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A motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded; the chair called for the voice vote and members answered “aye.” The chair declared the motion carried. The transcript does not record the names of the motion’s mover or seconder, nor a detailed tally by member.

There were no other formal votes recorded in this meeting transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","12-18-2024 Tree and Public Gardens Commission Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The commission approved the minutes of its Nov. 20, 2024 meeting by voice vote; no roll call or named mover/second was recorded in the transcript.","taxTitle","Bexley, Franklin County, Ohio","taxId",72409,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6341791,"Commission reports near-term fundraising progress; mayor confirms budget support for tree planting",3313,483000,3796000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2256375-7df42af7ebc9acd2a1b6b6b6eb3c4437&start=483&end=3796","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2256375-7df42af7ebc9acd2a1b6b6b6eb3c4437/thumbnail_483000.jpg","/articles/6341791/Bexley/Franklin-County/Ohio/Commission-reports-near-term-fundraising-progress-mayor-confirms-budget-support-for-tree-planting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6341791-1cfcd20137932cfc36f7366d1a8cf29a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775631486&Signature=GC2AhbjGVn3Bv74sa~bWGXFoIUO0T0CFUurdnUUK5UDLKghzVpUm83ObzHap0CVZZFEx96y2snJ9J0WVUIWMrWnzRPEmxO-aD~3zW3WZS-GbmATnop56H-PWpqTOWHHfsbjlf~gS83tqAid0WPxWUivm-33k6rDPWl7nxQOETA6f3HVweg6xNGImATtN2EqIdR6sQ62YLoHTnerb62Nso~X6Hnb92hS2Jb8u1ArpEmskUjqYBByTvVRdg~sgqGsmx5BM~arp5zjgokAUL3qZHVPx2bLSgfaUKCCh6Cem1M9PW5sfMWf2cUssAj9yRMmzgTNlz0RTdIEKp0ssXb0lVQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The commission reviewed fundraising and the city’s recent budget commitments that support tree-planting work.

Commission members reported a community fundraising target of $40,000 for next year’s tree plantings. A presenter said, “we've so far raised 34,363,” and the commission discussed donor counts and season-end totals. Members described the partnership with the community foundation and noted that the local volunteer group had donated thousands of volunteer hours over four years.

The mayor reported the city’s recently passed budget includes “landmark amount of funding for tree planting” and support for a commercial design-guidelines process, describing that line as money for a facilitator to run a public process. The mayor also noted the city had taken delivery of a laser engraver for making tree and shrub plaques in the arboretum and that the administration expects to hire or contract a landscape-design consultant in early 2025 (the city reported interviewing four candidates and expected a decision before the new year).

Commissioners discussed programmatic efforts that complement the planting work: an Arbor Day tree giveaway (which the commission acknowledged has attracted both participation and some pushback), partnership with the community foundation for a $40,000 tree fundraising goal, and the possibility of offering free trees for residents’ backyards as part of outreach. No new obligations or appropriations were voted at the meeting; staff and the commission said they would continue the fundraising drive and return to the commission with more details about consultant selection and grant accounting.","Members reported progress toward a $40,000 fundraising goal for tree plantings and staff and the mayor described city budget allocations for planting support, a facilitator for commercial design guidance, and equipment purchases for the arboretum.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6341796,"Commission reviews fall planting results, proposes new species for Montrose Elementary streets",337,716000,1053000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2256375-7df42af7ebc9acd2a1b6b6b6eb3c4437&start=716&end=1053","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2256375-7df42af7ebc9acd2a1b6b6b6eb3c4437/thumbnail_716000.jpg","/articles/6341796/Bexley/Franklin-County/Ohio/Commission-reviews-fall-planting-results-proposes-new-species-for-Montrose-Elementary-streets","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6341796-04b7277fd6d2824d1be60a0f23dc33a6/orig.mp4?Expires=1775631486&Signature=ba2XJKm39WsmeWLtTlMhgkqg0Bl6qoBeT5rgyzq1DmUwBqOg1lGEse4bfEkeFpg1MhMxSuoA~7srSIO3-JqmUS7HIiMa7YZOANAEDHSMHL0aFSREjwODOsYpV5~Ipv4Sq78BPbsyN8LqAVx5JlJzXvYhKtnNFtIdcjJfTRDW4rIPCMZCLNiFdmbpC0MWaf1hsB~BLpv1Z49DrqK~E8Q0Br5d4f-kFvf~x05C~zGEy5s9ht226ZZJnW1uC7ztKBC1bF64QXgjeJGDU0kFEd-af8qrIuhiE97hKX-WqmY-Ieda4detNFgGERPpYbix6E2umvD0yErSr1TJIjz9vcEdpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City planting staff and commission members reviewed fall planting results and discussed species recommendations for streets around Montrose Elementary and other blocks with recent vacancies.

Grant, the staff member who manages tree plantings, told the commission fall plantings on Broad Street and Parkview were completed and generally healthy. Commissioners discussed several species proposals for the block around Montrose Elementary: a smoke tree on Remington, horse chestnuts currently on Mound (with a possible smoke-tree form there where power lines exist), and a forest-pansy redbud for Montrose while tartarian maple had been used previously on that street.

