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Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC)
Meeting
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 6:00 PM
Commission Chamber
Present: Amy Palmer, At -Large Member, ESC
Linda Chipperfield, At -Large Member, ESC
Mark Gabrynowicz, ESC Chair, District 1307 Member
Daniele Giovannucci, Vice Chair, At -Large Member, ESC
Romy Vann, At -Large Member, ESC
Sarah Boren, District 1306 Member, ESC
Bruce Andrews, District 1308 Member, ESC
Anastasia Houston, At -Large Member, ESC
Absent: Christopher McHan, At -Large Member, ESC
Barbie Brooksher, District 1312 Member, ESC
Patrick Nobles, At -Large Member, ESC
Also Present: Amanda Askew, Director of Planning and Community Development
Candace Kelly, City Commissioner, Seat 4
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mark Gabrynowicz called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.. Linda Chipperfield called the roll.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes of the August 10th regular Environmental Stewardship
Committee meeting.
MOTION: to approve the August 10, 2022 minutes with the adjusted spelling of "Inflation"
under item 4.A.
Motion: Bruce Andrews
Second: Romy Vann
A vote was not recorded. There was no dissent to approval of the minutes.
Motion passed unanimously S to 0.
3. CHAIR REMARKS
Mark Gabrynowicz stated the goal of the meeting was to review the Community Action Plan,
approve of the goals, and decide on dates for future ESC and public input meetings. He informed
the committee of the Northeast Florida Regional Award for Excellence and encouraged
members to make nominations if they had any.
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4. REPORTS
None.
5. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR (5 MINS.)
There were no speakers.
6. REPORTS
C. Tree subcommittee
• Brue Andrews gave the tree subcommittee report. He discussed the proposed
change to Chapter 23 to increase and strengthen the protection zone for trees on
properties undergoing construction and revising the 3 -year maintenance period
for mitigation trees.
MOTION. to recommend to the Commission that the city establish a process and allocate
adequate resources to ensure that mitigation trees are maintained in a healthy fashion throughout
the required 3 -year time frame.
Motion: Bruce Andrews
Second. Anastasia Houston
A vote was not recorded. There was no dissent to the motion.
Motion passed unanimously S to 0.
• Romy Vann expressed her concern for the 3 -year time frame and said she has had citizens
express the same concern. Discussion ensued.
MOTION. to remove the 3 -year maintenance requirement for trees planted on private property
using tree fund monies and require the trees be maintained with reasonable care
Motion: Daniele Giovannucci
Second. Bruce Andrews
Linda Chipperfield
For
Mark Gabrynowicz
For
Daniele Giovannucci (Moved By)
For
Romy Vann
For
Sarah Boren
For
Bruce Andrews (Seconded By)
For
Anastasia Houston
For
Motion passed 7 to 0.
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Bruce Andrews continued the report and spoke about private property tree removal on
2nd Street, finding trees locations in city right-of-way, and stated Amanda Askew and
Romy Vann are working on the bidding process for a tree canopy analysis.
Daniele Giovannucci asked Amanda Askew is the updated tree code, specifically the
mitigation requirements for new construction, are deterring builders and property owners
from removing trees. Amanda Askew expressed there is some push back from the
community about the increased mitigation, however, she has seen applicants adjust plans
to save trees when presented with high numbers. She stated people are still moving
forward and dealing with the high ratios.
B. Outreach subcommittee
• Linda Chipperfield gave the report. She spoke about social media efforts,
creating a google calendar, event calendar, and resource list.
• Daniele Giovannucci reported about his meeting the Kevin Hogencamp
regarding a resource list to inform people. He said he is in the process of
compiling a list of contacts but a problem that the ESC may have is the list will
be public record. Discussion ensued.
• Linda Chipperfield continued the report and asked Amanda Askew if tree
companies were notified of the Tree Trimmer Verification. Amanda Askew
reported that companies were notified and two companies have passed the test
but one was not located in Duval County.
• Linda Chipperfield stated there is a Heritage Tree candidate on the ABE Campus.
Amanda Askew reported she reached out to the principal and neighboring church
but did not heard back. Amy Palmer said she reached out to the church who said
the request is with the their Building Committee.
• Linda Chipperfield reported on the website update, items purchased for ESC
events, a proclamation thanking Word Revolt for their work with ESC events,
bringing on someone for public relations, and Mark Gabrynowicz' upcoming
report to Commission.
A. LEED subcommittee
- Community Action Plan - Presentation
• Sarah Boren gave the LEED subcommittee report and stated that the LEED
recertification is almost ready to resubmit.
• Sarah Boren gave an overview of the Community Action Plan and read action
items. She answered questions about the goals and plan. She explained that she
will need the ESC to have a special meeting to vote on goals and create steps to
achieve each goal.
MOTION. to approve the focus areas and goals as outlined in the Draft Community Action
Plan
Motion: Sarah Boren
Second. Daniele Giovannucci
• Bruce Andrews explained several resiliency improvements he was and asked what focus
area they would fall under. Sarah Boren responded and said those would fit under Green
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Building and Infrastructure. She stated the plan will closely relate to the Capital
Improvements Plan (CIP) and Adaptation Plan. Bruce Andrews expressed he would like
to see some of the issues noted in the plan.
Romy Vann stated many of Bruce's concerns were expressed in the long survey and the
goal was to include those in an appendix.
Commissioner Kelly spoke about how she would like to see the items included in the
plan to be incorporated in all future work within the city. Daniele Giovannucci asked
that city procurement be included with Commissioner Kelly's point. There was no
dissent.
Dan iele Giovan nucci (Seconded By)
For
Sarah Boren (Moved By)
For
Amy Palmer
For
Linda Chipperfield
For
Mark Gabrynowicz
For
Romy Vann
For
Bruce Andrews
For
Anastasia Houston
For
Motion passed 8 to 0.
• Sarah Boren said the committee must decide on an official meeting date to to review and
vote on the final draft. Members decided to meet September 21 st at 5 p.m.
• Sarah Boren stated the proposed name is "Sustainability and Resilience Community
Action Plan". She asked for input. There was no dissent.
• Sarah Boren proposed changing the name of the LEED Subcommittee to "Sustainability
and Resiliency Subcommittee". There was no dissent.
• Sarah Boren asked if October 5th or 6th would work with members to hold a community
meeting for input on the plan. There was no preference.
• Sarah Boren explained the next part of the process will be deciding on action items for
the goals. She proposed having 10 action items for each focus area. Discussion ensued
on how members were to select those items and how it will be presented to Commission.
Members agrees to select their top 10 action items and send them to Sarah Boren by
September 18th.
7. OLD BUSINESS
None.
8. NEW BUSINESS
None.
9. MAYOR AND/OR STAFF REPORT
None.
10. ADJOURNMENT
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Attest:
There being no further discussion, Mark Gabrynowicz declared the meeting adjourned at 8:08
p.m.
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manda Askew
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