City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Trees & Greenery Committee, 14 Sep 2022

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9.14.2022 Trees & Public Greenery Committee

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I thought you got involved.

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It doesn't take you to webinars, thank you to webinar registration.

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uh Not yet I'm trying to get uh aj to be able to get in.

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And we're actually recording so.

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Peter yeah, yes, while you're doing that, I just wanted to.

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Say hi to everyone and let everyone know that I'm on zoom this is deb.

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Hi deb hi everyone. Sorry, I can't be there, I'm in west virginia attending to some family matters.

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We're sorry, you can't be here too well, those 80 year olds. It's just not going so well.

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Counselor kelly.

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I'm mr cherry, hey he's trying to get on okay yeah. We just have to proceed.

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Oh right, she's, a chair, freezer.

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Good morning, everyone good morning, counselor assistant mayor.

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We said yep, okay, I will call the uh september 14th 2022 meeting of the three weekend.

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uh We have the we have the minutes of the july and august feelings attached recall. I.

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Was not sufficiently adept at attaching them.

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July minutes to our august agenda, so we didn't take them up at that time, so we have both.

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Three removal requests. First, one is the bottom of mcgee drive next to 790.

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Degree drive one might find an episode request.

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Started is there any chance before that we could actually start with uh meredith.

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If you all want to come up here, actually it's that section just to speak on it because.

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Technically, you see the trees that are over four inches. I marked, but it's really a little grown.

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The road used to extend down there and.

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They're all norway maple kind of early successional cloud cherry, that's going to get.

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Really made into an extended road and um jack and randy will be building a new house. There.

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So anyways, that's the nature of it's pretty kind of driver. It's just that overgrown.

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It used to be a road. Now it's going back to a road, it's about 73., maybe a little bit more.

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So is: is that a city, it's a private road, a city.

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Okay, it's what's called a paper street.

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That I always accept in the street. I believe so it's it's just that it was never finished.

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It used to be called pine street. It went all the way down on both sides. Didn't it yes,.

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So it was an existing road, still an accepted street. It's just overcrowded.

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Yeah, the thought was.

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Makes sense to remove those for their product, so they can have a road to get to their house and.

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Then also the uh in the future. Next, uh this coming spring, my recommendation is: we have a lot of trees.

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To plant would be uh maybe on the parkside plant, a few trees um in the park shade trees for the.

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Future we're, I know that, because we're planting two countries double double what we did this year.

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Next year we're looking for spots, you know finding spots with 200 trees, a challenge in itself, so that.

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Would be uh that would be a good location to plant a few and you're planning to come back doing that.

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Are you looking to build a new home or you currently.

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Live out there um well, we do live at 77., it's a big lot. So.

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For ourselves, the existing house really isn't suited for us.

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So that sideline is starting with probably.

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The subdivision process- and it's really not.

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It's an interesting question, but it's really another purview of committee.

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So I mean it has that is being looked at through the tax process. The technical advisory committee.

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And the planning board will make sure that any stipulated changes will be included. Good.

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Any questions but jeff or energy.

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So yeah, I think, it'll be really honestly extending that road. Having that.

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Volunteer forest removed and trees planted, I think, will beautify the area. You know.

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Okay, you for um bottom of uh the d drive next to 790, that we had a white client source request.

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Good morning, everyone I tried to keep my list short for this month's meeting. uh These trees.

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Aren't the normal, imminent hazards that I normally bring to this committee? These are more cosmetic.

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That come from my boss, up at eversource to see about these trees, the one on the bottom of mcgee.

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We've had several issues down on mcgee, with some trees blowing over down there before taking out.

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The power lines we've recently removed three or four or maybe even five trees down in that.

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Far end of mcgee now this is one pine tree that it's got quite a lean to. It looks like it could.

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Possibly be uprooting up out of that lower wetland area like I said it's more of a cosmetic issue.

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It does come down, it's going to obviously take out the lines and land right into the national guard.

