Landscape & Design Committee

CITY OF CORTLAND LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN COMMISSION Minutes – October 11, 2018 Mayor’s Conference Room at 4:00 p.m. Members Present: Comm. Mike Dexter (Chair), Anne Doyle, Paul Paradine, Diane Batzing Consultant Arborist: Jim Maloney Approve the September 13, 2018 Minutes: Comm. Paradine, 1st; Comm. Doyle, 2nd May 2019 Tree Planting Program Updates: • Contento’s on Pendleton St. has withdrawn their tree application, siting visual obstruction and pedestrian safety as their trucks turn into the parking lot. • We have met the required 50% DEC grant quota for planting trees in flooding and brownfield sites. • Comm. Batzing will tag the trees at Schichtel’s Nursery in Springville on October 17th. • Two residents’ applications have been place on our waiting list. Recent Tree Concerns/Notes • Jim Maloney and Comm. Dexter have trimmed trees at various locations around the City. • Comm. Dexter will notify Nic Dovi of additional trees requiring removal. • A ginkgo on Floral Ave. has fruited, indication that it is a female that produces a noxious smell; we will replace it in May. • Carter Tree Service has removed five spruce trees on the Church St. median, but six others remain where concolor firs are planned for planting in May (total of 15 trees between Port Watson St. and Randall St.). Other: • Comm. Dexter and Batzing will attend the local DEC workshop about the Chesapeake Bay Watershed tree planting project we will participate in, in 2020, by planting 25 trees in Cortland. • Carter Tree Service removed three trees or stumps so we were able to plant trees held since May at the Waterworks. • Comm. Paradine indicates NYSEG will plant four trees for our DEC project as an Arbor Day project, to supplement our DEC grant project. • Jim Maloney suggests the LDC apply for a tree trimming grant through the next DEC Urban and Community Forest grant opportunity. • The LDC discussed some Arbor Day possibilities for 2019: The NYSEG project on Pendleton St. at Cortland Schools; another Barry School planting; a Cortland H.S. memorial tree as suggested by their building and grounds director. Respectfully submitted, Comm. Batzing