Commissioners and staff identified planting constraints. Several streets have power lines or narrow tree lawns — Grant said some locations have tree lawns as narrow as a foot and a half — and the group agreed species choices must reflect those constraints. On available vacancies, the report cited “possible 12 additions” and “4 removals,” with some mature trees under power lines or exhibiting poor health recommended for removal.

The commission asked for a brief site walk of the suggested streets and a follow-up item on the spring agenda: (1) the commission will research the proposed species, (2) take a physical walk of the Remington/Mound/Montrose blocks, and (3) put formal species-change proposals to a vote at a later meeting. Commissioners emphasized the need to balance canopy goals with right-of-way constraints and public comfort about species selection.

No ordinance changes or planting approvals were finalized during the meeting; commissioners agreed to return with more detailed recommendations and to consult the Tree Commission’s planting list when making final species selections.","Staff reported on a successful fall planting season and commissioners discussed species changes and vacancies on Remington, Mound and Montrose near Montrose Elementary; the commission set follow-up steps including a site walk and a future vote on species selection.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6341801,"Tree commission seeks legal clarity on who controls Bexley right-of-way; plans talks with council",1177,1406000,2583000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2256375-7df42af7ebc9acd2a1b6b6b6eb3c4437&start=1406&end=2583","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2256375-7df42af7ebc9acd2a1b6b6b6eb3c4437/thumbnail_1406000.jpg","/articles/6341801/Bexley/Franklin-County/Ohio/Tree-commission-seeks-legal-clarity-on-who-controls-Bexley-right-of-way-plans-talks-with-council","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6341801-92b55bc078f5bd5b10e79901a0f3ab27/orig.mp4?Expires=1775631486&Signature=QEWsGTUS65P9vdNZxodFZ-HQTHzIK69tDYGwqpLMzHIDpgW0IIouIMI2tDjiWBc9mqvbhNKMc5TcdqXFEz8QE2eKiiKGipAPUH9mKc6T1oHQDW5qUwdcWB2cQ~EfGCcOZQMa15MXWDIwi8Ftv0QHQHmPd35pqwgqDe6IDlWnQgbvr6aVNygdxz7IdMRp2ORo6Mpws4R0Kz8xzhI1Elo8KqX8iVGsQ0~fiJbscp~KzQybmdZoQBtWHrWPoAvEMc2j6Yamwrt2Ofjn2hvQFMbfkXPM9ahSSaOVHZ09etKDYlNlGNXIn~jyvxaDQrUD~5QUrNLsd-e3dgy-4ZkIXldGqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bexley Tree Commission spent the meeting examining how city ordinances and historic plat maps define the public right-of-way and what that means for who can plant and maintain trees.

Commission member Jim Wilson summarized research he said he pulled from the county recorder’s office and read aloud his legal interpretation: “where right of ways were dedicated as part of a plat map… the city owns it in fee.” That finding set the frame for the discussion: the commission and city staff are operating with two different ordinance definitions of the “tree lawn” and unclear boundaries about planting rights behind sidewalks.

The commission highlighted two parts of the municipal code that conflict in practice. Chapter 10.26, the commission noted, defines tree lawn broadly — in their words, extending from the curb out to adjacent property lines — and grants the city custody and control to plant, prune, spray or remove trees in public places. Chapter 10.27, adopted later, restricts exclusive city planting authority to the narrower area between curb and sidewalk.

Commissioners and staff flagged practical consequences. Grant, identified in the meeting as a staff member handling plantings, explained that some Bexley streets have more than five feet of right-of-way behind the sidewalk, raising the question whether adjacent property owners or the city should control plantings in that wider area. The commission also discussed an apparent tension between the commission’s responsibility under the administrative code (the commission’s enabling section) to develop a municipal care and planting program and the city’s statutory planting authority under Chapter 10.26.

The group agreed to pursue a formal conversation with city leaders to resolve the differences. The commission said Council President Lamkey and three city council members had been asked to participate, and the mayor’s office and city staff would join those talks. Commissioners said the conversations could lead to clarified rules or ordinance revisions. Jim Wilson said the draft plan under discussion includes language that “would give us right of control over new planting behind the sidewalk,” and he acknowledged that could be controversial.

Commissioners also asked staff to prepare a concise summary of which Bexley streets have wide tree lawns behind sidewalks so the commission, city council and the mayor can see where differing definitions matter most.

The commission did not adopt any ordinance changes at the meeting; members described the next step as a series of meetings with council members and staff and further drafting of the commission’s planning document.","Members debated overlapping city code definitions for the tree lawn and the legal ownership of rights-of-way after a staff review of plat maps, and agreed to pursue conversations with council and the mayor about possible ordinance changes.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: commission approves Nov. 20, 2024 minutes

Commission reports near-term fundraising progress; mayor confirms budget support for tree planting

Commission reviews fall planting results, proposes new species for Montrose Elementary streets

Tree commission seeks legal clarity on who controls Bexley right-of-way; plans talks with council