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URBAN FORESTRY BOARD MEETING
December 2 , 1986
Parks Building �f �� ��
1965 West 500 South
6 :00 p.m.
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Present :
Kathie Anderson Steve Schwab �� RECORDERTY
Mary Pat Matheson Karen Salisbury
Jennifer Harrington Max Peterson
Mike Bird
Lloyd Siegendorf Sheryl Gillilan,
Orson Gibb Mayor ' s Office
JoAnne Milner Steve Henson ,
Peter Lassig State Forestry
Since neither the Chair nor the Vice-Chair were present at the
beginning of the meeting , a motion was made by Lloyd Siegendorf
to have Jennifer Harrington Chair the meeting. The motion was
2nd by Kathie Anderson and accepted by Jennifer .
Item #1 : Minutes for November .
Jennifer Harrington made two changes for clarification .
MOTION: Kathie Anderson
To accept the minutes as corrected .
2nd: Mary Pat Matheson
Vote: Aye: unanimous
Item #2 : Heritage Trees
Steve Henson addressed the Salt Lake City Urban Forestry
Board regarding the Heritage Tree Act which evolved
through the efforts of Margaret Conover of Springville,
who pushed it through the legislature in a form making it
possible to identify and designate trees that were of
special , state, or historical significance ( i .e. shape,
size, unique to Utah, etc. ) for the purpose of identifying
and protecting these valuable trees that would otherwise
not be known to Utah citizens. Utah is the only state
who has a "Heritage Tree" Act.
On November 13 , 1986 , Steve Henson , Steve Schwab, and
Lloyd Siegendorf walked Washington Square to consider trees
for nomination as heritage trees. They designated 24 trees
to be considered for approval as heritage trees.
Lloyd Siegendorf, as Chairman of the Heritage Tree Board,
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has written letters to each of his Heritage Tree Board
members asking them to approve the nomination of the 24 trees
by the end of December , based on the walkaround , and have
Steve Henson, Secretary of the Heritage Tree Board , add them
to the current list of trees to be submitted to the State
Lands Board for approval in their January meeting.
MOTION: Lloyd Siegendorf
The SLC Urban Forestry Board does accept the recommendations
made by Steve Henson, Steve Schwab , and Lloyd Siegendorf,
to designate the 24 trees on Washington Square as special ,
notable, or heritage trees in Salt Lake City.
2nd: Kathie Anderson
Vote: Aye: unanimous
Jennifer Harrington requested a copy of the plans of the
Washington Square grounds showing which trees were
nominated . Steve Schwab will provide that information
for her .
Steve Schwab also brought out an idea that he would like
to present to the Mayor for approval which would be to
establish a "Tree Walk" on Washington Square after the
grounds have been fully restored. He would like to have
pamphlets available for the public with information about
the trees.
Lloyd Siegendorf and Steve Henson are putting together a
Heritage Tree packet listing each heritage tree in the
state along with a little bit of historical information
about each tree . There will also be information about
the Heritage Tree Act and a request for funding donations.
This is a state wide "people program" . Applications will
be available throughout the state to anyone who would
like to nominate a tree for consideration .
The State Forestry Division and the SLC Urban Forestry
Board will be coordinating any programs being initiated
in order to gain the maximum of support and eliminate
any duplicated efforts.
Item #3 : Subcommittee Report: Ordinance
A copy of the Ordinance draft was handed out along with
a copy of the Arboriculture Regulations . It was
recommended that all prior drafts be thrown away to avoid
confusion . The draft was reviewed and some revisions made .
All final comments are to be sent to Steve Schwab by
December 15th after which a final draft will be prepared
for the January Board meeting .
Item #4 : Special Committee: Nominations
Peter Lassig was unavailable to serve on this special
committee and was replaced by JoAnne Milner .
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Mary Pat Matheson explained the procedure which will be
to nominate three (3) people for the positions of Chair
and Vice-Chair . The vote will be taken by written ballot
in the January 1987 Board Meeting . The highest number of
votes will be the Chair and 2nd highest number of votes will
be Vice-Chair . The nominees are: 1 . Jennifer Harrington
2 . Bob Burke
3 . Mary Pat Matheson
Item #5 : Announcements & Business
A. Steve Schwab
1 . Tracy Aviary Update
Specifications for a tree contract have been sent
to Purchasing . They will be mailed out on
December 12th with a pre-bid meeting set for
December 30th. Bids will be opened on January
5th. The contract is scheduled to begin on
January 19th. There are 131 trees that need
attention . There will be two bids submitted:
#1. 98 full trim
9 undertrim
12 topped for wildlife habitat
12 removals
#2 . Just for the 98 trees needing full trim.
