Tree Board

12300 Forest Hill Blvd Village of Wellington Wellington, FL 33414 Action Summary Tree Board Stormi Bivin Kay Brown Richard Cosola Debbie Evans William Gross Joan Kaplan Dr. Charles Sandell Wednesday, June 7, 2017 2:00 PM Village Hall - Council Chambers I. CALL TO ORDER Ms. Debbie Evans, Vice Chairperson opened the meeting at 2:01 p.m. Members present: Debbie Evans, Kay Brown, Richard Cosola, Charles Sandell. Members absent: Stormi Bivin, William Gross, Joan Kaplan Staff present: Brian Hopper, Operation Supervisor, Landscape Division, Chris Macfarlane, Assistant Recording Secretary II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Pledge of Allegiance was observed. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Dr. Charles Sandell, seconded by Ms. Kay Brown approving the Minutes of the March 1, 2017 Tree Board Meeting, as corrected, approved unanimously by Debbie Evans, Kay Brown, Richard Cosola, Charles Sandell (4-0), with Stormi Bivin, William Gross and Joan Kaplan absent. IV. STAFF UPDATES Mr. Brian Hopper updated the Tree Board on recent plantings since the last Tree Board Meeting on March 1, 2017, the Earth Day/Arbor Day event on April 22, 2017 and the tree seedling Giveaways to Wellington schools. Mr. Hopper also distributed a Tree Planting List, which documents trees planted in Wellington by the Landscape Division. Ms. Debbie Evans asked staff to add Eagle Arts Academy to the list of schools to receive the annual tree seedling giveaways. V. OLD BUSINESS The revised F.L.O.W.E.R. Award form was reviewed and it was agreed by all Tree Board members present (Debbie Evans, Kay Brown, Richard Cosola and Charles Sandell) that the addition of the “Treemendous Tree” category does not change the criteria and the nominated tree must be within a nicely landscaped area. Village of Wellington Page 1 Tree Board Action Summary June 7, 2017 A motion was made by Mr. Richard Cosola, seconded by Dr. Charles Sandell to accept the revised F.L.O.W.E.R. Award form with the additional category, “Treemendous Tree,” approved unanimously by Debbie Evans, Kay Brown, Richard Cosola, Charles Sandell (4-0), with Stormi Bivin, William Gross and Joan Kaplan absent. VI. NEW BUSINESS A motion was made by Mr. Richard Cosola, seconded by Ms. Kay Brown to retain the present Board: Ms. Stormi Bivin as Chairperson and Ms. Debbie Evans as Vice Chairperson and was unanimously approved by Debbie Evans, Kay Brown, Richard Cosola, Charles Sandell (4-0), with Stormi Bivin, William Gross and Joan Kaplan absent. VII. COMMENTS Tree Board members and Brian Hopper all agreed that the Earth/Arbor Day event on April 22nd had a great turnout. Ms. Debbie Evans requested that the link to America’s Biggest Trees (American Forests) be sent to all Tree Board members. VIII. ADJOURN There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 2:48 pm. NOTICE Village of Wellington Page 2