members decided to differ approval of this item. F. Motion of proposed ESC content for newsletter through 03.13.25 MOTION: to approve the content with the revised Awards ceremony date to be inserted when the date is finalized Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Amy Palmer Motion passed 5 to 0. G. Tree subcommittee minutes Members decided to differ approval of this item. H. Outreach minutes Page 3 of 5 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) February 12, 2025 Members decided to differ approval of this item. 6. COMMISSION AND/OR STAFF REPORTS B. ESC and Commission joint workshop Members continued discussion of Ordinance 95-25-124. MOTION: keep language of Section 23-23(b)(3) and strike the words "tree subcommittee", restore language of Section 23-23(b)(5) and strike the words "tree subcommittee", add language about an annual joint workshop between Commission and ESC, and add language to allow current members to serve their third term Motion: Bruce Andrews Second: Daniele Giovannucci 8. NEW BUSINESS A. Better Communication Plan This item was not discussed. B. ESC Accomplishments to Date This item was not discussed. C. Discussion on How to Improve ESC Processes  Meetings  Homework  Individual leads & staff  Workplans  ShareFile  Forms /Doodles  Motion template This item was not discussed. 9. SIGNIFICANT MATTERS ARISING IN SUBCOMMITTEES A. Outreach 2025 works plans This item was not discussed. B. Tree Subcommittee 2025 work plan This item was not discussed. Page 4 of 5 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) February 12, 2025 C. SRSC 2025 work plan This item was not discussed. 10. MEMBERS CLOSING REMARKS A. Seminole Road and Atlantic Boulevard beautification MOTION: to approve the proposed landscape plan Motion: Daniele Giovannucci Second: Amy Palmer Motion passed 5 to 0. 11. MEETING RECAP 12. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:54 p.m. Attest: Amanda Askew Sarah Boren, ESC Chair Page 5 of 5