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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Packet - BC - 2004.09.02NOTICE � B URLINGAME BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 5:30 P.M. CITY HALL Conference Room A 501 PRIMROSE ROAD B URLINGAME, CA A GENDA I. ROLL CALL H. MINUTES OF AUGUST 5, 2004 COMMISSION MEETING III. CORRESPONDENCE IV. FROM THE FLOOR (At this time, persons in the audience may speak on any item on the agenda or any other matter. The Ralph M. Brown Act prohibits the Commission from acting on a matter which is not on the agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes.) V. OLD BUSINESS A. Election of Officers - (New Officers will be seated at the October 7, 2004 meeting.) VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Appeal of the Denial for the Removal of a Private Cedar Tree @ 1805 Ray Drive B. Sidewalk Repair Policy - Victor Voong, Public Works Department C. Tree View Ordinance Introduction D. "Art In Public Places Policy Consideration VI. REPORTS A. Parks & Recreation Director B. Parks Superintendent C. Chairperson D. Commissioners �m CITYCITY OF BURLINGAME y�k,& RURLINGAME PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT - ,... m MEMORANDUM Arocerco - - '- DATE: September 28, 2004 TO: BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSIONERS FROM: TIM RICHMOND, PARKS SUPERINTENDENT '' Ol y `b RE: OCTOBER BEAUTIFICATION AGENDA At the October meeting there are several items that require additional information. Tree View Ordinance. Chairperson Hesselgren will formalize the appointment of the committee members who will study this issue and report back to the Commission. This meeting will give non committee members a final opportunity to make brief statements as to the direction that they would like the committee to take. Directions may include historical background for this issue in Burlingame, study of existing ordinances in other cities, methods for fact finding in Burlingame, description of the scope of the task, and many other possibilities. If you have a clear direction statement that you wish to make to the committee, please come prepared to do so. 2. Spring Garden Seminar. After the last seminar, the Commission did not have a clear direction about how to proceed in 2005. If a seminar is to be held in 2005, it is imperative that it take shape very quickly. Speakers are often unavailable when they are approached too close to the meeting date. The Commission needs to elect whether or not to hold the seminar. If it chooses to, it needs to begin soliciting presenters in short order. 3. The Commission recently chose to approve all volunteers working on park related projects, whether they be groups or individuals. Bob Disco has been working with Robert Curincita, who volunteered to prune the camellias in Washington Park. In fact, he has been performing that service for several years. Camellias are his hobby. Bob is very pleased with his work. Your approval of his volunteer work is recommended. 4. Street Tree Removal policy. Since our last meeting Council (via Director Schwartz) requested that the Commission make a recommendation on a policy for street tree removal during sidewalk repair. The recommendation will assume that approved removals will be the financial res in owner. The Commission is being asked to n consider sibility conditions f the stunderrwhich removals will be approved. In formulating its recommendation the Commission will need to carefully think through many factors; it will need to consider various models for considering removal. Factors may include species, cost of repair, future financial obligations, cost of removal, character of neighborhood, value of tree to property owner, nature of sidewalk damage. The commission may wish to establish weightings for various factors. It may wish to develop a cost model. It may wish to describe an array of factors and establish a threshold beyond which removal would be permitted. This task will require more than one meeting. Please come to the meeting with your ideas and models for approaching this issue. Thank you very much for your careful attention to these matters. �� CITY OF BURLINGAME PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT +; 850 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, California 94010-2899 4 Telephone (650) 558-7300 • Parks / Trees (650) 558-7330 c•""RAT D • Fax (650) 696-7216 • E-mail: recreation@burlingame.org September 2, 2004 Nancy J. Landazuri 11070 Santa Teresa Drive Cupertino, CA 95014 RE: APPEAL OF THE DENIAL TO REMOVE A PROTECTED CEDAR TREE @ 1805 RAY DRIVE - BURLINGAME At its meeting of September 2, 2004, the Beautification Commission voted 6 - 0 -1 (absent) to deny your appeal of the denial to remove one protected Cedar tree at the above address. The decision `' was based on the Commission's belief that the tree is healthy, and the concerns expressed could be mitigated by pruning the tree. You may appeal the Commission's decision to the City Council in writing by September 27th. Such letters of appeal must be accompanied with a $250 fee (made payable to the City of Burlingame) and delivered to the Parks & Recreation Department, 850 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, California, 94010. If you have any questions regarding this matter, you may call the Parks Division at (650) 558-7330. Sincerely, L/ Tim Richmond Parks Superintendent TR/kh CC: Judith Downing Stanley Parker 1809 Ray Drive 1801 Ray Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 Burlingame, CA 94010 Criteria for Tree Removal due to Sidewalk Repair HEALTH Stability after root pruning Structure (PG&E topping) SPECIES RE-ROUTE SIDEWALK Effect of existing landscape DAMAGE To: Curb Sidewalk Driveway LOSS TO NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCIAL HARDSHIP Replacement every year Family, limited income Senior, limited income STAYS REMOVAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Above is just a sample model of perhaps how we can come up with criteria for removal of a tree due to sidewalk repairs. Please come with ideas on what to add and what is missing. If you have a different model or idea that would work better, please bring it to the meeting. This is just a model based on what Tim came up with at the last meeting. Perhaps we could say if the total adds to a particular number, then it's ok to remove or something to that effect. Anyway, please come prepared to discuss and act on. Thanks. M CITY OF BURLINGAME rarer & BURLINGAME PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT s 850 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, California 94010-2899 Telephone (650) 558-7300 • Parks / Trees (650) 558-7330 Fax (650) 696-7216 • E-mail: recreation@burlingame.org September 21, 2004 Mr. Edwin James Hannay Rector Motor Car Company 1010 Cadillac Way Burlingame, CA 94401 Dear Mr. Hannay, Thank you very much for meeting with City Arborist Steve Porter concerning replacement tree plantings on the Rector Motor property. Mr. Porter spoke highly of the cooperative and productive quality of the meeting. Mr. Porter said that your team settled on the Chanticleer Pear as the tree of choice. It has proven to be an excellent tree for Burlingame. Three years ago we planted the entire west side of California Drive from Broadway south with that species. It has clean lines and it seems to be non disruptive to the businesses in that area. It is our hope that the trees will enhance your enterprise. Thank you again for the positive meeting and for your continuing efforts to make Burlingame an outstanding business and residential city. Sincerely, Tim Richmond Burlingame Parks Superintendent Cc: Randy Schwartz, Director of Parks & Recreation Steve Porter, City Arborist Laura Hesselgren, Chairperson Burlingame Beautification Commission