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Meeting Name: Tree Commission Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 6/17/2025 5:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Hall
Revised June 16, 2025
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Min 25-1543 11 MinutesMay 20, 2025   Not available Not available
25-3596 22 Action Items2429 Fogarty Ave/ T2025-0035/ Samuel Snodgrass Requesting approval to remove (1) Mahogany tree.   Not available Not available
25-3788 13 Action Items820 Georgia St/ T2025-0088/ Byron Colley Requesting approval to remove (1) Gumbo Limbo tree.   Not available Not available
25-3791 14 Action Items3029 N Roosevelt Blvd #39/ T2025-0069/ Peggy Longshore Represented by John Hartman Requesting approval to remove (1) Mahogany tree.   Not available Not available
25-3951 15 Action Items921 Windsor Ln/ T2025-0115/ Tejas Soni Represented by Steven Lore Requesting approval to remove (1) Royal Poinciana tree.   Not available Video Video
25-3954 16 Action Items1010 Kennedy Dr/ T2025-0120/ Kennedy Center Condo. Assoc. Represented by Clifton Turner-Shorty's Tree & Lawn Care Requesting approval to remove (1) Black Olive tree.   Not available Not available
25-3955 17 Action Items1420 Whalton St/ T2025-0116/ Joseph & Lynn Ruocco Represented by Clifton Turner-Shorty's Tree & Lawn Care Requesting approval to remove (1) Mango tree.   Not available Video Video
25-3956 18 Action Items1213 Grinnell St/ T2025-0113/ Brenda Donelly Represented by Clifton Turner-Shorty's Tree & Lawn Care Requesting approval to remove (1) Silver Buttonwood tree.   Not available Video Video
25-3958 19 Action Items2829 Venetian Dr/ T2025-0128/ Kevin Cheung Represented Ken King Requesting Approval to remove 77 Sq ft of mangroves.   Not available Video Video
25-3963 110 Action Items1024 16th Terrace/ T2025-0125/ George Koehn Represented by Ken King Requesting approval to remove (1) Gumbo Limbo tree.   Not available Video Video
25-3972 111 Action Items1620 Truesdale Ct/ TP2025-0006/ City of Key West Represented by Keith Oropeza Requesting conceptual landscape plan approval with the removal of (1) sabal palm (1) Gumbo Limbo (1) Bridle Veil (1) Pigeon Plum (1) Strangler Fig (1) Simpson Stopper   Not available Video Video
25-4018 112 Action ItemsRecommending that the City Commission increase green inventory of canopy trees by obtaining grant funding; Recommending initiation of programs to encourage the planting of canopy trees; Recommending that the City set a goal to increase green inventory; Recommending that the Urban Forestry Division be adequately funded and staffed to meet these goals; Recommending the City Manager determine and allocate the exact funding to facilitate these request for Fiscal Year 25-26; Providing for an effective date.   Not available Video Video
25-3965 113 Administrative HearingRequest for Postponement by Applicant until July 15, 2025: 729 Olivia St/ TC2025-0002/ Zachary Williams Respondents: Zachary Williams and Fernando Viera of Lower Keys Trees Unauthorized removal of (1) Tamarind and (1) Spanish Lime, and heavy trimming of (1) Spanish Lime   Not available Not available
25-3966 114 Administrative Hearing1228 Flagler Ave/ TC2025-0003/ Key West Rentals LLC Respondents: Chris Sante and Christopher Trentine of CBT Construction and Development Inc Unauthorized removal of (1) Silver Buttonwood, (1) Green Buttonwood, (1) Mango Tree, and at least (2) Regulated Palms   Not available Video Video
25-3953 115 Action Items315 Catherine St/ T2025-0121/ Peter Scala & Danielle Fox-Scala/Michael Kerns Represented by Clifton Turner-Shorty's Tree & Lawn Requesting approval to remove (1) Rainbow Eucyliptus tree.   Not available Video Video