CITY BEAUTIFICATION BOARD 2015 AWARDS Gainesville, Florida | April 22, 2015 Outstanding Institutional Award: Heavener Hall, University of Florida Apartments: Savion Park Institutional Facilities: UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital CITY BEAUTIFICATION BOARD 2015 AWARDS The Thomas Center Spanish Court and Long Gallery April 22, 2015 302 Northeast 6th Avenue Gainesville, Florida COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE Ed Braddy, Mayor Craig Carter Todd Chase Yvonne Hinson-Rawls Lauren Poe Helen Warren Randy Wells CITY OF GAINESVILLE Russ Blackburn, City Manager Fredrick Murry, Assistant City Manager Paul Folkers, Assistant City Manager Steven Dush, Planning and Development Director Ralph Hilliard, Planning Manager Earline Luhrman, Urban Forestry Inspector, City Beautification Board Liaison Brenda Lugano, Intern Assisting with the program: Emily Powell, Executive Assistant Senior Denese Wethy, Staff Assistant Bedez Massey, Planner Erica Chatman, Facilities Coordinator D. Henrichs, Planner Amber Mathis, City Horticulturist Linda Demetropoulos, Nature Manager Mark Siburt, City Arborist Ella Bernhardt Brooks, Staff Assistant Josh Walker, Parks Maintenance Worker 2 Sally Wazny, Program Coordinator 2 | City Beautification Board 2015 Awards CITY BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, 2015 Anita Spring, Chair Fletcher Crowe, Publication Editor Rebecca Howard, Vice Chair Abigail Dougherty Jeffery D. Knee, Secretary Kathryn Horter Rebecca Howard and Lissa A. Campbell, Tricia Peddicord Awards Co-Chairs Jabari Taylor Brenda Lugano, Intern CITY BEAUTIFICATION BOARD PROJECTS EVENTS Florida Arbor Day Beautification Awards Urban Forestry Workshop DESIGN GUIDELINES AND WORKSHOPS Comprehensive Civic Design Program Gateway Corridor Study Roadway Lighting Standards Median Guidelines Study ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Music: Vic Donnell Award Narratives: Fletcher Crowe (editor) Wine donated by: Gaston’s Tree Service Cover Photos: Jeff Knee Catering: Publix’s West Layout and Design: Tracy Bryant Plants: Park, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Floral Design: The Four Seasons Garden Club Printed Program: Renaissance Printers City Beautification Board 2015 Awards | 3 CITY BEAUTIFICATION BOARD PLANTINGS ARBOR DAY PARKS & PLANTINGS 2015: Gainesville Police Department and Fred Cone Park (62 trees) 2014: 30th Year of Gainesville as Tree City, USA: Arbor Day (60 trees planted at Depot Park and South Main Street (63 trees) 2013: City of Gainesville / Alachua County Senior Recreation Center (58 trees) 2012: Thomas Center, University Avenue & Evergreen Cemetery (56 trees) 2011: Ironwood Golf Course (54 trees) 2010: Kirby Smith Center and City Hall (52 trees) 2009: 25th year of Gainesville as Tree City, USA (total: 61 trees: A.N.N.E. Park (13 trees); Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center (25 trees); Girl Scout Park (Kiwanis Park) (10 trees); Matheson Center (1 Liberty American elm); SE 7th Street (10 trees); Thomas Center (2 trees) 2008: Green Tree Park: Kiwanis Challenge Playground (48 trees) 2007: Evergreen Cemetery (46 trees) 2006: Roper Park, Thomas Center, Sweetwater Creek (44 trees) 2005: Westside Park (42 trees) 2004: Eastside Recreation Center at Cone Park (40 trees) 2003: Cedar Grove Park (38 trees) 2002: Westside Park (36 trees) 2001: Sun Center Elms (downtown, 8 trees) 2000: Waldo Road Beautification Grant (206 trees) 1999: Northwest 13th Street Streetscape (live oaks in tree wells) 1998: West University “Oaks on the Avenue” (6th - 12th Streets) (20 trees) 1997: “Anti-Arbor Day” to remove invasive tallow trees 1996: East University “Oaks on the Avenue” (3rd - 9th Streets) (20 trees) 1995: East University “Oaks on the Avenue” (9th Street - Waldo Road) (20 trees) 1984 to 1994: Downtown Plaza ceremonies 4 | City Beautification Board 2015 Awards THE AWARDS The annual City Beautification Awards recognize result in the improvement of the area, property or excellence in a variety of design categories. The awards neighborhood. highlight projects of outstanding aesthetic and artistic Award-winning projects reflect the commitment of appeal. Projects are evaluated for originality, innova- many individuals to excellence in design. Owners, tion and creativity, as well as for their sustainability, managers, architects, landscape architects, engineers, maintenance and use of serviceable materials. designers and others have contributed to these prize- The site must exhibit appropriate land utilization, winning projects. effective planning, compatibility with the area and The City Beautification Board salutes those who have screening of unsightly views. All projects must meet made a significant contribution to our community applicable building and landscaping codes. Each must through each outstanding project. THE PROGRAM