Tree Committee Meeting 11/4/2019
10/31/2019
Village of Mamaroneck Tree Committee
4 November 2019 Agenda
Approval of the Minutes
Communications among committee members and Village reps about committee
business
Comments from Residents
Correspondence
Stuart Tiekert recommending removing two trees on BPR and
replacing with new trees planted farther back (attachment 1)
Stuart Tiekert, further correspondence on planting trees
(attachment 2)
Wendy Li, 1001 Shore Acres Drive, asking for new tree to be
removed, correspondence series 10/9/2019 (attachment 3)
Stuart Tiekert regarding developer topping street trees 532 W. Boston Post
Road (attach 8)
Stuart Tiekert 10/31 further regarding 532 W. Boston Post Road explaining
Section 296-16 and recommending issuing violation notice plus
assessments plus fines plus replacement (attach 11)
Violation re: 532 W. Boston Post Rd at BD code
enforcement notice was in fact issued 10/24 (attach 12) according to practice.
Old Business
Tree Maintenance Issues
Evergreen assessed 1533 Raleigh Road (Con Ed pruned V cut)
Hazardous tree at 725 The Parkway median – evaluated (attach 9)
Sidewalk obstruction, Palmer Ave@ Sand (attachments 4 & 5) Order to
Remedy issued 10/9/2019
Replacement of trees obstructing fire escape @ Florence near Halstead
(attach 10)
Fall Planting update – 106 trees
Citizen Pruners workshop review, 26 October 2019
Pruning Elms by Village
Tree Ordinance update
Amendment to proposed ordinance requiring certified arborist opinion in
lieu of permit fee for removal of private trees; requirement of certified
arborist opinion for removal of Village trees
- Specify certified arborists acceptable to VOM
- Opinion may not be given by same company hired to remove tree
Need to create position for Weekend Code Enforcement Officer
Deferred Planting
Bishop Ave. right of way – MetroNorth
Mamaroneck Town Center – permission to plant in ROW?
Planning Board
Draft guidelines to be presented annually
Sidewalk repairs using structural soil
Tree well planting guidelines
Distances from stop signs & corners
Ongoing maintenance of trees, particularly street trees
Recommend species suited to locations
Tree inventory
Use of GPS coordinates vs. street/house numbers
Summer interns
Need to draft objectives
New Business
Future protocol for hazardous tree assessments
Stuart Tiekert recommending removal of healthy, mature trees on Carrol
Ave (attach 6)
Further comments by Stuart Tiekert (attach 7)
NYS Grant funds available for inventories, planting, maintenance (attach 13)
Calendar Notes
Next regular meeting 5 December 2019, 7:30 p.m.