HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 10/21/2025 - Memorandum from Sylvia Tatman Burruss and Kendra Boot re Tree Preservation and Mitigation Policies
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Memorandum
Date: October 21, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
From: Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Sr. Policy Project Manager, City Manager’s Office,
statman-burruss@fcgov.com
Kendra Boot, City Forester, Forestry, kboot@fcgov.com
Subject: Tree Preservation and Mitigation Policies
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that City Council adopt the Tree
Policy Land Use Code updates on October 16, 2025
1. The purpose of this item was to consider updates to the City’s Land Use Code related to
tree policies in Division 5.10 Landscaping and Tree Protection.
2. These updates support previous and current Council Priorities as well as align with
policy improvement opportunities identified through the Urban Forest Strategic
Planning effort and code audit.
3. Staff were seeking a recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission that
City Council approve these updates to the Land Use Code.
Comments from community members covered the following:
1. No public comment on this item.
Commission discussion included:
1. Curiosity about how Forestry assesses health of trees in the right-of-way prior to
accepting ownership of trees.
2. Kudos to staff for their great work.
CC: Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Dean Klingner, Community Services Director
Docusign Envelope ID: 3DE2EC5F-E43F-4DF7-B021-FCFBBF34A896