Landcare Management Advisory Committee

City of Portland September 8, 2025 LMAC Waiver Committee Agenda Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM The INSERT_COMMITTEE_NAME will conduct this meeting remotely via Zoom. Allow your computer to install the free Zoom app to get the best meeting experience. If you are not able to attend live either in person or via Zoom, a recording will be available in the Agenda Center following the meeting. https://portlandmaine- gov.zoom.us/j/85634610553?pwd=LV4LVZjRaWT7IsPa5s4 XcSGmafbECG.1 Waiver Committee Deliberation and Decision Regarding Application To Apply Pesticides 1. at 400 Woodford Street a. Waiver Request b. Map of proposed application area c. Landcare Letter of Support from Adjoining Property 2. Adjournment 1 Page 1  LANDCARE ORDINANCE WAIVER APPLICATION Landcare Management Advisory Committee (LMAC) APPLICANT INFORMATION Applicant Name: Nan M Solomons ______________________________________________________________ Address: 400 Woodford St FL 2 ____________________________________________________________________ Email Address: nan.solomons@gmail.com _______________________________________________________________ Telephone Number: 6174487702 __________________________________________ Submission Date: ___7/28/25________________________________________ I am a: ☐ Resident ☐ Landlord ☐ Business ☐ Municipality ☐ Landscape company Are you a licensed commercial applicator? ☐ Yes ☐ No REASON FOR REQUESTING THE USE OF A PROHIBITED FERTILIZER OR PESTICIDE: ☐ Is an emergency and threatens the public health and safety ☐ For the control of invasive plants that pose a threat to the environment (For a list of Maine Invasive Plants visit: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/features/invasive_plants/invsheets.htm) ☐ Required to protect buildings or structures from damage ☐ Using a synthetic fertilizer on performance turf or for new development, with one or more the following conditions: I. The soil temperature is less than 55 degrees Fahrenheit and reasonable grounds exist to justify fertilizer use at that location and at that time; II. The turf is experiencing high stress due to high use and must be ready for high performance play when the sports season(s) begin; or III. A suitable organic product that meets the nutrient needs of the soil as specified in a soil test is unavailable. Making the right pest identification is important and can be difficult. Resources for pest identification are available at: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/php/gotpests/invasive-pests.htm. NOTE: Applications for poisonous plants such as poison ivy, pests of significant health importance such as ticks and mosquitos, and destructive pests such as carpenter ants and termites are exempted under the ordinance. No waiver is necessary to address these pests. Please provide a detailed account of the problem you would like to address with the proposed fertilizer or pesticide application. Include photos of the problem/pest and of the extent of the problem (this may be number of pests or area covered): _______________________________________________________________________ I have an influx of Trees of Heaven on my property including next to my foundation. In total, I have at least 20 trees/saplings on my ____________________________________________________________________________________ property. The majority of the plants are along my property line. According to information from Rutgers University and Penn State Extension, the ____________________________________________________________________________________ proposed herbicide must contain glyphosate or triclopyr and be applied between July and September. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 What steps did you take to evaluate alternative methods to the proposed fertilizer or pesticide application, including but not limited to, non-fertilizer/pesticide management tactics, minimum risk fertilizers or pesticides, non-synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, and selecting the minimum amount of the least toxic, most effective fertilizer or pesticide necessary. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Other than spraying and pulling out seedlings, there is no other effective way of eradicating these trees. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ PROJECT INFORMATION What are you treating? ☐ Turf ☐ Shrubs ☐ Trees ☐ Invasive Weeds Address of proposed application: _________________________________________________________ 400 Woodford St Portland Please attach a map of the proposed application area (this may be a sketch, however it should be to scale and include property boundaries, structures, and water bodies). see attached map. Thin red lines represent property line. Is this application within 75ft. of a waterbody? ☐ Yes ☐ No Thick yellow lines represent tree locations Proposed fertilizer or pesticide: ___________________________________________________________________ Triclopyr Amount to be applied: __________________________________________________________________ However much is needed for all of the trees. Method of application: ☐ Liquid ☐ Granular ☐ Injection/systemic ☐ Cut stem treatment Proposed timing(s)/frequency of use: ______________________________________________________ Once, between Augist and September Proposed date of application: ___________________________________________________________ Please provide a detailed management plan for your proposed application, including how you will minimize the impact of this application on abutting properties and, to the maximum extent possible, ensure that the grant of the waiver will not be detrimental to the public’s health, safety or welfare. NOTE: the following applications are prohibited: ● Broadcast applications: the spreading of pesticides over an entire area ● Preemptive applications: the application of pesticides as a measure against something possible, anticipated or feared, i.e., as a preventive or deterrent measure ____________________________________________________________________________________ Kyle Rosenberg from Forest to Shore will use tryclopyr on the cut stem which will pose minimal risk to humans, animals, and other plants. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Kyle and crew will haul the debris away. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ In order for the waiver to be considered, all of the fields above must be completed. For questions, please contact Troy Moon in the Sustainability Office at 207-756-8362. Completed forms may be emailed to landcare@portlandmaine.gov, or mailed or delivered to City Hall, 389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101. Page 3 Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6695215,-70.2961231,50m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=0&... Page 4 2 of 2 7/28/2025, 11:38 AM thm@portlandmaine.gov Subject: Letter of Support for Removal of Invasive Trees at 400 Woodford Street Dear Members of the Landcare Management Advisory Committee: Nan Solomons (my neighbor residing at 400 Woodford Street) informed me that she will be going before your committee this Wednesday, August 27, 2025, as part of a waiver process to use herbicide to remove the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) trees on her property. I am writing in support of her removal of the trees. Given the invasive nature of these trees, I suggest that she also have the 15 or so saplings on my property at 13 Montrose Avenue treated as well. These saplings are on or near our shared property line. I hope that you will allow the addition of these trees as part of her application. I’m over 90 and reside in an assisted living facility and am physically and logistically unable to manage this task. I am grateful that she is willing to coordinate the removal of these adjacent trees. Thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter. Sincerely, [Your Signature] Rose Carter Page 5