HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-06-2011 Tree Committee Meeting MinutesFairhope Tree Committee Meeting
Agenda -April 6, 2011
3:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room
City Hall Conference Room -161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL
• Approve minutes of January 13, 2011 meeting
• U pdate on n ew ord inanc e p assage-Bobby
• Tree and Env iro nmenta l Committee syn er gy-Jim Ho m e r
• Arbor Day R ecap-Jenni fer
• E lec tion of Chai r and V ic e-Chair
• Sugges tions for new m e mb er s
• Old Business
• N ew Busin ess
• Adj ourn
Schedule Of Future Meetings
(Note: Regular meetings are quarterly at 3:00 p.m. in the Delchamps Room at City
Hall, 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL.)
• Next r egular m eeting : T BA TED
The Tree Committee of the City of Fairhope met Wednesday, April 6 , 2011 at 3:00 PM at the
City Administration Building , 161 N . Section Street.
Present: Bobby Green, Chairman; Maria Gwynn , Skip Jones , Jennifer Fidler, Public Works
Director and Horticulturist; Walt Bolton, and Paul Fontenot. Pandora Heathcoe , City
Administrative Assistant took the minutes. Absent: Rick Kingrea , City Council Representative.
The minutes of the January 13 , 2011 meeting were duly approved. Skip Jones moved to do thi s,
Walt Bolton 2nd the motion and it carried unanimously
New Ordinance Language-The revised Tree Ordinance won final approval by the City Council and
it was decided to keep the jurisdiction language as being within the Police Jurisdiction in lieu of the
City Jurisdiction.
Arbor Day-Jennifer Fidler reported that 2011 Arbor Day Beautification Awards were not
given out due to lack of candidates for nominees. The FHS Jazz Band played with a great
success , lots of trees were given out, a seminar was not given this year, and also there were no
Tree Committee members present. The poster winners were given trees and now their artwork
will be forwarded as competition in the state wide competition set forth by the Arbor Day
Foundation. Arbor Day 2012 to be discussed at next meeting.
2011 Nominations & Elections -New member names for consideration should be turned into
Bobby Green so he can contact those individuals and send those suggestion to the City Council.
Currently there are three vacancies on the committee. Several nominees were suggested by
members.
Elections were held and were determined as such:
2011-2012 Chairman Bobby Green
2011 -2012 Vice Chairman Paul Fontenot
Walt Bolton made a motion to do this, Maria Gwynn 2nd the motion and it carried unanimously
New Business -Guest Jim Horner was present to suggest a possible merger between the
Environmental Committee and the Tree Committee. Mr. Horner stated they currently have 7
members on the committee and 5 on the board . Jennifer Fidler suggested the Tree Committee
check with Tree USA because they have special rules and regulations for tree
boards/committees. It was also discussed that this decision is one that must be presented and
approved by the City Council.
Skip Jones made a motion that Jim and Bobby come up with language as a formal request by
each committee, Maria Gwynn 2nd the motion and it carried unanimously
Guests Jim Jeffries and Charlie Baumhauer from the American Legion Post #199 brought several
8 x 10 photos of pine trees that are currently near the building and could be the cause of damage
in the future. Some trees are in the right away and are estimated to be approximately 80-130
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years old. The gentlemen stressed that the American Legion is a non-profit organization and
would certainly need assistance in the removal of these trees. The committee agreed that a
licensed arborist should review the trees first and further discussion would be needed.
Jennifer Fidler reported the increase of Formosa termites in Fairhope and it is becoming a hazard
to trees . She reported that she would like to see some education to the community concerning
these pests, what to look for , the type of damage they could do, and asked for various ways for
that education to take place. Jim Horner volunteered a member of his committee to work with
Jennifer on that.
There being no further business , the meeting was duly adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
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