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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnvironmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) - 14 May 2025 - Minutes - PdfEnvironmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) May 14, 2025 MINUTES Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) Meeting Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 6:00 PM City Hall, Commission Chamber 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Present: Amy Palmer, At Large Member Anastasia Houston, At Large Member Sarah Boren, District 1306 Member Daniele Giovannucci, At Large Member Todd Miner, At Large Member Absent: Bruce Andrews, District 1308 Member Also Present: Abrielle Genest, Principal Planner 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. (Todd Miner arrived at 6:30 p.m.) 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA A. Approval of Agenda MOTION: To APPROVE the agenda Motion: Amy Palmer Second: Daniele Giovannucci Amy Palmer (Moved By) For Anastasia Houston For Sarah Boren For Daniele Giovannucci (Seconded By) For Motion passed 4 to 0. 3. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR (5 MINS.) Carolyn Zisser spoke about Ordinance 95-24-124. She suggested changing the language which is in an email/letter that she presented. A. Language change to Ordinance 94-24-124. MOTION: To APPROVE the language change to Ordinance 94-24-124. Motion: Daniele Giovannucci Second: Amy Palmer Page 1 of 4 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) May 14, 2025 Amy Palmer (Seconded By) For Anastasia Houston For Sarah Boren For Daniele Giovannucci (Moved By) For Motion passed 4 to 0. 4. CHAIR REMARKS  Sarah thanked the committee for their work on the Awards Ceremony.  The Board Member Review Committee is meeting tomorrow.  Discussion about heritage trees changing ownership.  Discussed getting together with the ARCC members.  Outreach Meeting was canceled for Wednesday, May 21, 2025. 5. CONSENT AGENDA  ESC April 2025 Minutes  OSC April 2025 Minutes  TSC April 2025 Minutes  May Speaker Series Minutes  Items for City to promote through end of June 2025 (Motion)  Items ESC wants to relay to Commission in next 30 day (Motion) A. Consent Agenda MOTION: To APPROVE the Consent Agenda Motion: Amy Palmer Second: Daniele Giovannucci Amy Palmer (Moved By) For Anastasia Houston For Sarah Boren For Daniele Giovannucci (Seconded By) For Motion passed 4 to 0. 6. 90 DAY CALENDAR A. 90 Day Calendar MOTION: To APPROVE the 90 Day Calendar Motion: Anastasia Houston Second: Daniele Giovannucci Amy Palmer For Anastasia Houston (Moved By) For Page 2 of 4 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) May 14, 2025 Sarah Boren For Daniele Giovannucci (Seconded By) For Todd Miner For Motion passed 5 to 0. 7. COMMISSION AND/OR STAFF REPORTS  Howell Park Dig Out & Littoral Planting Community Service Day  Seminole & Atlantic Boulevard Entrance Update  Marsh Oaks Community Center Update  Flood Plain ordinance update  Parks Master Plan update  Ordinance 95-25-124 update from staff perspective  Commission Priority Setting Session Update  ESC Member Report Out on Recent Commission Meeting (Bruce) 8. OLD BUSINESS  Ordinance 95-25-124 Q&A; Anticipated New Members and Changes to Schedule  Awards Debrief & Inspiring Future Nominations 9. NEW BUSINESS  Elders Campaign  Priorities Workplan & Annual Tree Canopy Status Update A. Elders Campaign MOTION: As part of ESC 2025-2026 Priority to incentivize protection of mature trees, including a full-fledged marketing plan up to $10,000 from the Proposed 2025 Tree Mitigation Fund, action and spending plan for mature tree protection and canopy health data and request the tree subcommittee spearhead the campaign implementation details, cost and budget, task force recruitment, marketing needs, partnership with UFIFS using a naturalist at grid designation, update Commission and ESC on progress quarterly and complete campaign by no later than Earth Day 2026. Motion: Anastasia Houston Second: Daniele Giovannucci Dan suggested changing the wording regarding marketing plan. Sara said that Mark Hostetler with UFIFS has offered to help us create an iNaturalist project and everybody uses the iNaturalist app. This motion was withdrawn. Motion was WITHDRAWN. MOTION: To send the "Protect the elders mature tree program" concept to the tree subcommittee to explore further, come up with a plan and report back to the committee within 2 meetings or by the end of June. Page 3 of 4 Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) May 14, 2025 Motion: Anastasia Houston Second: Sarah Boren Amy Palmer For Anastasia Houston (Moved By) For Sarah Boren (Seconded By) For Daniele Giovannucci For Todd Miner For Motion passed 5 to 0. 10. SIGNIFICANT MATTERS ARISING IN SUBCOMMITTEES  Tree Subcommittee  Outreach Subcommittee  S&R Subcommittee 11. MEMBERS CLOSING REMARKS 12. MEETING RECAP 13. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:04 p.m. Attest: Amanda Askew Sarah Boren, ESC Chair Page 4 of 4