Convocation: Earline Luhrman, Urban Forestry Inspector Welcome: Anita Spring, City Beautification Board Chair Presentation of Awards by City Beautification Board Members: Outstanding Individual Award – Gene Francis: Ralph Apartments: Fletcher Crowe Hilliard Commercial & Retail Businesses: Jabari Taylor Outstanding Individual Award – Dana McClain: Anita Facade Improvements: Jeff Knee Spring Public Spaces: Kathryn Horter Restoration, Revitalization & Adaptive Reuse: Tricia Peddicord Uniquely Gainesville: Kathryn Horter Institutional Facilities: Lissa Campbell Outstanding Institutional Award: Anita Spring Closing Remarks: Anita Spring City Beautification Board 2015 Awards | 5 OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Gene Francis Gainesville is a energy costs with natural cooling along the east, west beautiful city, and and south sides of proposed buildings. the reason why it Gene Francis inventoried all open space lands in is so attractive is Gainesville and made recommendations to the City due in part to the Commission for open space or recreational lands to be myriad of trees that developed or expanded. grace our city. And the reason we have He recommended that the wetlands surrounding Live so many gorgeous Oak Hammock be expanded and developed, and pro- trees is due in large posed a wetland we know today as Bivens Arm Nature measure to Gene Park, located near the intersection of SW 13th Street Francis, who we and Williston Road. The city then acquired additional honor tonight. surrounding wetlands, marsh and hammock land that more than doubled the size of park land owned by the Gene Francis is a City. semi-retired Urban Planner who has worked for the City of Gainesville for Gene had a major role in preparing Gainesville’s the past 38 years to expand our urban forest. Tonight Downtown Redevelopment Plan, which included the we give Gene our Outstanding Individual Award for proposed location of the present Main Library. He his many years of dedication to enriching our urban headed up the planting of 100 live oak trees through- environment. out the downtown area and he redesigned the plaza in front of City Hall, proposing the location for the From 1977 to 1980 the City of Gainesville was utiliz- iconic Clock Tower, adding areas for large live oaks, ing old code language to include and protect trees concrete benches and designed the layout of the koi on development sites. However, in 1980, when Gene pond which he cleaned and cared for more than ten Francis began reviewing these required develop- years. ment site plans for the City of Gainesville, he felt that the Landscape Ordinance needed to be rewritten Gene designed the landscape plan for the entrance to and strengthened. Working with a UF student in the the Airport Industrial Park and did the landscape plan Landscape Department, he drafted an ordinance that for the Gainesville Police Station. we all benefit from today. We honor Gene Francis tonight for the thousands of The revised ordinance required existing shade trees site plans and landscape plans he has reviewed and a to be preserved, and specified the number of trees lifetime of commitment and dedication to improving required for parking lots. The ordinance specified the the urban landscape of Gainesville, a tree-canopy that minimum size of trees and hedge material that must we all cherish. We celebrate his contribution tonight. be planted, and their spacing. The ordinance provided for the protection of existing trees and groups of trees. And it asked applicants to use shade trees to reduce 6 | City Beautification Board 2014 Awards Dana McClain Our community has many professionals dedicated to excellent reputation. Both the Society of American creating a town, a university, and a county filled with Foresters and the Florida Chapter of the International beautiful landscaping. Dana McClain, who the City Society of Arboriculture gave her awards for her land- Beautification Board recognizes as an Outstanding scaping design for Campus Club on 37th Blvd. Her Individual tonight, contributed significantly to this design for a high-density student apartment complex mission through her business, McClain Design Group. retained old-growth trees of a climax forest. Dana’s What has made her contribution to the community successful strategy for saving monumental trees went stand out this year is the landscape plan she developed far beyond simply identifying them. Once the decision pro bono for the GRACE Marketplace Empowerment was made to save a tree, she worked with the project Center near the airport. architect and construction engineer to assure that sufficient space was allocated for survival without dis- During her career, Dana McClain often helped figuring pruning and with enough space for roots to churches and civic organizations. When the City of assure that major branches would not