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Building parking lot area down there soon, that's basically it for that trip yeah. Just a second now.

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We have had multiple outages on mcgee in the past couple years with really large norway spruces. We.

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Have had norway's bruises come here and get denied some some of those we did remove because they had.

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Defects then those two at eight ninety days, we kept it proving just mitigation of.

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Storm mitigation basically, but this pine, I would say, is.

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A red flag, just a heavy lean, that's where the prevailing wind comes across the pond, and it's.

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Pretty much stands alone now yeah. I just think we need to act in terms of.

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Preventing outages like we've, had there the outages we have.

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Have had have not been, you know, a limb, it's been multiple poles down uh so anyone's. I would second.

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Remove all the streets given the location and the stature of the tree any other question: what trees.

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Did you recently take down last week there were the three spruts further up on mcgee at.

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790 or something like that, yeah, the ones we call, I think we approved those back in this.

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Spring at some point, maybe a little nearer another spruce tree further down to the far end of mcgee.

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Across from 41 topaz one willow, another episode's request: yeah this willow tree is again not an.

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Imminent threat that I normally bring to you folks, uh we've trimmed that circuit this.

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Spring within the last couple months, and as my boss does, this quality control chat will trees.

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Are growing very rapidly, it's growing back towards the lines again, I'm gonna have to retrieve it to.

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Keep it from touching, I don't see it as again as an imminent threat. This is more of a cosmetic.

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Issue, it sits in the swamp willows suck water as fast as they can and grow faster than bittersweet.

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Questions scholars mr chair, there's some.

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Some folks online that are interested in speaking to this, certainly um brian.

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Hey, how are you I live on uh ryan cress, edmond ave? um I live that tree is in the swamp behind me.

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With, like you just said, they suck a lot of water uh with all the flooding that we've.

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Had in our neighborhood and the beautif, that tree is just so beautiful and iconic.

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Yeah, we just see it as a a real travesty to have it taken down. I think the city could.

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Do its job by pruning and um you know let that tree do its work.

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Helping us to mitigate the the water- and you know the sound that we get from that that.

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Tree kind of helps with the freeway noise, um we're just really against it being taken down.

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Thank you, ryan. All right, that's tracy, george tracy.

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Hi, can you hear me? Okay? Yes, yes, okay, sorry hi! I live directly at 41 topaz place. um That tree is.

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Just very, very well loved and also like ryan said, performs some very functional aspects as.

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Well, um you know it is a visual barrier to the truck track traffic on 95 throughout the winter.

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It also probably helps with some noise mitigation and also we're concerned about.

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The retention pond in front of us- and you know not having that willow to take up the water.

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Could you know have an impact there, and so we would like to just have it continue to be pruned.

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And to preserve it as long as possible, it's you know when you take those beautiful willows down.

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It's really, you know it's just going to change our town, the more they come down.

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I know they need to at a certain point and they're they're tricky to to manage, but we would really.

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Like to ask that this be considered and that we could keep it, thank you very much. Tracy thanks.

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If it were to be um it'd, be a pretty significant proof, I would imagine.

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Right to get proper clearance, no matter what we do on that one we're really not gonna get.

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The greatest of clearance that trunk is within you know three or so four feet that line right there.

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Again, it's not a high priority issue. Obviously eversource's theory is the more we get rid of.

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The left they have to maintain it's a maintainable trade without any question.

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Right, yeah that concur with what the two residents said: uh if they're there are no.

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Known defects to that, I don't think there are, you know: where does the process stop.

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Start saying: well, if this one falls out, I didn't think about that.

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I I strongly favor not to be able to do that. Sorry to not remove it by michael any good, so.

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You know, as everybody knows, willows do tend to shed limbs.

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um So it's not like it's an oak tree or something like that. That is the less likely I.

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Don't have an issue with leaving it, especially because of the other functions it provides.

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Relative to you know, cold water out of the ground. It is a wet area and I think.

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I think the further the arborist, whether it be beneficial to add additional gloves out in that.

