Landscape & Design Committee

CITY OF CORTLAND LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN COMMISSION MINUTES – July 10, 2014 Mayor’s Conference Room at 4:00 p.m. Members Present: Mike Dexter (Chair), Suzanne Etherington, Nick DeCarlo, Theresa Quail, Diane Batzing Approve the June 12, 2014 Minutes: Comm. Etherington, 1st; Comm. Quail, 2nd Rose Garden Eighteen pink double ‘Knockout’ roses were planted at the Port Watson/Church St. corner to replace the ones that didn’t make it over this past winter’s extreme cold conditions. Comms. Dexter, Etherington, Batzing, and Barry Batzing worked on the project. Vinca, wax begonias, and dusty millers were also planted. The DPW delivered a bucket load of composted mulch to complete the garden. Recent Tree Concerns/Notes • Newly planted trees were righted and staked on Homer Ave., Prospect Terrace at the Cemetary, 62 Pendleton St., and William St. following high wind and rain conditions. • Comm. Dexter mulched the Kentucky coffee trees at the Cowance St. triangle after being nicked by a mower. • A large silver maple fell across the median on Church St. following a July storm. The DPW cleaned it up quickly. • The DPW will not remove a tree on Homer Ave. following a resident’s request, because it is not in poor enough condition. • A spring 2014-planted tree on Alvena Ave. was moved to 26 Cedar St. because the previous owner had signed the tree application, but the new owner who just moved in did not want it. A stump was removed on the Cedar St. property to make room for the previously requested tree. • Comm. Dexter will be contacting Jim Maloney (National Grid) to look at City tree concerns. • Comm. Dexter will talk to Jim Maloney about Nelson Tree Service removing the Waterworks spruce tree that is lighted at the holidays each year. The tree has been slowly declining. Other Commission members need to be thinking about the spring 2015 tree selections, for ordering this September from the nurseries. NEXT MEETING: Thursday, August 14, 2014 – Mayor’s Conference Room at 4 p.m. Respectfully, Comm. Batzing CITY OF CORTLAND LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN COMMISSION Agenda – September 11, 2014 Mayor’s Conference Room at 4:00 p.m. 1. Approve July 10, 2014 Minutes 2. City tree and stump removals 3. DEC contract mayoral signing 4. NYSEG Charles St. project 5. 2015 Tree Program planning 6. City tree concerns/notes 7. Other