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Agenda Packet TOWN OF NISKAYUNA Tree Council Agenda March 12, 2020 6:00 PM REGULAR AGENDA MEETING I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. January 9, 2020 IV. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR V. NEW BUSINESS / ACTION ITEMS 1. 1140 Myron St 2. 2520 Vincenzo Drive – 4 lot subdivision 3. Capital District Jewish Holocaust Memorial VI. DISCUSSION ITEM 1. 2020 Tree Council Goals 2. Rivers Ledge / Aqueduct Park Improvements 3. 2538 River Road – Kelts Farm 4. 2220 Crescent Ave – landscaping for additional parking VII. REPORTS 1. Public Outreach Subcommittee A. Arbor Day 2020 2. Tree Inventory / Tree Master Plan Subcommittee 3. Tree Planting Subcommittee VIII. ADJOURNMENT NEXT MEETING: April 2, 2020 at 6:00 pm in the Schaefer Room Tree Council Minutes January 9, 2020 1 TOWN OF NISKAYUNA 2 Tree Council 3 Minutes 4 January 9, 2020 5 Members Present: Carol Carey, Acting Chairwoman 6 Melissa MacKinnon, 7 Andrea Worthington 8 Amanda Matuszyk 9 Amy Howansky 10 Chris Zimmerman 11 Steve Signell 12 Laura Robertson, Town Planner 13 Clark Henry, Assistant Town Planner 14 I. CALL TO ORDER 15 The meeting came to order at 6:00 p.m. 16 II. ROLL CALL 17 Paul Sebesta was absent/excused. 18 III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 19 Minutes from the December meeting were presented. Acting Chairwoman Carey noted the date of the 20 minutes were incorrect. Ms. Howansky noted line 29 had an incorrect word. Ms. Howansky also asked to 21 clarify lines 65 - 67. Ms. Robertson suggested alternative wording. Ms. Howansky made a motion to 22 accept the modified minutes. Ms. Carey seconded the motion. All members of the Council accepted the 23 amended minutes for the December meeting. 24 IV. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR 25 No one was present to speak. 26 V. NEW BUSINESS 27 Mr. Signell noted that he is creating a hiking app. He is thinking of modifying the app to allow hikers to 28 add interesting trees or report damaged/diseased trees. He hopes to tie it into the Tree Council website. 29 Members suggested we can hand out prizes to people who post information to the app at the Arbor Day 30 event. Mr. Signell originally created this app for the Lake George Conservancy. 31 Ms. MacKinnon asked the general question about when we as a group decide on the 2020 goals. Ms. 32 Robertson stated it probably should have been on the agenda this month but will add it to next month. It is 33 a good idea to review what happened in the previous year and set goals for the coming year. 34 Ms. Howansky asked if any decision has been made on upgrades to Blatnick Park. Ms. Robertson noted 35 that nothing could be done until the spring but Ray Smith has committed to improvements. Ms. 36 Worthington asked if any improvements were planned for Aqueduct Park since other work was being 37 done there. She noted there is no shade structure at the park and some big trees that did create shade may 38 have to be removed. 39 Ms. Robertson talked about trees that she ordered for planting next spring. The trees are small. Some 40 cannot be planted as street trees. The Council will need to make a plan for locating the trees. Ms. 1 Tree Council Minutes January 9, 2020 41 Howansky asked what neighborhood we will focus our planting in this year. Ms. Robertson suggested 42 Stanford Heights which is down in the 12304 zip code area of Town south of State Street. 43 VI. DISCUSSION ITEM 44 1. 2520 Vincenzo Drive 45 Ms. Robertson stated that the usual practice of locating street trees in this minor subdivision is impractical 46 due to the configuration of the land and lots. An alternative is to plant trees in the vicinity of the two stub 47 streets that access the new lots. Mr. Zimmerman asked what the Town Code actually requires and what 48 the Tree Council can do. Ms. Robertson explained how all the committees work together and noted the 49 Planning Board makes the final conditions for the developer to abide by. Discussion continued as to what 50 is considered a valuable tree. The Council pushed the definition to a sub-committee but they have been 51 busy with other things and have not finalized their definition. New York State defines a tree as one with 52 6” diameter. 53 Ms. Robertson stated she will tell the developer we will minimally define valued trees as ones with a 6” 54 diameter. The Council also needs a survey showing limits of clearing. She also will tell the developer the 55 Council may want to visit the site and GPS trees over 6” in diameter. She warned that this property is not 56 open to the public and any time someone wishes to walk the site, permission will need to be obtained 57 from the developer. 