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Area, just to you know, continue the function of trying to keep it maintained. Obviously, if.

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It's spring flooding and things like that. It doesn't do a lot of good if the trees aren't.

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I'm not really keen on willow trees being near anything.

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That can get damaged, um whether it's on the street or whether it's in people's backyards or.

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I've seen I've seen enough limbs, drop onto sheds and other stuff yeah. I think it's.

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Appropriate to prune it and leave it for now but long term. There is not a worse species to be near.

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A single phase or triple space power than the well-known yeah, it's just a distribution line, but.

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Also further into that, so I think for now leave it and continue the pruning makes sense, but long term.

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It is somewhat kicking the can down the road, but it's giving folks some benefits and some.

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Aesthetic to the neighborhood, so I understand it's just unfortunately,.

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The wrong species for the site, but anyways. So we have a motion to not recommend.

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Thank you, um ryan and tracy. Thank you. um Holiday drive next to the skate park.

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Yeah there's a locust tree. There again brought to me from my boss at eversource.

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It's a cosmetic issue. The tree is very maintainable to be trimmed kept out of minimum.

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Approach distance from that wire, his only issue is, it does just lean out over the top of the whites.

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If and when that tree ever does go, it's got no choice but to take that three phase out.

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Doc any thoughts on black locusts.

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If it's maintainable, it's maintainable, but it's another early, successional species like.

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They don't stick around forever, um but I think this could be.

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Like scott said, it could go either way, I'm going to defer to you as them.

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And eversource, you know, is all right with leaving trees. We've said many.

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Meetings before we're not trying to deep forest portsmouth or any surrounding areas.

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These are just some of the concerns that are handed to me to see what you can do.

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The um questions.

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There are several other trees there.

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Same species as so my motion is to not recommend removing this time made by michael.

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Griffin and secondary dentist any discussion uh all in favor aye.

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So this is a tree. We've pruned over the years multiple times, and we printed this spring um and.

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Upon closer inspection um this summer, I realized there's massive amounts of decay hidden under the.

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Park- and I just it's not a matter of when it's, if it's going to fail, it is going to fail so.

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Yeah just irreversible decay. I would say.

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Do we have a motion to recommend removal, that's happening any discussion, it's another.

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Yeah, that's actually one of our some of the kentucky coffees have really.

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Taken off, uh but we will obviously be replanting that spring, so it's already on the list 367. this.

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Thank is uh okay. That takes us to the last item.

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Thank you very much. uh My name is joe cornady, I'm with jones of beach engineers representing the.

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Property owner at 225 heritage, ave, that's a one of the industrial buildings on heritage.

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As you're well aware, there's uh center islands that are landscaped since beginning of the.

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Road when the road is built, um this particular island, I have plans with me if anybody wants to.

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Look at planes um and they were emailed into copies. um The.

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The center island uh restricts uh truck traffic from entering and leaving their their northern.

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Their northern driveway.

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The um so the island is.

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The I think, with the when these sites were originally developed. Essentially, I believe that.

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Truck traffic was allowed on manfield road, but now all this truck traffic has to exit.

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Out towards group one and they no longer use banfield for any uh any of their large trucks.

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So the the northern entrance, the trucks can't make a right turn out without driving into the island.

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And they can't make a left turn in to that access point, um so they have.

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To basically try to turn around within the site which the larger trucks just cannot do.

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We did provide a cover page on that that understand it out in existing conditions.

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The next page shows that what we'd be proposing to cut back of the islands and then the page after.

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This one shows the truck turning tablets, how they function as they exit or enter.

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That northern entrance, so can you describe uh for folks, you have different color lines.

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And they designate the uh for the turning templates. It doesn't make the rear wheels.

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And the front wheels as the trucks coming through yes and the overhang with the problem.

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The purple line is the overhang like the bumpers and the green or the green lines or the.

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More of the tires and the dark line with the arrow is the center line so to stay.

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To stay within the pavement, as they take a right exiting the site as they swing, they need to swing.

