Remarks by Katrina Rice-Schmidt
163 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
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“Okay. All right. I'm just trying to clarify how that's done. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Katrina. I just have a couple questions. So who pays for the peer review? Is that the consultant or the consultant? Is it the city or the applicant? City pays for it. Okay. So city pays for that. And does the city have a designated consultant arborist? Is Jan the city's arborist designated or is it just somebody you selected?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Can I continue? Okay. So the city doesn't have a designated consultant. And Jan... actually worked for Cretona in the past and has looked at all their trees, but he didn't this time, but he's been involved with Cretona. I just wanted to point that out. That's interesting to me. Does the city have a designated tree committee?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And does the city have a consultant suspension list of people you don't think their reports are any good?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, and there's no list that exists that says this person, we've had trouble with this ISA certified arborist and we don't want him doing reports anymore.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. That's what I was going to say. That's all I have.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I just wanted to mention something, and this is ancient history I guess now. There are policy changes in how each director handles tree permits, but back in the day when a hazardous tree permit came in, with a report written by an ISA certified arborist, we would do them over the counter. Because the assumption is if it's hazardous, it's dangerous and we need to act on it now. And if it's an ISA certified written report that says it's hazardous, It's emergency. We did it that day, you know, so That's just been a change where you're doing the 30-day review and having a third party come in…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“going to help me here well I I agree with you that I think the property owner is still responsible for that removal it was done without a permit and as a planner I know that's very annoying when that happens when you know you know there's a permit in place or in process and people go ahead and do what they're going to do. I know from what you're saying, the property owner didn't know about it, but they're still responsible for that. What I'm recommending is that we have the penalty for the removal without a permit by doubling the standard permit fee. I think that is reasonable because the…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, I think we as a city should promote the planting of trees. We have a mature forest here, but we have no young trees coming in. And partly that's because a lot of people are afraid to plant any trees because they don't want to have to deal with this in the future.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, we're not encouraging the planting of oaks, which is just crazy. And that's because we're being too punitive at this point, and especially for an applicant who has actually come in with an application and an arborist report. It said it was hazardous. The ordinance says very clearly that when it's hazardous, the permit fee is waived and there's no mitigation. So I'm saying we waive the mitigation requirement because it's a hazardous tree and the ordinance says the tree permit is waived and the mitigation is waived. However, I would say Cretona has a lot of property We should encourage…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I just want to say, yeah, it's really expensive to have a replacement oak, to your point. And even two trees of the same size to replace that diameter is going to be very expensive. It's going to be a big box. Those are two big box trees. But there is provision in the ordinance to allow for multiple trees, more than two, you can have five trees as long as they are at least two inches in diameter. And those wouldn't be too crazy expensive.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, if we're requiring a replacement, wouldn't we require the oak?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“well commissioner stewart's right i mean the the smaller the tree and you know starting from acorns is the best right then saplings then moving up as they but yeah the younger they are the better and you can do multiple saplings you know and they grow pretty quickly um i will just say this given that crotone has been there for over 100 years i've already had this discussion so i”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“But we wouldn't put them in the exact same location. We'd put them elsewhere on the property, right?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah. Just want to make that clear. Don't want it in the same spot.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I think the staff comes back with the resolution.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So my motion would be adopt a resolution to grant the appeal to deny the community development director's decision to require penalties as specified in the conditions of approval for tree permit 2107956 with the condition that the applicant must plant a 15 gallon oak tree. I would say multiple trees and double pay the fee what is a 15 gallon what's the diameter what's the caliper of the trunk roughly an inch well it has to be a minimum of two inches per code”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, I'm just recommending one. No, I'm not. It was a hazardous tree.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“It is a token, but it will grow into a big tree. Of course. I mean, the bottom line is we have an ISA certified report that says it was hazardous and our code says when you have a hazardous tree, the fees are waived and there's no mitigation. That's what the code says. So the real violation was that they cut the tree down before there was an issued permit.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“No. No, okay. That doesn't give direction”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So the house that's there, is that a caretaker's residence or is that just a separate rental?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“You probably want to keep your options open to rent it out separately.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“You might go, would you, would they go through that gated area on the north side between the back of house? No, no. That's, okay.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“We don't have anything to respond to is what my point is.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I don't for the applicant but I do just have general comments and questions for the staff.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026