12-20-1989 Special
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CITY OF EDGEWATER
BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE
SPECIAL I"EETING
Dec.-ber 20, 1989 7:00 P.M.
City Hall
MINUTES
ROLL CALL/CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Mark Seifert called the December 20, 1989, Special
Meeting of the Beautification Committee to order at 7:00 P.M. in
the Edgewater City Hall Conference Room.
Members present were: Mark Seifert, Gloria Fish, Richard Loomis,
Jodi Geiger, Paul Giattino, Lisa Weber and Diane Gross. Also
present were Mr. Elly Johnson/City Manager, Carl
Overstreet/Superintendent of Public Works, Ron Ferland/City
Engineer, Ken Pellum/Landscape Architect from Dyer, Riddle, Mills
& Precourt, and Jennifer Halperin from the press.
LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR U.S. 1 AND 442
Mr. Johnson stated the City was applying for a Highway
Beautification grant for the medians on U.S. 1 and 442 and he
asked M,-. Fer land and M,-. Pellum to come up wi th a landscape
des ign fo,- the med ians, as the g,-ant pape,-s have to be prepa,-ed
and sealed by a landscape architect. He stated the pape,-wo.-lo::
should be back in a few weeks on doing the maintenance on U.S. 1
and 442 and OUl- matching share of the SO/50 grant can be labo,-,
mate,-ial on hand, or equipment. M,-. Johnson suggested the
Committee choose a segment of U.S. 1 and 442 or perhaps the City
entrances as a first year project that we can add on to neKt year
and keep it all within a master plan.
Mr. Fe,-land intl-oduced M,-. I(en Pellum, the ce,-tified landscape
a,-chitect with Dye,-, Riddle, Mills Po: P,-ecourt. M,-. Ferland noted
the p,-og,-am should be done in phases wi th a total concept in
mind. He said a lot of communities have an "Adopt a Road" 0'-
"Adopt a Median" p,-og,-am whe,-e private businesses could take a
st.-etch of a med ian and do the beaut i ficat ion plan wi th in the
total concept. He noted some of the medians had swales fo,-
d,-ainage and the plan fOI- these would have to include plants
which could withstand drought and flooding.
M,-. Pellum stated he would check the med ians out, take some
p ictUl-es, d,-aw some sketches and come up wi th a landscape plan
the Committee could review at the neKt meeting.
M,-s. Geige,- stated that the Chambe,- of Comme,-ce has g,-ants
available to them fo,- highway beautification and once the,-e is a
plan completed, they would be willing to help.
The Comm i t tee discussed wh i ch at-eas they wou 1 d 1 i ke to see
imp,-oved the fi,-st yea,- and decided on the no,-th and south
ent,-ances to the City, Pa,-k Avenue ent.-ance, wes t 442 entl-ance
and the U.S.1 and 442 intet-section. Also discussed was
irrigation, size and height of plants to be used, blockage of
visibility and dt-ainage.
The Committee agreed to review the plan by Mr. Pellum at the ne~t
meeting on January 9, 1990 and to have another Special Meeting if
it were necessary in order to have the plan completed and mailed
by the February 1, 1989 deadline.
ADJ'OURNtIENT
There being no further
seconded by Mr. Loomis.
business, Mrs. Fish moved to adjourn,
The meeting ended at 7:40 P.M.
Minutes submitted by Barb Kowall