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Out towards that uh center island uh and taking a left in, uh they also have a challenge with that.

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The property owner is also.

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Knowing that this is a sensitive area with these center islands and the green state.

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That was put in the roadways uh knows the sensitivity of it. He's willing to donate.

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Five thousand dollars towards the you know this or whatever purpose in tree planting.

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That uh you want to do in the future uh to offset the loss of these four trees.

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They will build the uh they will end up, putting the curving back in.

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They remove the the island that would move the turbine they'll put back the section that kind of.

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Finishes the end of the island off.

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That area and we would strike it. I guess you know we can strike it.

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Just so that it's uh allowed to be used for turning, but.

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Is this the only building, that's impacted, it's well, I'm not 100 sure it's the only building that.

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I'm tired that we looked at, um I know, there's two or three other islands.

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I was contacted by the owner's representative and.

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I I wasn't aware of time.

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On planting um by tying by an evidence dog- and uh I I mentioned you- know the.

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Community's concerned about removing any trees- and that is.

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That would like to see compensation made even as possible recommendation five thousand.

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When dollars trying to conserve them, the blue island trucks, not uh no, not the volume of trucks.

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But it is, uh I don't know the exact number, how many going out, but then they do have a.

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Generates education.

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Is the only industrial park in portsmouth itself, which is not ours? This is this area.

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Zone, industrial, it's intended for this type of activity, so you know I'm. I will.

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I will I'm hesitant, um I don't like losing street street trees, especially this is kind of a unique.

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um Application in the city, um but I think, for the ability for the business to function well,.

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This is a reasonable approach, so I would move to remove those trees and allow this to happen.

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So, second will attach the offer five thousand dollars. Yes, that's stipulated on that offer.

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Any um questions for joe money for the motion to recommend.

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Thank you very much.

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Third item on our agenda and support terraform a land architect uh concerning 88 people, yeshua yeah,.

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Good morning everybody parents park and landscape architects. um This is a new proposal. uh Wood and.

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Deer as you go down to uh the poverty garage, so that's a brand new building right where the.

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The wells fargo oil was, you know why there's railroad tracks that back up to the north end.

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Of this, so at the top of the sheet is a railroad tracks, railroad crossing at the bottom end of the.

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Sheet is the pear street maplewood intersection, so this is a this. Is the proposal we're not going.

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To talk about the building, obviously, but there's a proposal to uh this is the landscape plan, so.

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There's six street street trees, one on the bottom of uh on deer street along the bottom of the plain.

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Around maplewood there's three street trees and there's a series of street trees that are in a.

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A green strip, that's in the back of the building, so at the last tap review, nick crackdown wanted.

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More um human amenities on that back, that's considered a parking park. So this the trees.

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Will remain maybe more or less, but the park and park will be will have some new amenities to it.

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I'm not sure what those are there's a handicap access ramp. So there's so you can get from the.

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Maple wood up into the elevated area because there's some water elevation so there's a.

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Drainage sister in there on the left of the top of the sheet there, that white block is up.

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There in each cistern, so there'll be a handicap ramp that goes down on the left side of the sheet.

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Into that parking lot, which is not shown on this plant, so there's some revisions that are going to.

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Happen on the back of the building, but basically it's going to be a grease, a green strip with.

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Street trees in there, so the trees, uh innovative part of this plant is the great system you can.

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See on page two there that it's a continuous uh tree grate, because I think tree health depends.

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On soil volume and then because of time- and that's british film tree well, you know this is five feet.

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By five feet square, this is 50 feet across four feet wide. It's continuing to contiguous tree.

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Grade and less structural soil in there it'll be the grade will be supported intermittently.

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By cross beams, so there's there's three of those 50 foot stretches of tree crate, so you walk.

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Right over it, there's no interruptions to snow, plow and there'll be some vertical tree guards.

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On the you know, to protect the trunk of the tree, so the sidewalks are plenty wide. There.

