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TREE CONSERVATION BOARD
Minutes of February 21, 1995
The Board held its regular meeting on Tuesday, February 21,
in the Conference Room of City Hall. Pr=esent were:
Hope Van Nort w i ck, Chairman Mae Jones
Richard Beaver Tom Frohne
Jim Pelkey
Guest : Larry Figart, Urban Forester
Staff: Carl Walker, Coordinator
George Worley, Designee
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by Hope Van Nort-
wick, Chairman, in the City Hall Conference Room.
Pat Jones of Watson Realty Corporation introduced herself as
representing Scott Kassel, builder for the proposed duplex
structures in Section H, Lots # 6 - # 10, Block # 3, and Lots
# 1, 11, and 12, Block # 4. Ms. Jones advised that the du-
plexes planned were 2 or 3 bedrooms, each with a "parking
pad" area. She also stated that the only trees to be removed
were in the footprint of the structure or in the driveway and
that no replacement trees were planned for the property.
Most of the Board discussion centered around the planting of
replacement trees and it was determined that a total of 225"
DBH were proposed for removal on the eight (8) lots involved.
Replacement of 1/3 of this amount would be 75". It was ex-
pressed and agreed upon by the Board that the replacements
should be planted equally on all of the lots included.
A motion was made by Rick Beaver to accept the proposal as
presented with the requirement that replacement oak trees be
planted, as follows, each with a minimum of 3" caliper:
Lot # 12 - 2 oaks in the front, one placed on either side
of the drive, and 2 oaks in the rear of the property;
Lot # 11 - 1 oak each to the left and right of the drive
and 3 oaks in the rear of the lot ;
Lot # 1 - 2 oaks in the front of the lot and 3 in the rear,
placed at locations of the builder' s option;
Lot # 10 - 1 oak to the left of the drive and 1 oak on the
property line between lots # 9 and # 10;
Lots # 9, 8, 7 and 6 - one oak each on the property lines
between lots # 9 and # 8, between lots # 8 and # 7, and
between lots # 7 and # 6. Also, on lots # 6 through
# 10, a total of 5 oaks are to be planted, one in the
rear of each lot, at a location on each lot of the
builder' s option.
Further, the owner must be aware of, and comply with, proper
barricade procedures or be subject to a stop work order being
placed on the property for failure to properly protect those
trees to be saved. Tom Frohrâ–ºe seconded the motion which car-
ried by a unanimous vote.
The locations for the required replacement trees for the
above were marked in red on the original of the lot maps and
made a part of the file.
Larry Figart, Urban Forester, was introduced and presented
the Board with a 15 - 20 minute program which included over-
head slides and written material. Much of the presentation
dealt with proper protection of tree root systems and methods
of barricading to safeguard trees during construct ion. Mr.
Figart apprised the Board members of a concept known as root
protection zones. Following questions from the Board, Hope
Van Nortwick thanked Mr. Figart for his presentation.
There was discussion on the appeal made by James Griffiths on
the Board' s replacement tree requirement on Lot #20, Unit #3,
Oceanwalk, heard at the Commission meeting of February 13.
Carl distributed a copy of the draft minutes for that meeting
which outlined what had transpired. The Board was concerned
with the comments expressed by the City Attorney on the
Board' s lack of authority to require replacement trees either
on or off site as a form of mitigation. George and Carl ad-
vised that the appeal was on the agenda to be reconsidered at
the Commission meeting of February 27 when the Mayor would
also be present and a "split-vote decision" avoided.
Carl also reported that he had obtained a copy of the Jack-
sonville Beach tree ordinance which allowed for a "tree bank"
fund established when replacement trees could not be planted
on site, and also contained a formula of 1/3 replacement
trees for those being removed. A copy of the ordinance was
distributed to the Board members.
George advised that he had spoken to Tiffany by the Sea and
that they had indicated that they were unwilling to comply
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with the Board' s requirement of planting trees off-site. A
letter will be prepared by George for Hope' s signature in
order that the matter will be in writing and with a time per-
iod requirement. George also informed the Board that he had
contacted the 2 builders in Section H, discussed at previous
meetings, regarding the lack of proper tree barricades. If
they do not comply, stop work orders on the respective pro-
perty will be issued.
Enforcement of Board requirements for replacement tree plan-
ting and proper tree protection methods were further discus-
sed. George advised that he would be implementing the change
previously recommended by the Board on the permit cards. It
was agreed that this would help serve as an enforcement tool,
The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed; Hope requested
that the first sentence of the third paragraph be rewritten
to read " the extreme grade change of the lot. . . . " ; Carl
brought out that there was a typographical error in the first
sentence of the fifth paragraph and should read ". . . not suf-
ficient room on the Tiffany property". The changes were made
and a motion made by Rick Beaver to accept the minutes, as
corrected. Mae Jones seconded and the motion carried.
There was no other business before the Board, and the meeting
was adjourned at 9:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Rel key '
Secretary
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