11-20-02 vAGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF
.TREE CONSERVATION BOARD
November 20, 2002
7:00 p.m.
City Bali Conference Room
1. Call to Order
2. Recognition of Visitors
3. Approval of Minutes of Meeting of November 6,.2002
4. Old Business
A. Tree Removal.Application Forn1
5. New Business
A. Tree Removal Applications:
I) 2263 Gcean Forest Drive West
2) 1479 Laurel Way
3) 358 19~' Street
6. Reports and Announcements
A. Mitigation Plan for 580 Sherry Drive
7. Adjournment
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All information related to these applications and full legal descriptions for the subject properties are
available for review at the City of Atlantic Beach F3uilding Department located at 800 Seminole Road,
Atlantic. Beach, Florida.
if any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Tree Conservation Board with respect to any
matter considered at the above meeting, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and for such
purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the"proceedings is made, which record includes the
testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
Notice to persons needing special accommodations and to all hearing impaired persons: In accordance
with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation to participate in this
proceeding should contact the laity of Atlantic Beach 1904) 247-x$00, 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic
Beach, Florida. 32233- not later than five days prior to the date of this. meeting.
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TREE CQNST~~RVATiQiiI BQAiti3
November 20; 2082-
A regular meeting of the Tree Conservation Board was held tiVednes<lay, November ~o, 2002, in
the Gib;- ~ Con<ference iZUOm. P*~~t were Barbara. Mears, Carol P4ockwood, Maureen
Shaughnessy, Building Qfficiai Don Ford and Athena Shearer.
.. , ,~., ~~ to .Order
- '£hc mcc~tinng-was-callcd t~-~ardei-at 7:0,5,p.rr~.
2. Recognition of Visitors
None.
3. Approval of Minutes of Meeting of November 6, 2002
A motion was made by Board Member Shaughnessy, seconded by Board Member
Rockwood and unanimously carried to approve the Minutes of the Tree Conservation
Board meeting of November 6, as written.
4. Qld Business
'~'he_-Board_moved .to address lY~v Business prior to Ctld. Business.
5. New Business
~. 7free R.e~ovsl Acatigns:
.,. . -#~} 2253-4cesn-~'are~t Iiri~ ~?VesG ~~r. bane Boggs inte`oc~o~d.~raself and sta#ed~.t ke
sad a letteL from tree specialist. F.ar~y Fiet3! sta#ing_ the-I6" nnagnolia, tr~_~azas izi-bad`.
c~ncfition and~ould-act sunave: -~'he Booard determined that-due to tie i~ad.coEndit~ion of the
magno}ia.-tree,-it~id be removed--with~omitigatro~n-re~uire~.
A motion was made. by Board Member Shai~ghitessy, seconded by Board Member
Rockwoacl and unanimous carried to direct the BuBdin~g ~clal to issue a permi# for
the removal of a 16" unprotected oak and a 18" unprotected with no mitigation
required.
2j 1479 Laurel Way: Building Off vial Ford advised that the,8" oak free Indicated-in the
application was used for mitigation one year ago, therefore, the tree was required to he
replaced at 100 percent.
A~-otion w,as made. by B,narsl Meri-bnrRoskwnnd,_secgnded by Board Member
Shaughnessy and unanimo~isly carried tha# the Building Official require that the 8" oak
used for mitigation be replaced at 100 percent.
~} 35819 Street: Building ()ffcial Ford read Sectiuiz23-i7{gx3j(cj of#he Tree
t~rdinance wiiicli outlined the foIlow~g: "...tfie:Director is ~abie to de#erroiRe with
reasonable certainty the number a£grotected trees removed in violationca£this subpart.
jsection], the violation shall be corrected by pa3~g a eivii fine of up to one doilar ($1.04) ger
Sniff f~2tQf lanr~ ~~lPare~ wliiGll.fiil~. shah be acePCCCS~ by tll~-Ct~d~,..P,dtft3rCP~~Q3LCl_."
Buis-4~~cial Ford advisod that ~e-su~ey was e+~d ~~ ~e liuiider a$d-mot a, ficenfsed
surveyor, and the survey was suppiied after the removal of the trees so there was no way ~to
`""' verify accuracy of the survey. He also advised the Board that a notice was sent to
Coppenbarger Homes on April 26, 2002, advising them tha# a tree removal permit was
hLinutes of Tree Consen~ation Board
November 20, 2002
Page 2
required prior to issuance of a building permit. Discussion ensued with regard to tree
removal permit applications.
A motion was made by Board Member Shaughnessy, seconded by Board Member
Rockwood and unanimously carried to not accept the Tree Removal Application.
A motion was .made by Board Member Shaughnessy, seconded by Board Member
Rockwood and unanimously carried to require Coppenbarger Homes to submit an
accurate survey showing the cleared area of the Iota
58() Sherry Drive: Building Official Ford informed the Board that 44" of hardwood was
removed instead of 56" of hardwood. He fi~rther stated that the applicant presented a check
to the City of Atlantic Beach for a portion of the mitigation and planted trees to complete the
balance of the mitigation required.
4. Old Business
A. Tree-Removal Application; .Discussion was held and the Board deferred this item to the.
next Tree Conservation Board meeting.
b. Reoorts and Announcements
The Board discussed permit fees for Tree Removal Applications and determined that they would
discuss this issue at a future meeting.
~~~ 7. Adjournment
There being no other business or discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
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