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So if you look at the pictures, I gave you they're all columnar trees, because the space is tight.

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So some of my favorite columnar trees are the carpinus which I used to call.

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Muscle with the name has changed a little bit too.

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So those six at the bottom on deer street would be.

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The horn beat the carpinus. uh The three on maplewood would be uh naples. The columnar.

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Acer maple ace of rubber ball ball maple and there's pictures of each one of these trees.

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um And they all have, you know see those two trees have light seeds, uh so they won't. You.

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Know not like the oak that I'm proposing in the back that has the acorn, but that's on.

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The railroad side, so it's less of an issue with sunlight stuff. You know eight months stopping.

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So all the trees will provide wildlife, habitat and food uh food resource.

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um So the oaks like I said, there's going to be.

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A string of books there because they're columnar it's a tight space, so I'm not sure because the.

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Bit to satisfy some of the tech requirements for.

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Do you think, there's adequate sun exposure on that northern side.

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Well, it actually gets pretty good western land, yes, because if you look at the north arrow, so it's.

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You know the summer sun sets in the northwest, so the if you're. Looking at my page, it's actually.

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Summer sun is setting over here. So oh yeah, I think they'll be adequate right for them.

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That's correct, there'll, be a fence that separates the two.

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You know, where is the sidewalk concept? Does it cut through any part of this truck.

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Isn't there the walkthrough sidewalk that is intended to go down.

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Yeah, it's on the other side of the tracks that access road to the grand state, mineral pilot.

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It's intended to go along that edge. This would be, you know, be on the other side of the drugs.

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The other questions for terence.

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So if I could tearance do you know if uh ownership and responsibility of maintenance is going to be.

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On the property owner for these rates, these I look at these rates and I see maintenance in the future.

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um They look great right now, but you know no pun intended, but well I I think that's probably.

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A condition that the town could put on on the planet, but I don't I mean it's a city sidewalk.

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Right but there's oftentimes stipulations that you know somebody does something. It's.

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Responsible, that's correct yeah, so uh I expect that if you want that to be a situation that.

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Makes um but there hasn't been a discussion about that yet, but I think you know.

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Increasing the soil loan for every city tree extends the life of that tree. In this.

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Making maintenance steel brakes.

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Pavement you can do. um Is this sidewalk getting completely redone? Is that sound? Yes, we've done.

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Really we've done as of a project, and there are some utilities that come across that you know.

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There may be some conflicts yeah, but that's ambit engineering's working on that. So I would work with.

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John scheiden, to make sure that those conflicts were avoided, yeah great so other than the grapes.

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Is it just hits or are they doing silver cells or how is that at all no silver cells? It's just.

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A continuous soil volume under the grape, that's so the grades are supported. Virally every few things.

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um The other question I have is you should be treated right on top of our weight. Finding signs.

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Being moved forward of that, it's just that this is a preliminary plan, that kind of.

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That's an entrance only for that, so, if you're not going to have vehicles coming out of that.

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Well, that's, I think, that's a matter that they're being uh reviewed by tech.

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So but you have a plan of resolve trying to see on top we're going to move that.

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Side to the front of the bridge, so that's a complete, clear and unobstructed view of it.

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And for orientation purposes, um deer and maplewood. So is this what was originally a dsa.

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Property, yes, it is okay that corner okay. Thank you.

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Other questions I I I appreciate the thoroughness of the proposal and uh I like the idea that the.

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Game was going great. I'm, like my concerns, aren't necessarily the same as peter's right.

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Well, computers are legitimate concerns and I will endeavor to make sure it's constructed correctly.

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um But it's nice to push innovations that have happened. They know the cities forward.

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It's you know, and I don't know that there's another one similar use of a grade like this.

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In this city, I don't have any experience with it. Yes, it's just applying a similar.

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Technology to an extended area, so I appreciate that my my experience with great success.

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Catches, it breaks it that is maintenance issue yeah. I believe, there's going to be concrete.

