2019-09-06 (draft) Arborist Advisory Committee minutes

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ARBORIST ADVISORY COMMITTEE c/o Office of the Mayor, 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 ARBORIST ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DRAFT) SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 MEETING MINUTES HAWAI‘I COUNTY BUILDING, PUNA CONFERENCE ROOM – HILO 25 AUPUNI STREET, SUITE 1501, HILO, HAWAI‘I ATTENDANCE Committee Members Present: Leonard Bisel, Chairperson James Boyd Friday Jonathan Sudler, Vice-Chairperson Bobby Camara Roy Takemoto Carol Wyban ___ CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC There were no statements from the public. APPROVAL OF JULY 5, 2019 AND AUGUST 2, 2019 COMMITTEE MINUTES The Committee moved to strike the parenthetical reference to “kamani” under the “Update on Proposed Park Improvement Plans for Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole Park” section of the August minutes. The Committee voted 6-0 to approve the minutes as amended. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OPTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY Responsibilities for landscape maintenance of County properties are essentially split between the Department of Parks & Recreation (P&R) and Department of Public Works (DPW). DPW takes care of public building grounds, such as County buildings, by contract. The Department also maintains anything within the streets. One gap are trails that the Planning Department gets through dedication when certain types of subdivisions occur where access to the shoreline or mountains are triggered. The subdivider dedicates to the trail to Planning and no specification is made to any department for maintenance. During discussion considered:  maintenance staff of P&R may be spending most of their time with a lawn mower.  poor tree maintenance costs you more in the long run so it’s good to do it right in the first place.