2-12-25 Adopted MinutesMINUTES
Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC)
Meeting
F 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 Brinkley Harrell 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.
A. Approve minutes of the December 11, 2024 regular Environmental Stewardship
Committee meeting.
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
Bruce Andrews (Mored By) For
Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannucci For
Amy Palmer For
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Heather Markaj (Seconded By)
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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 COY.
Motion: Bruce Andrews
Second: Heather Markaj
Bruce Andrews (Moved By) For
Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannucci For
Amy Palmer For
Heather Markaj (Seconded By) For
Motion passed 5 to 0.
C. SRSC minutes
MOTION. To approve the SRSC minutes.
Motion: Bruce Andrews
Second: Heather Markaj
Bruce Andrews (Moved By) For
Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannucci For
Amy Palmer For
Heather Markaj (Seconded By) For
Motion passed 5 to 0.
D. Approve minutes of the Special January 29th 2025 ESC meeting.
Members decided to defer approval of this item.
E. Approve minutes of the Special February 5, 2025 ESC meeting
Members decided to defer 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.
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Motion: Bruce Andrews
Second: Amy Palmer
Bruce Andrews (Moved By) For
Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannucci For
Amy Palmer (Seconded By) For
Heather Markaj For
Motion passed 5 to 0.
G. Tree subcommittee minutes
Members decided to defer approval of this item.
H. Outreach minutes
Members decided to defer approval of this item.
90 DAY CALENDAR
A. 90 Day Calendar approval
MOTION: To approve the 90 day calendar
Motion: Bruce Andrews
Second: Amy Palmer
Bruce Andrews (Moved By)
Sarah Boren
Daniele Giovannucci
Amy Palmer (Seconded By)
Heather Markaj
Motion passed 5 to 0.
COMMISSION AND/OR STAFF REPORTS
A. Brazilian Pepper Tree Round -up - Feb. 28
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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.
Members continued discussion of Ordinance 95-25-124.
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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
Bruce Andrews (Moved By)
Sarah Boren
Daniele Giovannucci (Seconded By)
Amy Palmer
Heather Markaj
Motion passed 5 to 0.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Edible Orchard
Heather Markaj discussed the edible orchard.
B. Awards
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MOTION: To empower Sarah Boren to come up with a new Awards ceremony date.
Motion: Daniele Giovannucci
Second: Bruce Andrews
Bruce Andrews (Seconded By) For
Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannueci (Moved By) For
Any Palmer For
Heather Markaj For
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 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
Bruce Andrews (Moved By)
For
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Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannucci (Seconded By) For
Amy Palmer For
Heather Markaj For
Motion passed 5 to 0.
MOTION: To approve the third agenda attachment for item X amended to put back in the
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
Bruce Andrews (Moved By) For
Sarah Boren For
Daniele Giovannucci (Seconded By) For
Amy Palmer For
Heather Markaj For
Motion passed S to 0.
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.
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B. Tree Subcommittee 2025 work plan
This item was not discussed.
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
Bruce Andrews
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Sarah Boren
For
Daniele Giovannucci (Moved By)
For
Amy Palmer (Seconded By)
For
Heather Markaj
For
Motion passed 5 to 0.
11. MEETING RECAP
12. ADJOURNMENT
Being no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 8:54 p.m.
Attest:
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Sarah Boren, ESC Chair
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