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Launches in there to support that yeah yeah, solid detail, yeah they're gonna, so we're actually in.

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Direct correspondence with the manufacturer, so um I mean that's part of part of making.

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Innovation, successful is to do it right first time, do you um is the thought with the species.

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um The three species for the three clusters, a kilometer- does that make sense, so species species.

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Is that your dollar, I like the architectural quality of trees, so I don't? I don't really.

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Like mixing trees in like a small volume like that, I think mixing trees in a screened barrier.

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You know whatever behind the residence is fine replicating nature, but in a cityscape I, like the.

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Architectural quality of similar trees, so they're on different sides of the building.

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So that's why I changed the tree selection. So there'd, be, you know more diversity, but it's not.

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Seen as a kind of a a mix of yeah a mix of plants, but each cluster is a different species.

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Yes, yes, so it's got three maples six carpinus and um eight eight oaks in the back. Yes, so that'll be.

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Plus or minus, depending on how the pocket purchase what would be the mature height of those creams.

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I think most, uh I think they all have similar profiles. You know 40 feet if grown in nature,.

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You know growing in an even limited soil, it's always less but they're. You know 35 to 50 feet.

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At their tent I mean the oaks are particularly narrow, they're 10, to 15. Similarly,.

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The maples are 10 to 15, but the carbohydrates could be a little wider.

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But it's still plenty on the street. That's pretty balanced! That's that matures.

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Any other questions.

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There are a motion to recommend approval.

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I appreciate the use of elk.

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I appreciate the use of oak the choice of oak trees.

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I love oak trees.

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Okay, update from city harvester.

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This is yeah the last uh meeting for me and working with you all. So it's kind of a big update.

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I appreciate everything that you've done over the years so feel very supported and yeah. It's been a.

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Great time here, so I really do appreciate it. I've been here since I was uh 22.

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uh Moving on but uh we're in good end, so we have excellent staff um and a bright future. I.

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Think that I really do think I'm not just saying this, but I think that the forestry program will.

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Be brought to another level, um the next phase- I really do so. We've done the groundwork and.

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A ton of cutting edge work. I think that it will go to places that I would not bring it.

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uh As quickly so anyways, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Is there a replacement uh there's, um people are applying uh posting.

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We have an internal candidate, so hopefully that'll work out.

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Have the 400 trees been ordered, uh 200 have been ordered, uh which are going to be the ones that.

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Will be like the tree drive and we're planning on having that the urban forestry center, where.

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Residents can come get a tree uh on a weekend day and then the other 200 will be ordered from.

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Schichtel's, once the availability list comes out, it's usually november ish, so cities, planting 200.

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In-House and then 200 will be planted, uh residents and they'll be kind of an.

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Educational program, my recommendation was to have some sort of brochure that goes with each.

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Tree and says this is how you properly plant the tree and maintain it so those trees actually.

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Have a good chance of surviving and being shade trees for the community? Is there going to be.

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A watery I don't know for the residents first come first, sir, we can have a setup say, sign up.

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Yeah, I think that's the way to do it. I guess it's related to the tree planting for the.

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400Th and the specific we're we're good to go. A uh aj peter and myself put together the those 200.

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Which we talked about last time, that um will be the first comfort serve and the other 200 will be.

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uh Just city trees: um it's going to be a big big effort from the city, forestry crew, but it's.

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Totally attainable so right now we're looking at the first or second week of april weekend of april.

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uh We had talked about birthday, uh but there was conflicts. Aj had conflicts.

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On that weekend, so we're working with the 400th committee to kind of set that time up.

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And then obviously the committee um probably participate uh in some manner or another.

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But aj and his crew are hosting the event will um for me, as we move forward relative.

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To participation, what types of activities we're envisioning envisioning! um You know we have our.

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Planning video online we're envisioning doing some sort of demonstration of children how to plant.

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uh Provide them some compost material, give them a demonstration of how to do it properly. So.

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I'm looking forward to, I think it's gonna, be a really good.