Steve estimates the cost to be $12 ,000 to $15 ,000 .
How much work to be done at the Aviary will depend
on how much budget money is available and which
contract is accepted. The Aviary Advisory Board
has prioritized the needs of the Aviary and feel
there are other projects that should come before
the trees.
2 . 2nd West Islands
John Swain has requested the Board ' s input
regarding the proposed planting of trees on the
islands at 200 West from North Temple to 600
North. There is some money available through a
Community Block Grant for this project.
MOTION: Kathie Anderson
Invite John Swain to the January Board Meeting to
discuss the planting of the 2nd West Islands and
then have him go to the Community Council Meeting
with Jennifer Harrington and Steve Schwab to get
input from the residents in the area.
2nd : Mary Pat Matheson
Vote: Aye: unanimous
If John Swain has not already approached the
Community Council regarding this project, Jennifer
will call to have it put on their January agenda .
3 . Update on tree contracts
a. Diamond Tree is in the Rose Park area and if
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the weather continues to be good , they should
finish the removals in about a week.
b. Bland Tree is in the 500 to 900 South area .
They are averaging about 10 trees trimmed per
day on the individual requests. When those
are completed they will move` on to do the
full streets that are in need of being
trimmed . The Avenues area is completed.
B. Max Peterson
There are two projects planned for the summer of 1987 .
1- 700 South from 600 to 800 East and 2- 800 East from
700 to 900 South. There are approximately 40 ' islands
planned for these two areas with CD Funds available for
the 700 South islands and CD Funds pending for the
800 East islands . Construction for 700 South is
scheduled to begin around mid May, construction for
800 East is scheduled to begin around the first of
July with both scheduled to be completed in the fall
around October .
MOTION: Mary Pat Matheson
File an application with Stephanie Loker requesting
CDBG Funds for trees to be planted on the two island
projects scheduled for 1987 .
2nd: Kathie Anderson
Discussion: Jennifer Harrington suggested getting a
like recommendation from the Community Council to send
along to the City in support of this project funding
request.
Vote: Aye: unanimous
Orson Gibb will approach his Community Council for this
recommendation .
C. Orson Gibb
The January meeting of the Community Council in his
district will have a tree specialist attending to give
instruction to all those interested in proper pruning
practices. Any Board members interested are welcome to
attend . Orson will notify Board members of the date,
time, and place .
D. Sheryl Gillilan
The "Newspapers for Trees" project is not working well
at this time. 1 . People don' t remember the 1st
garbage day of the month.
2 . A month is too long to accumulate
papers.
3 . They are often not picked up.
Sheryl is going to attend a meeting on this project and
asked for suggestions to take to the meeting .
Suggestion: Dumpsters in convenient places ( i .e.
shopping centers, larger grocery stores, schools) plus
the monthly pickup.
MOTION: Lloyd Siegendorf
The Urban Forestry Board strongly supports the use of
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dumpsters to further the goals of the Newspapers for
Trees campaign .
2nd: Peter Lassig
Vote: Aye: unanimous
Sheryl was invited back to the January Board Meeting
to report on the results of the meeting .
E. Lloyd Siegendorf
1 . Fund raiser ideas
a . Adopt a "Pioneer" . There are 36 heritage
trees in Salt Lake. It would be nice to
have a plaque to put in the ground for
anyone who would like to donate maybe a
couple hundred dollars to "adopt" one of
these trees.
b. Plant a Living Legacy campaign for
businesses, groups, or individuals to donate
money towards the purchase of trees for their
area .
The important thing is to do the projects properly
without worrying about time frames . Lloyd will
work on the details of these projects and see that
each Board member gets a copy to look over . There
will be more discussion later . Any other
suggestions for fund raisers are also welcome .
F. Jennifer Harrington
The LDS Hospital , with its new addition, does not fit
into the neighborhood very well . There is a need to
upgrade the landscaping and lighting.
MOTION: Peter Lassig
The Board should draft a letter to Scott Parker ,
President of Intermountain Health Care , to urge him to ,
as a public gesture, see that a landscape plan be
developed and planted and paid for by their agency.
2nd : Mary Pat Matheson
Discussion: Steve Schwab requests that they have the
Landscape Planner work with the Urban Forestry Board on
the plans specifically where it will involve plantings
on the parking strips.
Vote: Aye: unanimous
Peter Lassig will draft the letter and deliver it to
Mr . Parker . Jennifer will assist by making a list of
the specific concerns of the neighborhood .
Item #6 : The January 6th Board Meeting will be held at 444
South State Street in the Engineering Department
conference room.
Meeting adjourned at 8 :45 p.m. 1241;b;
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