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Minutes – Tree Committee Meeting of December 7, 2020 Page 1
Minutes
TREE COMMITTEE
Monday, December 7, 2020
Special Meeting of the Tree Committee
CALL TO ORDER
A Special Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Tree Committee was called to order on Monday,
December 7, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference by Chair Alan Bate.
ROLL CALL
Present: Committee Members Scott Loosley, Elizabeth Lucas, Rodney Thurman, Vice
Chair Jane Worthy, and Chair Alan Bate
Absent: Committee Member Allen Root and Sean O’Brien
Staff: Anthony Whipple, Urban Forester and Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Consideration of the Tree Committee Meeting Minutes of October 26, 2020.
ACTION: UPON MOTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBER LOOSLEY, SECONDED BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER LUCAS, CARRIED 4-0-2-1 (Member Thurman abstaining,
Member Root and O’Brien absent), the Tree Committee approved the Minutes of October 26,
2020.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
None
--End of Public Comment--
TREE REMOVAL APPLICATIONS
2. 1446 Nipomo
Urban Forester Whipple provided a presentation and responded to Committee inquiries.
Public Comment:
Will Powers
--End of Public Comment—
Minutes – Tree Committee Meeting of December 7, 2020 Page 2
The applicant representative, Trish Boaz, provided a brief overview of the tree removal project.
ACTION: ACTION: UPON MOTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBER LOOSLEY,
SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER LUCAS, CARRIED 5-0-0 (Members Root and
O’Brien absent), to deny the request due to a lack of findings for the removal.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
3.New Business: Anthony Whipple, Urban Forester, will now be the primary reviewer of Tree
Removal Applications and will act as the Tree Committee Liaison.
4.Old Business: Ron Combs, City Arborist, retired from the City on December 2, 2020 after 27
years of service.
5.Arborist Report: Urban Forest update on contract pruning happening along Broad St., from
South St. to Pacific, as well as Mitchell Park.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:02 p.m. The next Special Meeting of the Tree Committee has
been rescheduled to Monday, January 25, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE TREE COMMITTEE: 01/25/2021