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Smaller grow bags, so there's a little bit of a root ball in there.

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Chuck, can you share what uh what you've chosen for the uh five different trees that the city is going.

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To uh plant um for the the five species that uh we ordered, it's actually the opposite. So there's.

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I believe five species that uh will be given out the city will plant more like well over 13 species.

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So those five would be. I believe we settled on oh geez. um This is where aj needs to be here.

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uh Because aj actually put in the order, but we did a oak. I believe we did swamp white oak because of.

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How successful they are in urban environments, um we did a red maple. um I believe we did a bald.

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The two other I can. I can get that information from aj, because there was some last minute.

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Decisions that he needed to make, we came up with the list and I think that list changed on the.

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Phone when he placed the order, but we have some really good species, so the other two, the other.

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Two species are non-shade: trees, uh they're, you know smaller trees. If they're going to be used.

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Tighter areas, I can't recall it's probably some form of a flowering cherry or a flowering.

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Crab apple or some sort of ornamental so but as for shade trees, we did.

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An oak, a maple, I believe we did a deciduous economic about cyprus.

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We'll make sure aj is able to report back um that'd, be great, just love to see that. Thank you.

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And is there any old business.

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Myself, thank you bob berner from eversource. It's been a pleasure of a.

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Bridging you've been a great asset to our success here at what's best appreciated. I appreciate it.

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Well, under new business does have one piece of new business.

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But recognize your oh wow.

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Contribution to the city and um wow thanks, I don't know what it is.

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That's what we love about you chuck you're, so enthusiastic.

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Wow, thank you so much that is beautiful in the end. Hold it up so that the camera can see it.

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Well, there you go holy cow custom piece. Thank you so much. That really means a lot and is the one.

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Thank you so much. That means a lot you all seriously. That's that is beautiful. Really we.

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Everybody speak for themselves, but uh everyone on this committee is just.

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Involved with what you've done every year, well, I appreciate it. I don't want to get all emotional.

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Drive in the spring and make everybody nervous uh so anyways. Thank you seriously. This community. This.

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Community is wonderful in the committee and um yeah we've done a lot, it's more than just a job.

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Thank you. Thank you. I I will get a little emotional, um you know it's, you know, chuck.

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Came to us when he was 22. um and uh my first interaction with he was sitting down.

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And I walked up to her and I was like oh hey, then he stood up. I was looking at his mouth.

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And I was like okay well, we'll save on the lips and stuff he can get all the highlighters.

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But you know over the years he's just shown himself to be um mature beyond his ears and uh an.

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Incredible um person to work with, and he really uh it makes my job easier. I don't have to worry about.

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That I can throw you know I can throw chuck into any situation and not be like wondering. Oh my god,.

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You know it's gonna be followed from this interaction. It was always just good stuff.

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And so I I really have to you, know you're going to be missed. Obviously, but you've created a great.

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Foundation for um for others to follow um and and corn, you know you know, I need to acknowledge. Corn.

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And the work that he did leading up to chuck, um it's been a very good succession um working.

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Through and we're hoping that um our internal candidate works out um that you know that will.

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Be as chuck says, continue: yeah new growth, so yeah. Thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate that.

A

Thank you all very much. What will be the nature of the public hearing scheduled for.

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uh It's not a public hearing, it's a public informational meeting. The nature will be.

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Just like any of our regular meetings, um we'll talk about what the original design intent was.

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uh And that will clearly point out the trees uh that are would be slated to be removed.

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So that was the I think, the one aspect of the last time there is. I know um our resident did indicate.

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That he was doing a petition to support um the movement or the installation of the sidewalks.

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And that it you know, we will see uh the turnout, uh tonight's um uh maple haven, meeting, uh there's.

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No trees being identified to be removed at that meeting. So if you were intending to.

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Attend that meeting, there's no need to unless you're just interested. Thank you.

A

Okay, well, thank you all very much.

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Thank you. Thank you. So much bye, everyone bye, bye. Everyone.

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We'll catch you guys.