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ASHLAND TREE COMMISSION
MINUTES
May 7, 2009
CALL TO ORDER –Chair John Rinaldi called the Ashland Tree Commission meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. on May 6, 2009 in the Siskiyou Room
in the Community Development and Engineering Services Building located at 51 Winburn Way, Ashland, OR.
Commissioners Present
Council Liaison
John Rinaldi Jr.
Kate Jackson
Zane
Jones (absent)
Bobby Townsend
Staff Present
Russell Neff
Amy Anderson, Assistant Planner
Anne Rich, Parks Department (absent)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
None
WELCOME
GUESTS
The Tree Commission welcomed new Commissioner Russell Neff to the commission. Russ explained that he was a retired Landscape Architect and City Planner from Long Beach by way
of Washington D.C.
TYPE I REVIEW
PLANNING ACTIONS: 2009-00407
SUBJECT PROPERTIES: 177 Terrace Street
APPLICANT: Madrona Architecture
DESCRIPTION: A request for Physical and Environmental
Constraints Review Permit approval, including tree removal to construct a single family home and an accessory residential unit on a property located at 177 Terrace Street, and a request
for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the accessory residential unit.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Single Family Residential; ZONING: R-1-10; ASSESSOR’S MAP #: 39 1E 09CB; TAX
LOT: 1501
Site Visits Commissioner Townsend / no exparte
Applicant: Joanne Kirpanne, Madrona Architecture was the local Architect of record for the residences Architect from the Bay
Area. Greg Covey, Covey Pardee Landscape Architecture.
The applicant explained that the proposal is for a primary single family residence with an accessory residential unit up-hill
from the primary residence. Covey explained the site layout and the proposed Tree Protection and Preservation Plan. The proposal is to remove 13 of the 33 trees on site. The applicant
intends to retain their arborist throughout the duration of the project.
The neighbors of the site, Midge and Dick Theiroff spoke about the eight inch Bradford Pear that is within
the existing easement and that they would like to see it removed at this time. The applicant concurred.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the eight-inch Bradford Pear shown in the middle of the
easement shall be included in the Tree Removal Plan and is approved as part of this land use approval.
ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS
Earth day Recap:
Special thanks to Steve Siewert for all of his assistance. He is a phenomenal asset. Earthday went very well and Commissioner’s Townsend and
Rinaldi will fill out the Earth day evaluation and send it to Amy.
Liaison Reports: Monthly brown bag lunch: The Mayor spoke about the underlying goal for the City Council is addressing
Sustainability. He also spoke about the budget issues and implications.
Councilor Kate Jackson spoke about the National League of Cities conference on Sustainability that she went
to recently in Portland. They did site visits to a large riparian rehab project and spoke about the I-Tree program from the USFS that allows the determination of the ‘value’ of urban
trees.
Old Business:
Distinctive Tree List: Zane compiled the lists of the past
Recommended Street Tree Guide: Amy working on edits to send to printer.
New Items:
Commissioner Townsend
asked about what happens to yard debris and possibly what will happen with local wood. What will (does) the city do with wood from their tree removal projects. Maybe it could be used
in local commerce.
Current Balance - $ 88.32
ADJOURNMENT - Commissioner Rinaldi adjourned the meeting at 7:25 PM.
Respectfully submitted by Amy Anderson, Assistant Planner