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Tree Committee Minutes
July 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Council Hearing Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
Tree Committee
Members Present:
Member Daniel Canella, Member Emily Rosten, Chair Elizabeth
Lucas
Tree Committee
Members Absent:
Member Alan Bate, Member Henry Bonifas, Member Brian
Pineda, Vice Chair Ben Parker
City Staff Present: Urban Forest Program Coordinator / City Arborist Walter Gault,
Senior Planner Rachel Cohen, Deputy City Clerk Megan Wilbanks
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1. CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Tree Committee was called to order
on July 22, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm
Street, San Luis Obispo, by Chair Lucas.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Public Comment:
None
--End of Public Comment--
3. CONSENT
3.a CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES - JUNE 24, 2024 TREE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
As a quorum was not present, consideration of the June 24, 2024 Tree
Committee Draft Minutes was continued to the next Regular Meeting,
August 26, 2024.
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4. NEW BUSINESS
4.a REVIEW OF LAGUNA LAKE DOG PARK REVITALIZATION PROJECT
REPLANTING PLAN (TREE-0344-2024)
Urban Forest Program Coordinator / City Arborist Walter Gault provided a
brief informational presentation.
Chair Lucas opened Public Comment
Public Comment:
Hugh O'Malley
--End of Public Comment--
Chair Lucas closed Public Comment
As a quorum was not present, consideration of this item was continued to
the next Regular Meeting, August 26, 2024.
5. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
5.a ARBORIST REPORT
Urban Forest Program Coordinator / City Arborist Walter Gault provided
the following update of activities in the Tree Division:
Additional street trees will be planted in the parkway at the corner
of Lawrence Drive and Broad Street.
Staff continues to try to meet with the property owner at 1250 Palm
Street, where one palm tree was removed, to ensure four (4)
replacement trees are planted on the site, as recommended by the
Tree Committee at their September 25, 2023 meeting.
Staff continues to work with the tenant at 1065 Higuera Street,
where four (4) palm trees were removed, to identify appropriate
locations on the site to plant four (4) replacement trees, as
recommended by the Tree Committee at their March 25, 2024
meeting.
Staff is actively working to ensure the administrative and noticing
process is complete in order to recover fines levied on the property
owner of 163 Serrano Heights Drive, as approved by the Tree
Committee at their February 12, 2024 meeting.
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6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:46 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the Tree
Committee is scheduled for August 26, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Hearing
Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
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APPROVED BY TREE COMMITTEE: XX/XX/2024
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