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Home My WebLink About2009-0409 Tree AGENDA TREE COMMISSION AGENDA April 9, 2009 CALL TO ORDER 6:00 p.m. – SISKIYOU ROOM in Community Development/Engineering Services Building (51 Winburn Way) APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 5, 2009 WELCOME GUESTS & PUBLIC FORUM (limited to 5 minutes per person): TYPE I REVIEW PLANNING ACTION: 2009-00266 SUBJECT PROPERTY: 1725 - 1747 Siskiyou Boulevard APPLICANT: Susan Dallas for Rose Court Condominiums DESCRIPTION: A request for a Tree Removal Permit to remove seven trees, six maple trees in front of the units and one walnut tree located near the driveway for the property located at 1745 Siskiyou Boulevard. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Commercial; ZONING: C-1; ASSESSOR’S MAP #: 39 1E 15 AD; TAX LOTS #: 80000 PLANNING ACTION: 2009-00269 SUBJECT PROPERTY: 440 Helman Street APPLICANT: Richard Vezie DESCRIPTION: A Boundary Line Adjustment, a request for a Physical and Environmental Constraints Permit to allow construction within the Ashland Flood Plain corridor, and a request for a Variance to Section 18.62.070 of the Ashland Municipal Code to modify the lot line on a lot that does not have adequate buildable area outside the floodplain corridor for the property located at 440 Helman Street. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Single-Family Residential; ZONING: R-1-.5; ASSESSOR’S MAP #: 39 1E 04 CB; TAX LOT #: 6400 & 6500 PLANNING ACTIONS: 2009-00272 & 2009-00273 SUBJECT PROPERTIES: 1070 Benson Way & 1080 Benson Way APPLICANT: Steve Dierks DESCRIPTION: A request for Site Review approval and an Exception to Street Standards for the construction of two new 7,500 square-foot commercial buildings for the properties located at 1070 Benson Way and 1080 Benson Way. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Employment; ZONING: E-1; ASSESSOR’S MAP #: 39 1E 14D; TAX LOTS #: 203 & 204 PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING ACTION: 2009-00314 SUBJECT PROPERTY: 500 Strawberry Lane APPLICANT: Robert & Lara McLellan DESCRIPTION: A request for Final Plan approval for a six-lot, five-unit Performance Standards Subdivision for the property located at 500 Strawberry Lane. The application also includes a request to modify the phasing and conditions of approval of Planning Action #2008-00182 which granted Outline Plan approval, a Physical and Environmental Constraints Review Permit, Tree Removal Permits, and an Exception to Street Standards. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Rural Residential; ZONING: RR-.5-P; ASSESSOR’S MAP #: 39 1E 08AC; TAX LOT #: 201 DISCUSSION ITEMS Arbor Week Events Plaque Installation 2:00 PM, April 10 – 128 Wimer Street Tree Walk at SOU (Anne & Zane) 2:00 PM, April 11 Earth Day Events / Information Great Oregon Tree Plant – 150 Trees for Oregon’s Sesquicentennial Use planting as a ‘planting seminar’ Steve Siewert would like to assist State Heritage Tree Program May 2nd Champoeg State Park ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS Liaison Reports Old Business Distinctive Tree List New Items Current Balance $88.32 2009 GOALS Education and outreach Classes at North Mountain Nature Center Tree Seminars – sponsored by the Tree Commission working with professionals (landscape architects, arborists, Pruning clinics for property owners on how to maintain their street trees Tree Walks More Back page Articles Code Changes Amend Heritage Tree Language (if joining state group for Heritage Tree – there is a definition) Remove the deed restriction Contact property owners Create map Distinctive Tree List Building Permits and Tree protection – outside of Planning Action Education about cost savings / values; increases in tree preservation Landscape Professional Ordinance (sign offs on irrigation plan and planting plan installations) Arborist Retention throughout the duration of the project Add Arbor Week items – Earthday, Tree City USA, National Arbor Day Foundation Tree Line USA program– look into the requirements Group meeting with Forest Lands – Chris Chambers Urban Forester position – oversight of all tree activities – have other departments fund Dave Woods position so that he can do the types of tree maintenance that the property owners cannot. Street tree maintenance plan along boulevards – North Main / East Main ADJOURNMENT Next Meeting: Thursday, May 7, 2009