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TREE CONSERVATION BOARD
Minutes of November 8, 1994
The Board held its regular meeting on Monday, November 8, in
the City Commission Chambers. Present were:
Hope Van Nortwick, Chairman Mae Jones
Jim Pelkey Torn Frohne
Richard Beaver
Staff: George Worley, Designee Carl Walker, Coordinator,
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by Hope Van Nort-
wick., Chairman, in the City Commission Chambers. New member
Rick Beaver was introduced and welcomed to the Board.
The first application for consideration was for property at
326 Eight Street. Carolyn Woods, representing the builder,
was present and advised the Board that there were two trees
shown on the plans and application for removal but which she
felt might be saved. These are located near the entrance of
the driveway and are described as a 9" DBH holly tree and a
12" DBH palm tree.
Including the two above trees which may not require removal,
the application lists a total of 6 palm trees and 1 holly
proposed for removal on the lot. In addition, one 3" DBH
holly tree is to be replaced.
Following discussion, Jim Pelkey moved to accept the pro-
posal,
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posal, as submitted. Mae Jones seconded and the motion
carried by a unanimous vote.
There were no other applications to be reviewed and, under
old business, ,the agreement for replacement tree planting in
Tiffany by the Sea was discussed, at length, with Safa Man-
souri, representative for -Tiffany. Mr. Mansouri' s letter of
November 2 (copy attached) lists two proposals, each of
which was taken into consideration.
Rich Beaver pointed out that even though the original agree-
ment specified live oaks, their survival rate was not good
at a location that close to the oceanfront. He suggested
sycamore trees as an alternate. Mr. Mansouri advised that
of the 5 oaks which had previously been planted, only 2 had
survived.
The consensus of the Board was that allowing for proposal
### 1 with Tiffany/Pelican Bay supplying the trees with pro-
spective owners being responsible for the planting would
make it difficult to track for compliance and/or tree sur-
vival, even if a listing was provided of names and addresses.
The Board conceded that it would not be feasible to require
planting of 26 oaks on the Tiffany property due to space con-
straints, despite the original agreement. Several city owned
sites were discussed including the right of way on the west
side of Seminole Road, across from the Tiffany entrance,
Donner Park, or other City owned park locations, and on the
south side of Plaza bordering Russell Park.
Tom Frohne made a motion to approve the planting of 16 trees,
either oak or sycamore, each with a minimum of 3" caliper, on
Tiffany by the Sea owned property, at locations of the owners
discretion, or west of Seminole Road, if possible; 10 trees,
in addition to the above, are to be planted within Atlantic
Beach with exact locations to be determined at the next re-
gular Board meeting. Credit is to be allowed for the 2 oaks
already planted. Jim Pelkey seconded the motion which unani-
mously passed.
Hope Van Nortwick asked that each of the Board members pre-
pare for the next meeting by having a recommendation of one
or more sites of public land on which to plant the 10 addi-
tional trees, as a part of the action taken on the Tiffany
agreement.
Mae Jones moved to accept the minutes of the last meeting,
as read. Tom Frohne seconded and the motion passed unani-
mously.
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned
at 8:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Jim Pelkey
Secretary
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