58 2. Capital District Jewish Holocaust Memorial 59 The Council discussed the landscaping and tree planting for the Jewish memorial. Ms. Howansky stated 60 that the trees planted should be from a list of resistant to the environment and insects. She stated she 61 narrowed the list to include only trees that will sustain in the New York climate. The Council discussed 62 what trees would be best for buffer and drainage. The council discussed various species of trees that 63 thrive in various soils and wetlands that make up the property. The Council went through the list of trees 64 to be planted at the memorial and discussed the trees that will be most viable. 65 3. 2220 Crescent Ave – landscaping for additional parking 66 The Council took a look at the drawings for 2220 Crescent Ave. Ms. Robertson briefed the Tree Council 67 on the project to move Ms. King’s electrolysis business from Nott Street to the multi-use building on 68 Crescent. She pointed out the boundary lines and where Ms. King is putting up the buffer. The Council 69 decided not to make concrete recommendations until the Council has seen and walked through the site. 70 VII. REPORTS 71 1. Public Outreach Subcommittee 72 a. Arbor Day 73 Ms. Robertson discussed with the Council for ideas for this year’s Arbor Day and possible locations that 74 would provide indoor and outdoor festivities. 75 The consensus of the Council was to have it at the Town Hall. The Town could plant a new tree and have 76 access to indoors if there is bad weather. The Council agreed to have Arbor Day at the Town Hall and for 77 it to be on the closest Saturday to the actual date of Arbor Day. The Arbor Day event will be on Saturday 78 April 25 at the Town Hall. 79 The Council brainstormed ideas for Arbor Day and Niska-day which follows closely after. Ms. 80 Howansky suggested the seed planting idea for Arbor Day. She stated it was quite a success. 81 2 Tree Council Minutes January 9, 2020 82 2. Tree Inventory / Tree Master Plan Subcommittee 83 a. Meeting with Weston and Sampson. 84 Mr. Zimmerman discussed with the Council that there was a meeting with Daniel from Weston and 85 Sampson to discuss the Tree Master Plan. Mr. Zimmerman stated it was a very productive meeting. 86 Weston and Sampson demonstrated a way to gather data on the density of trees in a designated area and a 87 status on the health of the trees. Weston and Sampson agreed to using the area of Old Niskayuna as a test 88 case. They supported categorizing by zoning district also. This way they can begin to get a consensus of 89 the different zoning districts because the density in a CN district will be different than the density of a R1 90 district. 91 Mr. Zimmerman stated he spoke to Daniel on coming in and doing a lecture on the selection of trees. The 92 Council agreed stating it would be very helpful. 93 3. Tree Planting Subcommittee 94 Ms. Robertson stated she will be putting the list together for the next meeting. Ms. Howansky suggested 95 adding pictures of the desired tree to alleviate confusion for the Highway Department. Mr. Zimmerman 96 suggested a member of the tree council attend the highway meetings to support and inform the Highway 97 on planting issues. 98 VII. ADJOURNMENT 99 Acting Chairwoman Carey asked if there was any other business to discuss. Hearing none she asked for a 100 motion to adjourn. Mr. Zimmerman placed the motion to adjourn. Ms. McKinnon seconded the motion. 101 The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m. 3 UD UD UD UD UD ST ST UD ST ST UD ST ST ST ST ST ST ST UD ST UD ST UE ST ST UE ST ST UE ST ST UE ST UD ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST UE ST UD ST UE UD ST ST 0 30 60 Feet TOWN OF NISKAYUNA Tree Council DRAFT - 2020 Goals Primary Goals 1. Street Tree Inventory a. Continue collecting data in Fulcrum 2. Tree Master Plan a. Create a sample tree master plan from Old Niskayuna neighborhood data b. Diversify Street Tree species 3. Public Outreach a. Educational Events i. Arbor Day ii. Community Action Day iii. Niska-day Booth b. Website c. Develop Education and Outreach Materials 4. Tree Planting a. Streamline tree request procedure for residents b. Purchase unique and special trees for parks c. Pilot program of Tree Planting d. Coordinate roles with Highway Department e.
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