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Highlights of the Rules Committee Meeting of April 13, 2016
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL RULES COMMITTEE
April 13, 2016
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
Sister Cities Gallery
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 9:01 a.m.
1. A. Attendance
Committee members present: Mayor Pauline Cutter, Councilmember Lee Thomas
City staff present: Interim Chief of Police Jeff Tudor; Assistant City Manager Lianne Marshall; City Clerk Tamika Greenwood; City Attorney Rich Pio Roda; Community Development Director Cynthia Battenberg; Assistant Community Development Director Tom Liao; Business Development Manager Jeff Kay; Public Works Director Debbie Pollart
Public present: Tom Silva, Mike Angelo, Loretta Angelo, G. Merggraff
1. B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2. A. Report on Status of Tree Ordinance
Mayor Cutter introduced the item and allowed members of the public to speak first.
Liz Isler supports a Heritage Tree issue and expressed her concern for the loss of trees in San Leandro.
G. Mergfraff is concerned that Heritage Trees are not protected and the City should consider an ordinance to protect "special trees." If there is no protection, he believes Leandro might lose its green infrastructure. He also commented that the ordinance should be enforceable.
Public Works Director Debbie Pollart presented draft language to amend the current Tree Ordinance. The amendment provides that a Heritage Tree would be any tree with a diameter of 24 inches DBH or greater and non-native trees are excluded. She also amended the ordinance to include language that gives the Public Works Director discretion to decide when an arborist report is necessary. She provided information on the different cities that have "Heritage Tree" ordinances and concluded that San Leandro's ordinance is most similar to the City of Dublin's.
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