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Home My WebLink About15 - City Council Policy G -Series Revisions (City Trees) Revisions - PowerPointCity Council Policy G-1, G-3, and G-6 Revisions ig%Nfol City Council Meeting January 12, 2021 Item 15 Level III Testing Considerations: • Can be required by Commission or performed by Staff for any instance already. • Considered when risk potential is in question. • Not on trees that are proposed by others (e.g. developers), which Staff has deemed healthy/stable. • Not on Dead or dying trees that have just been planted (e.g. a Dedicated Special Tree). • Not on imminent or City trees that have failed. • Trees removed in conjunction with a City Council -approved project (e.g. 15'"Street sidewalk installation). • Availability, timeframes, and frequency of testing. Current Level III Testing: • Depending on the amount of testing that is performed, testing with the corresponding report can cost from $1,500 to over $5,000 per tree. • In 2020, Level III Assessments (with testing) was performed on 12 City trees. ➢ Margaret Ave. Coral Tree ➢ Marguerite Ave. Canary Island Date Palm ➢Balboa Library and Fire Station Blue Gums (3) ➢ The Groves Bike Trail Blue Gum ➢ Marine Ave. Eucalyptus (6) Council Policy G -Series -Proposed Amendments A. Removal of Special City Trees January 12, 2021 • Private property owners, residential communities, neighborhoods, or Item No. 15 business organizations who apple for a Special Tree removal(s) must submit a petition signed by a minimum of 60% of City of Newport Beach property owners within a radius of 500 feet from the location of the proposed tree removalf-1-%�a-r-ea-i razed. The petition content must be approved and dated by City staff prior to distribution by the petitioner. The staff -approved petition must be distributed by the petitioner to 71 all private property owners within the 500i -foot radiuses ima A 500feetYi,1 it Yi eetiep-q- ti^h 19 4-4-4-M !+ le^7+YhY, e f tYYe Poi GpgL+ei Special Tree re- oy 1. Signatures by non -property owners are not acceptable for petition purposes, and there may be no more than one signature per property. All petition signatures shall be verified by Cite staff for property owner Status of the person(s) signing the petition. IZTCoUhe abQ , Private property owners meas represented by a home -o-wners' association v%,ith mandatory membership and within the 500 -foot radius must, instead of the above petition procedure, submit a petition tlu ouch their association. The association shall Eaav submit a resolution of the Beard of Directors formally requesting a Special Tree removal(s) with a statement Oiat all members of the homeowners' association affected have been officially notified and given an appropriate opportunity to respond before the Board voted on the request.;at i1'='l[-pGTy-�-�=yLr-gyTpGZ}'-+--p r - --- - ---= -"-=-= r ==----------' '------------„ association * H petition f912 a-spGcial Tree Fen,a Jl(s) t,le g*, flipiT B. Application for Reforestation Residential communities, neighborhoods, or business organizations who apply for reforestation must submit a petition signed by a minimum of 60% of City of Newport Beach property owners within a radius of 500 feet the ",P :4 idefk`e -f"" from the location of the proposed reforestation. The petition content must be approved and stated by City staff prior to distribution by the petitioner. The staff -approved petition must be distributed by the petitioner to all private property owners the 500 -foot radtos(wA is�zr' a rr"'rdi;;-,; of 54 2-trteat i1:1 1 diiFerti$In-5 fiE em -n-1- U11-ci"rIR At�lpre�f� Signatures by non -property owners are not acceptable for petition purposes, and there may be no more than one signature per property. All petition signatures shall be verified by City staff for property owner status of the person(s) signing the petition. • Individual private property ow=ners not residing within a home o ner.si association area may submit individual requests for reforestations. The applicant must submit a petition signed by a minimum of 60% of all City of Newport Beach private property owners within a r aeras of 500 feet i*� d i, rom the location of the proposed reforestation site. The petition content must be approved and dated by staff prior to distribution. All petition signatures shall be verified by City staff for private property owner status of the person(s) sighing the petition. Private properiy owners -areas represented by a home owners' association with mandatory membership and within the 500 -foot radius must, histead of the above petition procedure, submit a petition through their association. The association shallmay submit a resolution of the Board of Directors formally requesting a reforestation with a statement that all members of the homeowners' association affected have been officially notified and given an appropriate opportunity to respond before the Board voted on the request. F v v4 -1R date ry `