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Minutes
TREE COMMITTEE
Monday, May 17, 2021
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, May
17, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference by Chair Alan Bate.
ROLL CALL
Present: Committee Members Daniel Canella, Elizabeth Lucas, Allen Root, Emily Rosten,
Vice Chair Jake Minnick and Chair Alan Bate
Absent: Committee Member Rodney Thurman
Staff: Anthony Whipple, Urban Forester and Megan Wilbanks, Deputy City Clerk
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY
None
--End of Public Comment--
TREE REMOVAL APPLICATIONS
1.468 & 500 Westmont Ave. Review of the proposed removal of 51 onsite trees and replanting
of at least 20 street trees on site, with the remainder of compensatory tree plantings required
as a condition of approval. Compensatory planting will be required at a rate of 1:1 onsite or
2:1 offsite, consistent with Tree Regulations standards. Tree removals are proposed to facilitate
a proposed tract map development (TR 3157), a 23-lot subdivision in the Low-Density
Residential (R-1) zone (SBDV-0169-2020).
Associate Planner, Kyle Van Leeuwen, provided a presentation and responded to Committee
inquiries.
Public Comment:
Becky
Genevieve Czech
--End of Public Comment—
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The applicant’s representative, Katie Rollins with Cannon, responded to comments and
questions from Tree Committee Members.
ACTION: UPON MOTION OF VICE CHAIR MINNICK, SECONDED BY COMMITTEE
MEMBER ROSTEN, CARRIED 5-1-1 (Member Root dissenting and Member Thurman
absent), to recommend that the Planning Commission approve the project with the following
recommendations:
•All regulated trees shall be replaced at a 1:1 ratio, on the site, with 15-gallon or 24-inch
box trees
•Require 50% of the replacement trees to be native species
•Require the developer or the property owner to irrigate and maintain replanted trees until
they are established
•Retain tree #33, #34, #91, and #114
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:51 p.m. The next Special Meeting of the Tree Committee is
scheduled for Monday, June 28, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE TREE COMMITTEE: 06/28/2021